tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post1594826860069373609..comments2024-03-22T21:12:45.711-07:00Comments on Mom, the Intern: Belonging as a mom.Jenna Footehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06053037054553243481noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-24883075586615660392012-03-27T21:13:39.664-07:002012-03-27T21:13:39.664-07:00At such a young age when other girls would rather ...At such a young age when other girls would rather think of mundane things to do, you've already discovered what you're here for. So happy for you! I haven't been blessed with kids and when I hear of women embracing motherhood like you have, I feel a certain sense of envy. But I'm happy, right where I am. Glad to meet you and happy SITS day again!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15640511681168230116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-26140526359515547202012-03-27T20:18:17.845-07:002012-03-27T20:18:17.845-07:00This is a beautiful post and I really admire you a...This is a beautiful post and I really admire you and your journey to where you are now. I love how you have found your comfort zone and joy in being a mom. Glad to have found you through SITS!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09791338684143423577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-68694504171671562312012-03-27T18:35:30.418-07:002012-03-27T18:35:30.418-07:00Great post! I got married young too right after tu...Great post! I got married young too right after turing 19 and had my first son at 22. He was planned too. I look really young (like over 10 years younger than I am) so I think most people think my son was a teenage pregnancy (he's almost 6 now). It bugs me sometimes that people judge me when they shouldn't but its something I have to live with.Home Jobs by MOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210312540409179540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-85791432808018988122012-03-27T18:01:25.356-07:002012-03-27T18:01:25.356-07:00Lovely post! It's all about being comfortable...Lovely post! It's all about being comfortable with where you're at and what you're doing. I got married and had my first a bit older than you, but I look younger than I am so I know those looks you got with 'teen pregnancy' written all over them. So glad you are loving life now. <br /><br />Here from SITS!Triciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15159804178027555437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-24916766030753636752012-03-27T12:44:40.397-07:002012-03-27T12:44:40.397-07:00What an adventure. It isn't true that sometime...What an adventure. It isn't true that sometimes the biggest game changers are dramatic events. So glad you are comfortable with your stage of life. Thanks for sharing. And I am stilling trying to imagine going to college while super pregnant!Laura Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07606241763989900434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-45253676768264205132012-03-27T12:42:44.740-07:002012-03-27T12:42:44.740-07:00I love this post because I can relate to it. I wan...I love this post because I can relate to it. I want to major in broadcast journalism as well. i was in school for a little while but I had to leave for several reasons, one being that my daughter stayed in the hos[pital for several days with a minor kidney infection. Im hoping to go back to school and get my Master's degree at the Graduate School of Journalism right here in NY. I wish you good luck in your career choice and I'll be praying that yiu become stronger as a mom, wife, journalist, and woman. God Bless you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-68974791090980110162012-03-27T12:01:35.931-07:002012-03-27T12:01:35.931-07:00found you through SITS and just love your blog! Ha...found you through SITS and just love your blog! Have read through all of your "favorite" posts (plus a few more) and look forward to more - loved the food post especially (I'm stale marshmallow peeps all the way.....) :)sheri1217https://www.blogger.com/profile/13923697661453983177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-29607492842355396252012-03-27T10:45:54.231-07:002012-03-27T10:45:54.231-07:00Love this post. It's so great to see you lovi...Love this post. It's so great to see you loving motherhood and all it's disgusting joys. I feel the same way most of the time. <br />Though I don't know if I could have handled school and kids at the same time. Not at first, anyway. <br />Congrats on making it through and sticking with it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178879522755068454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-48362511379577092322012-03-27T09:36:06.589-07:002012-03-27T09:36:06.589-07:00You are supermom (but even superheroes get to take...You are supermom (but even superheroes get to take a break now and then...get a massage, yanno?)<br /><br />I was also a mom in college (second time around) and still fairly young and people always were shocked to learn I had kids. Funny world.Ladies Holidayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05861380625452005012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-20776087920024599862012-03-27T09:12:17.382-07:002012-03-27T09:12:17.382-07:00I became a mom late (like just short of my 40th. b...I became a mom late (like just short of my 40th. birthday) and it is bizarre to me how many of my colleagues instantly wrote me off as a 'go getter' at work. I feel like I've spent the past two years working twice as hard to show everyone that I'm still in the game.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889118790999321961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-26209863134413657292012-03-27T08:21:38.777-07:002012-03-27T08:21:38.777-07:00So true ... motherhood is a whole new (and weird) ...So true ... motherhood is a whole new (and weird) world! And we need as many fellow moms around us t help us remember it's an important and essential job!<br /><br />Enjoy your SITS day! :)Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02173810987391935584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-38823244269111884782012-03-27T07:36:48.734-07:002012-03-27T07:36:48.734-07:00Beautifully said. Sometimes I think we're mak...Beautifully said. Sometimes I think we're making progress as a society and started to value motherhood for what it is, an incredible sacrifice upon which all the other successes in life are based. Other times, not so much.