Hi Kerry, I'm a new subscriber and found you by way of your friend Rachel Macy Stafford. I really appreciated the way you both facilitated her most recent Treehouse gathering.
And regarding this essay, wow. I really felt convicted by your words, especially the opening statements about how our kids see through our bullshit and they will call us out on it. That's really deep truth there, and I needed to be reminded to keep working on myself, keep showing up honestly with my kids, and keep having those hard conversations that demonstrate I'm human and I'm still learning.
Hi Jeannie! I remember you from our gathering.....you had the most reassuring facial expressions and put my heart at ease quickly. Thanks SO much for being here with me. Yes....hearing my son's reflections of how I was handling what I thought were boundaries with my Mom, was enlightening. I needed his observations to realize my boundaries were too soft and needed to be a bit more rigid. I love how our adult children can be such a great mirror. I appreciate you going deeper with yourself to see the areas that can still grow.
Aw, Kerry, thank you so much for responding here. And also for your kind affirmation about my presence at Rachel’s Treehouse gathering. Just witnessing the dynamic between you and Rachel was an incredible gift—the way you both used your gifts in tandem.
I don’t have any adult children yet (my kids range from ages five to fifteen—there are five of them), but I feel like each developmental stage presents new challenges for me as a mother. I would say overall motherhood has been the singlemost difficult way I’ve grown as a human. But also the best way I’ve grown.
Hi Kerry, I'm a new subscriber and found you by way of your friend Rachel Macy Stafford. I really appreciated the way you both facilitated her most recent Treehouse gathering.
And regarding this essay, wow. I really felt convicted by your words, especially the opening statements about how our kids see through our bullshit and they will call us out on it. That's really deep truth there, and I needed to be reminded to keep working on myself, keep showing up honestly with my kids, and keep having those hard conversations that demonstrate I'm human and I'm still learning.
Thank you for this!
Hi Jeannie! I remember you from our gathering.....you had the most reassuring facial expressions and put my heart at ease quickly. Thanks SO much for being here with me. Yes....hearing my son's reflections of how I was handling what I thought were boundaries with my Mom, was enlightening. I needed his observations to realize my boundaries were too soft and needed to be a bit more rigid. I love how our adult children can be such a great mirror. I appreciate you going deeper with yourself to see the areas that can still grow.
Aw, Kerry, thank you so much for responding here. And also for your kind affirmation about my presence at Rachel’s Treehouse gathering. Just witnessing the dynamic between you and Rachel was an incredible gift—the way you both used your gifts in tandem.
I don’t have any adult children yet (my kids range from ages five to fifteen—there are five of them), but I feel like each developmental stage presents new challenges for me as a mother. I would say overall motherhood has been the singlemost difficult way I’ve grown as a human. But also the best way I’ve grown.