Comments on: Rockabye: From Wild to Child — A Gem of a Memoir http://blog.parentbloggers.com/2008/05/02/rockabye-from-wild-to-child-a-gem-of-a-memoir/ Give us something to talk about! Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:32:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: katrin http://blog.parentbloggers.com/2008/05/02/rockabye-from-wild-to-child-a-gem-of-a-memoir/#comment-5286 katrin Wed, 07 May 2008 12:12:55 +0000 http://blog.parentbloggers.com/?p=404#comment-5286 I am continually amazed by the courage that some women have to go against the grain. They tell it like it is and don't fear the consequences. Moms can be so very judgmental and they heap vitriol on women who they deem to be "imperfect mothers." That includes women who assert that motherhood doesn't define them. I was on a panel called "Moms Who Write" at a writers conference last week, and while I had great fun, it made me a little uncomfortable. I realized, hmmm, I don't identify myself as a mom who writes. For a flash, I felt a little guilty, and then I thought, well, that's me. I'm a woman who is a writer who has children and loves them. Is that so bad? I am continually amazed by the courage that some women have to go against the grain. They tell it like it is and don’t fear the consequences. Moms can be so very judgmental and they heap vitriol on women who they deem to be “imperfect mothers.” That includes women who assert that motherhood doesn’t define them.

I was on a panel called “Moms Who Write” at a writers conference last week, and while I had great fun, it made me a little uncomfortable. I realized, hmmm, I don’t identify myself as a mom who writes. For a flash, I felt a little guilty, and then I thought, well, that’s me. I’m a woman who is a writer who has children and loves them. Is that so bad?

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