<br /><br />The one thing I always knew I wanted to be in life was a mom. Nothing else has ever compared.<br /><br />Thank you for writing about motherhood with pride. Standing up for your choice is also standing up for the choices of other women. And we could all use a few more people standing up for us.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09083941215123554455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-50247473889787599272012-03-27T07:21:50.133-07:002012-03-27T07:21:50.133-07:00Here again -- from SITS! Congrats on the FB day :)...Here again -- from SITS! Congrats on the FB day :)<br /><br />I so admire you for being a young mom, raising two kids! I love how you've embraced this vocation and are thriving because of it. Bravo to you. And your kids are suuuuuuper cute!Martinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14515951047228352711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-23944081746761532002012-03-27T06:15:38.812-07:002012-03-27T06:15:38.812-07:00Are you writing about me??? This was/is me. I marr...Are you writing about me??? This was/is me. I married young and had my first baby 10 months and 15 days after my wedding day. I went to college pregnant time and time again. In the end I have been a stay at home mom for...ever homeschooling my kids and loving it all the way. <br /><br />Great post! Your kids are just adorable!!!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395804927366343180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-81745166434730412112011-06-12T15:56:57.086-07:002011-06-12T15:56:57.086-07:00This post is ALL KINDS of wonderful! :)This post is ALL KINDS of wonderful! :)Young People in Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11535887993121597790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-84633194010688273192011-06-09T12:42:12.786-07:002011-06-09T12:42:12.786-07:00I was at a community college in Los Angeles the la...I was at a community college in Los Angeles the last trimester of my pregnancy with Rushton. Imagine me telling my teachers the first week of school that there was a small chance I would be in the hospital having a baby during finals week. It was awesome. I can totally relate to your awkward prego at college story. Yep!<br /><br />The first time I felt the fitting in you describe in this post was when we finally moved to the suburbs of Vegas a few months ago. Now people ask me "How old is your son" or "What is his name?" instead of "Is that YOUR baby??" It's nice. =) Yay for motherhood, and yay for sisterhood in motherhood.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07786953153872483330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-6563167716797029472011-06-09T12:14:20.650-07:002011-06-09T12:14:20.650-07:00Woot mommydom, I'm super excited to join the r...Woot mommydom, I'm super excited to join the ranks someday! Thanks for sharing your story, its always interesting for me to hear diff views of the Y.mandyfacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563954109466062033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-86950090077720800552011-06-08T19:49:27.838-07:002011-06-08T19:49:27.838-07:00I personally thought you were wonder woman that se...I personally thought you were wonder woman that semester. Seriously, I thought I would die half the time, lugging those stupid tripods up and down the hills south of campus and I wasn't even pregnant! And there you were, lugging all that equipment with the best of them.<br /><br />I thoroughly enjoyed this post.<br /><br />Just thought you should know :)Jessica and Reecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09940725349639182986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-69980210638611797332011-06-08T16:33:17.985-07:002011-06-08T16:33:17.985-07:00I LOVE PLAY GROUP! There is something so satisfyi...I LOVE PLAY GROUP! There is something so satisfying about fellow mothers and our horror stories and badges of honor. And these women are wonderful. I hope you keep coming with us.Alicia Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359407708705550211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-84414101143172172912011-06-08T14:55:06.066-07:002011-06-08T14:55:06.066-07:00Amen!Amen!Nurse Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05701919857269926765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-74748623819328353282011-06-08T14:52:40.392-07:002011-06-08T14:52:40.392-07:00Great post! And I thought I was young when I got m...Great post! And I thought I was young when I got married (just shy of 21), but I went to a liberal art college where my advisor basically laughed at me when I told her the reason I might quit college is because I was getting married and my soon-to-be husband could not find a job. Yeah, not as fun. <br /><br />I might not have kids yet, but I'm pretty confident that I will be in the same situation that you are. I hope I make some SAHM friends, too, that understand just why I gave up a career to watch my kids.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290036593543662150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-26386787088529441092011-06-08T14:37:47.850-07:002011-06-08T14:37:47.850-07:00Jenna, I love you! This made me feel like I can g...Jenna, I love you! This made me feel like I can go back to school if I want to but I'm not a loser for dropping out. Thank you!<br /><br />-Mandy EllisMandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17981667429438214457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2998392453589309507.post-16152227284325954572011-06-08T14:26:12.708-07:002011-06-08T14:26:12.708-07:00I'm proud of you :)
I always wanted to be the...I'm proud of you :)<br /><br />I always wanted to be the young mom and have (surprise) turned into a career woman. My turn will come, but it always surprises me how life and the Lord often have something really special in store for us!<br /><br />In my opinion I think there is no higher calling. I love and respect all the moms I know. I think they need it. Our society is much too "career driven." Even more, it's like specific careers are "better" than others. For instance, you know my position, a photog at a magazine. People do not respect it, really. I don't mind, I love what I do. It's where I'm supposed to be.<br /><br />I'm glad you are peace with your incredible role!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com