tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post114785508576749709..comments2023-12-23T08:37:50.433-05:00Comments on hula seventy: self portrait #28Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1148487222836961552006-05-24T12:13:00.000-04:002006-05-24T12:13:00.000-04:00Hi Andrea-- I'm working on a paper about online se...Hi Andrea-- I'm working on a paper about online self portraits for a class. Would you mind answering some questions about SPT? Could you email me (clairehelene7[at]yahoo)? I would love to get your perspective.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!clairehelene7https://www.blogger.com/profile/11082594822295855780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1148093228624158572006-05-19T22:47:00.000-04:002006-05-19T22:47:00.000-04:00argh. no babies to speak of as yet, but i still ca...argh. no babies to speak of as yet, but i still catch flack for saying, when people ask me where i would like to be doing in five years, that i would like to be a stay-at-home mom. "but you're so talented," they say, as if that wouldn't be true without the degrees, without a seventy hour a week career, as if you didn't need to be in order to be a good mother. "won't you miss being challenged?" they ask, as if there were anything more challenging than growing responsible, capable, thoughtful people.<BR/><BR/>"I did it the hard way." says bette davis' tombstone. i like bette. identify with her a lot. think that this is true of me now; think that it will be truer once i've had children, and is already true of anyone that stays home with kids.<BR/><BR/>i've wanted to be a mother since i was six. after making my misreable, mewling cousin (whom i wanted to kill a minute before) pipe down by rubbing his ears. he even fell asleep. that was a triumph. and i wanted to be amother because i was smart enough at six to realise that i liked doing things the hard way, and that there is nothing more impossible (impossibly hard and impossibly wonderful) than being someone's mother.<BR/><BR/>which is why i now say, when people ask me what i'd like to doing in five years, i say "in five years, i'd like to be bette davis."<BR/><BR/>rock on, girl.phosdahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11252851423987370803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1148088632244536392006-05-19T21:30:00.000-04:002006-05-19T21:30:00.000-04:00Love your honesty and your style--and your unbefre...Love your honesty and your style--and your unbefreakinbelievable photos.Marigoldiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08652950080530484536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1148075711168951712006-05-19T17:55:00.000-04:002006-05-19T17:55:00.000-04:00Yeah, the stay-at-home label is a bit of an albatr...Yeah, the stay-at-home label is a bit of an albatross, ain't it? (I'm a male of the species--the stay-at-home-dad.) If you dread the reunion, do what I did--have business cards made saying "Full-Time Mom" or something like that. Make 'em really professional and arty. It disarms them.<BR/><BR/>And then be proud that you're doing the best and most important job in all the world. Period.Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01767191872191198020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1148003540488914362006-05-18T21:52:00.000-04:002006-05-18T21:52:00.000-04:00you are too cool. love it all! well said.you are too cool. love it all! well said.molly | mommycoddle.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04336985785978536291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1147987851323719522006-05-18T17:30:00.000-04:002006-05-18T17:30:00.000-04:00First off, your hair if fierce. Secondly, I ASPIR...First off, your hair if fierce. Secondly, I ASPIRE to be a SHM. You do it well, mama. <BR/><BR/>And the legs in the back? Great!Diz Riverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04618954577639763316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1147966099590368912006-05-18T11:28:00.000-04:002006-05-18T11:28:00.000-04:00You are a beautiful, brilliant mother -- AND SO MU...You are a beautiful, brilliant mother -- AND SO MUCH MORE. Yes, you are amazing.Ward Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05013085293679968596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1147932643195280992006-05-18T02:10:00.000-04:002006-05-18T02:10:00.000-04:00you're amazing and talented and beautiful and insp...you're amazing and talented and beautiful and inspiring...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446678351429140419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1147925067606191892006-05-18T00:04:00.000-04:002006-05-18T00:04:00.000-04:00yes to that little box and yawn that goes with say...yes to that little box and yawn that goes with saying what you truly are at the end of the day! i wish there was a better term for *stay at home mom* that wrapped up hero, role model, artist, encourager, etc etc list goes on! <BR/><BR/>by the way, this picture is so great!! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1147923929735784452006-05-17T23:45:00.000-04:002006-05-17T23:45:00.000-04:00Love the picture and the words along with it. I h...Love the picture and the words along with it. I hate labels also and approaching my 20 year reunion in a few months, I'm dreading that, "And what do you do?" question. I HATE the box! Down with the Box! Thanks for your encouraging and motivating words.Kim G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02580039996408082406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1147922648999241792006-05-17T23:24:00.000-04:002006-05-17T23:24:00.000-04:00very very coolvery very coolmommy zabshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867526867356840793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1147919147782434652006-05-17T22:25:00.000-04:002006-05-17T22:25:00.000-04:00I hear ya! Motherhood is the most rewarding job a...I hear ya! Motherhood is the most rewarding job and the hardest I've ever had. It is so nice to read that people feel the same way. I am so glad I found you blog many months ago : )62cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07139604910431018935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1147918413324661542006-05-17T22:13:00.000-04:002006-05-17T22:13:00.000-04:00Such depth.And such a beauty.You are walking the p...Such depth.<BR/>And such a beauty.<BR/><BR/>You are walking the path just right!LeShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14980509507170565763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1147916982685558462006-05-17T21:49:00.000-04:002006-05-17T21:49:00.000-04:00when i am a mom someday, i want to be like youwhen i am a mom someday, i want to be like youmeridithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10908142105118039918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1147916888490463102006-05-17T21:48:00.000-04:002006-05-17T21:48:00.000-04:00if anyone is outside of the box it is YOU. you are...if anyone is outside of the box it is YOU. you are amazing and i have so much respect for your motherhood.... and all the other things that make you you.... you are stunning! xoxlisa solomonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11824254691379334918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1147908382426066912006-05-17T19:26:00.000-04:002006-05-17T19:26:00.000-04:00I so hear what you're saying. I do struggle with t...I so hear what you're saying. I do struggle with this myself, daily.kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09471813805433407905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1147888941112474872006-05-17T14:02:00.000-04:002006-05-17T14:02:00.000-04:00took the blog right out of my mouth! great pic! we...took the blog right out of my mouth! great pic! we LUV that elevator!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1147886436678712442006-05-17T13:20:00.000-04:002006-05-17T13:20:00.000-04:00I'm having an emotional day and can sooo relate to...I'm having an emotional day and can sooo relate to your words. Oh man I can't wait to see you. Two more days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11777429.post-1147886155685338262006-05-17T13:15:00.000-04:002006-05-17T13:15:00.000-04:00you are also a role model of how to be a mother an...you are also a role model of how to be a mother and artist and teacher to me. thankk you for you.mati rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15346776676916444532noreply@blogger.com