Meditation for Mamas, Part 2
About a year ago, I wrote this post in which I lamented the lack of "alone time" that we mother's face. I was fearful that the constant stimulation of raising several children was leaving me spiritually illiterate. I shared this post with a writer friend, and she liked it very much. She also politely asked, "What's the 'take-away'? What have you learned?" This was a good and helpful question. I thought about it, and I found myself, a year later, writing somewhat effortlessly about what I have learned... I love my “job,” but it isn’t what I pictured when others used to ask, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” In fact there isn’t much being involved in mothering. There is, however, plenty of doing . I do laundry. I cook, clean, drive, read stories, herd belligerent little people in the direction of the bathtub, and participate in sticky craft activities that cause me to break out in imaginary hives. I also listen,...