Blogging baby sleepover for Friday June 9
Categories: Playground Bureau
This week's sleepover profiles some of the most provocative and unusual "Mommy Blogs" on the Internet. They are unusual because they are written by Moms of babies who don't fit the "normal" label we (often unfortunately) place on kids. They are inspiring because they are handling their unique challenges with grace and have fierce love for their children.I'm highlighting these because all three are gorgeously written, beautiful blogs that have the ability to very firmly tug heart strings.
First we have Falling Down is Also a Gift, written by Moreena. Moreena has two gorgeous daughters, the oldest of whom has required two liver transplants. Her current entry has a beautiful picture of Annika in the church where her parents married, and the entry below that discusses Annika's failing liver and the difficulty of being "breezy". I can only imagine, and I'm moved by her words.
This Mom writes about her experience mothering a son with Asperger's Syndrome. Her most recent post, The Wall, is a hard-hitting reflection about the autism community and her desire to let go of the semantics and misunderstandings and just "provide for my son's biggest happiness and richest future without sacrificing a chance at my own."
Finally is Beanie Baby. Andrea is the Mom of a sweet little girl named Frances. Frances is medically sound and healthy in every way, she is also very small in stature, possibly due to 3-M syndrome. An entry she wrote earlier this week about her daughter being bullied at the park touched me. Go have a look and just try not to fall in love with her daughter.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Beanie Baby 6-09-2006 @ 9:55PM
Hi, thanks for the link! But I'd like to let your readers know that my name is actually Andrea and my little girl is Frances. And she's 30 months.
Seriously, thank you, I just didn't want any linkers to get confused when the names didn't match up.
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Brianne 6-09-2006 @ 10:29PM
Hmm, I read Beanie Baby's story about the park. I can sincerely identify with how frustrating it must be to watch her in a park made for larger children, but the part about the bully child, the 3 maybe 4 year old... I didn't read past "We waited a few more minutes, but he still wouldn't leave, and eventually Frances said, "I want to go home." Still crying. I hope that kid grows up and his penis rots and falls off. I mean that."
I really think this could happen to anyone,any child reguardless of size. I can even understand being really upset with the child, but I think the anger is directed at the 3 year old kid when it should be his missing care-un-giver. It's odd that offended me so much, I am not that conservative.lol I just think the imagery, wishing ill on a little kid, it bothers me. To me, 3-4 year old boys, that behavior sounds about right without a parent supervising.
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Kristin 6-09-2006 @ 10:46PM
(Note - I fixed Beanie Babies names. My sleep deprivation is out in full force. Apologies for the confusion!)
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kyra 6-09-2006 @ 11:06PM
thank you for this wonderful mention! and for the links to these two other beautiful sites.
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moreena 6-10-2006 @ 1:02AM
Thank you so very much! What a lovely surprise.
About Brianne's reaction to Beanie Baby's post: I think what you're describing is a parent's head reaction. I'm sure it was Andrea's head reaction, too. But, no matter what, if you're a parent and another kid is making your kid cry, you get a bit angry with the kid. You know that they're still learning, still maturing, and that that anger isn't going to help any or be an appropriate reaction to voice out loud (which, of course, she didn't). But your heart's reaction is exactly what Andrea described. At least, that's where my heart goes. Good thing we all have our heads, too.
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Felicity 6-13-2006 @ 9:52PM
I've been reading Kyra for over a year--she is brilliant and eloquent and clear minded and I think it's graet that you featured her. She is really an angel and her son and husband are awesome too.
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