self portrait. me. three.
Davina
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too much time here.
Over the last week Grace and I have been together a lot. And not always under the best of circumstances. I think that she may be feeling better and I'm so glad about that. Of course, I'm just keeping my fingers crossed hoping that it's really true.
All of you have been so wonderful and I've gotten some really sweet and thoughtful emails filled with concern and help and I can't even say how grateful I am to each of you. I'm blessed.
Here's to all of the moms out there who have:
*stayed up at night with a sick child
*cleaned up puke off the wall...and the toliet...and the pjs...and the bed...and yourself
*washed a toliet so that the person that is putting their face it won't get even more sick because you haven't cleaned it in way too long
*wiped snot from a child's face and then wiped it on your own clothes or the grass while you were at the park without a tissue
*sat on the floor of a nasty bathroom to change a diaper or feed a baby
*bribed your child with ice cream to get them to do what you wanted them to
*said "because I'm the mom, that's why"
*gone to check on your child in the middle of the night just to make sure they are still breathing
*read Clifford the Big Red Dog at least 139 times
*walked in a room to see your child naked except for a diaper and painted like a lion...and the walls full of a little 2 year old's art
*looked out the front window to see your child in the street and had a panic attack
*been woken up by a child at 3am with a fever and stayed up at least 1/2 the night trying to bring it down
*heard your children giggling wildly in the next room and peeked around the corner to see what was going on
*made dinner with a child attached to your leg
*walked into a room and asked, "who made this mess?" and had all of your kids say, "Not me!" and you know it wasn't YOU
*opened the fridge to eat that delicious piece of dessert you were planning to eat and found that someone else beat you to it
*cuddled next to a sweet little missie and had her say to you, "you're the best mom in the whole wide world. I love you soooooooooooo much!"
*had little arms wrapped around your neck that wouldn't let go
*and had slobbery kisses from gooey mouths.
Here's to all of you...and here's to knowing that there's not a moment in the bunch that we want to trade.
good. LIFE.
Reader Comments (12)
As far as your list here Davina... BEEN THERE DONE THAT to EVERY SINGLE thing you listed!! Ahhh to be a mother, even with the snot and the tears and the whining and the puke, I wouldn't change a thing :)
Thanks for sharing!!
oh no... someone's not feeling well. Being a Mother is the nest self portrait ever!!
You have know idea how timely this post was for me. I just sit down, with a sigh, exasperated because i literally JUST cleaned up vomit and *the other end vomit* (if you catch my drift) from my carpet for probably the 10th time in the last few days. I'm-not-exagerating. My 3 boys and myself have been sick. I was to the point of being bitter and angry.....and then i read your post. Thank you, thats all i can say.
I am so sorry your daughter has been sick. That is by far the hardest thing about parenting...taking care of a sick child with often feeling just helpless. It is so very worth it. I love it that you documenting your time in the bathroom with your daughter and just your whole self portrait series in general. I definitely want to do this myself, but have one question...
How are you taking the self portraits? Self timer? A remote? I have been trying to figure this out through the pictures, but am stumped. Thanks for in advance for the assistance!
Hope Grace feels much better super soon!
-brittany-
Chantel, I love it!
Ryel, too true!
Nicole, I'm so sorry to hear that you are having a very long day/night. That sounds just messy. wow. I'm so glad this post helped you. Hang in there. I'm thinking about you. Please keep in touch with how you are doing.
Brittany, I'm just using a self timer and camera on the tripod. I've been trying to leave everything as set up as possible so that it's not a big deal at all to grab it and put it in place at any moment. Let me know how it goes for you!
..and here's to you Davina. I hope she's 100% better soon. I enjoyed your list as it made me smile as I read each one.
And who said being a mother wasn't work? It's hard work!
Great photo-not of what's going on but it takes a special love to do that job!
Hope she's feeling better and that no one else gets it!
Bravo for the list!
Davina. You've GOT to get a puke bucket. My 4 year old throws up ALL the time (it's a medical mystery we're still trying to solve) and puke buckets are much easier than the toilet. You can keep it right by you so there's no panic running to the bathroom. The little pink buckets they bathe your newborns in right after you have them work perfectly and clean easily. :) Best of luck. Sick kids are tough.
I hope Grace is feeling better. I love your posts - so real and inspiring. And I think you might be the best mom in the whole wide world too!
Thanks, Ingrid. I was laughing when I wrote those and really hoping that other people had done those things!!
Thanks, Carolyn! Gracie is better...and now I've got it! lol
Lindsay, looks like I'm going to need to steal into a hospital room soon! :)
Rosaura, Grace is doing much better and I decided watching her have it wasn't enough...so I asked her to share. Not really. But I think I did catch what she had. I'm sure I'm not the best mom in the whole world, I do try to be the best I can to my kids and hope they keep thinking that I am! You are a very sweet mom to your little missie!
thank you for the insight into the self portraits! You are awesome!
That photo is so sweet. I just adore it! There's something so beautiful in the everyday wonderfulness and mess we have as mothers!