In particular, the recognition of your daughter's budding and growing sovereignty, trusting her to navigate and own her desires, even and especially amid uncertainty, giving her space to make "mistakes" (and the line about how you'd offered advice so as to prevent her from doing so) -- such beautiful parenting, and what I would have wanted so much at that age! And so glad you're doing this for yourself too at this juncture and for your inner children/teenager ❤️. Ahhhh
YOU GOT IT. Yes, that's one of the beautiful and hard parts about parenting trauma-informed :) I have to find it within myself to give her what I wished I had gotten, but didn't. And then also find a way to give myself that. It makes me so happy you already see that, Sherry. All the work you've done...I see you. Gives me hope.
I started bawling as I was reading this. I don’t know how to express enough gratitude. Thank you for sharing, holding and naming the experience of being a woman in this way. My spirit feels held. ❤️ from one “princess and the pea” to another
It occurs to me while reading this (apart from that I love your writing) that I'm so grateful to be following a few women who are similar age to yourself (I think particularly of Kimberley Ann Johnson, and Kendra Cunov), who share about their journeys with this phase of life. I'm so lucky to be able to learn from your shares about what this phase of life is like for you, and know that I will be perhaps better informed than generations before me when it comes my turn. So thankyou for sharing.
I admire both of those women, too! It does feel like something similar moving through us...and you, too. Yes, yes, yes! I am so motivated by sharing so we can move forward with more ease for each generation to come.
So beautiful…
So beautiful!! I cried! ❤️❤️
Awwww thanks, Sherry. I'm curious what got you?
In particular, the recognition of your daughter's budding and growing sovereignty, trusting her to navigate and own her desires, even and especially amid uncertainty, giving her space to make "mistakes" (and the line about how you'd offered advice so as to prevent her from doing so) -- such beautiful parenting, and what I would have wanted so much at that age! And so glad you're doing this for yourself too at this juncture and for your inner children/teenager ❤️. Ahhhh
YOU GOT IT. Yes, that's one of the beautiful and hard parts about parenting trauma-informed :) I have to find it within myself to give her what I wished I had gotten, but didn't. And then also find a way to give myself that. It makes me so happy you already see that, Sherry. All the work you've done...I see you. Gives me hope.
I started bawling as I was reading this. I don’t know how to express enough gratitude. Thank you for sharing, holding and naming the experience of being a woman in this way. My spirit feels held. ❤️ from one “princess and the pea” to another
It occurs to me while reading this (apart from that I love your writing) that I'm so grateful to be following a few women who are similar age to yourself (I think particularly of Kimberley Ann Johnson, and Kendra Cunov), who share about their journeys with this phase of life. I'm so lucky to be able to learn from your shares about what this phase of life is like for you, and know that I will be perhaps better informed than generations before me when it comes my turn. So thankyou for sharing.
I admire both of those women, too! It does feel like something similar moving through us...and you, too. Yes, yes, yes! I am so motivated by sharing so we can move forward with more ease for each generation to come.