Musings on Creativity Through Motherhood

I'm reading an excellent book, recommended to me by musickat, called "Big Purple Mommy." It's about balancing motherhood with creative work of whatever type, and the conflicts inherent in that balancing act. It's made me think.

( Thoughts )

New community

Most of the women on my list will be into this. It's called chickswithdice. It's for female gamers.

I'm predicting an immediate spurt in membership as this hits my friends list. :)

Point-form recap

* blocks with Elizabeth
* listened to Charlotte Church
* made grilled cheese for myself and E.
* lj'ed to good effect
* wrote 1500 words of an interesting bridge scene that I love
* lj'ed some more

Still to come:

* laundry and taking out the garbage
* tuna casserole for dinner
* snuggling with my husband before he goes away for five days :(

All in all, a good day. :)

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Three times in the last two days, Elizabeth has gone to sleep with a book in her hands - Goodnight Moon, to be precise. She "reads" it over to herself, getting the entire first page word-perfect and getting a bit mixed up after that, though everything she says is in the book somewhere. Within five minutes she's asleep.

If there ever were any doubt about who her parents are, it's totally gone.

Also, my daughter is at the pre-literate stage normally associated with a child of nearly twice her age. Insert proud-mommy look here.

Guess what? I spoke too soon. She's still talking herself to sleep. But she's not getting up or crying, so I'm okay with that. When I was a child, the most precious hour of the day was the one after I'd been tucked in but before I went to sleep. I spent it daydreaming, whispering my imaginings to myself after my sisters went to sleep, and making up fantastical stories of all descriptions. I can only pray her dream life will be as vivid as mine was. :)