http://cynthia718.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/book-club-on-being-a-bad-mother-one-time/ Writing from Brooklyn, New York about urban parenting. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:51:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://cynthia718.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/book-club-on-being-a-bad-mother-one-time/#comment-6 feener Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:34:44 +0000 http://cynthia718.wordpress.com/?p=21#comment-6 really enjoyed this post. i felt your frustration yet the humor came through as well. i recall a night where we were training our older one to sleep in a bed b/c the younger one was on her way. i was 9 months pregnant and had to carry her back into her room over 50 times (i actually tallied per the book i was using to do it) man it was the pits. i finally told hubby he had to get home for bedtime - no more 11pm. really enjoyed this post. i felt your frustration yet the humor came through as well. i recall a night where we were training our older one to sleep in a bed b/c the younger one was on her way. i was 9 months pregnant and had to carry her back into her room over 50 times (i actually tallied per the book i was using to do it) man it was the pits. i finally told hubby he had to get home for bedtime – no more 11pm.

]]> http://cynthia718.wordpress.com/2008/06/09/book-club-on-being-a-bad-mother-one-time/#comment-5 Lisa Garrigues Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:15:30 +0000 http://cynthia718.wordpress.com/?p=21#comment-5 Hi, Cynthia, I just returned from a three-day vacation w/o kids to find a google alert of your post. I must say, your words eased my own feelings of guilt about having abandoned my children (many years older than your son) for a much-needed getaway with my husband. I am the author of Writing Motherhood and so glad to see that my book has inspired you to put into words some what we mothers often leave unsaid. Alfred Kazin once wrote that humor is the writer's armor against the hard emotions, and clearly you have a gift for delivering the truth with wisdom and laughter. So keep on writing--for your sake and ours. Best, Lisa Garrigues Hi, Cynthia, I just returned from a three-day vacation w/o kids to find a google alert of your post. I must say, your words eased my own feelings of guilt about having abandoned my children (many years older than your son) for a much-needed getaway with my husband. I am the author of Writing Motherhood and so glad to see that my book has inspired you to put into words some what we mothers often leave unsaid. Alfred Kazin once wrote that humor is the writer’s armor against the hard emotions, and clearly you have a gift for delivering the truth with wisdom and laughter. So keep on writing–for your sake and ours.
Best,
Lisa Garrigues

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