What an inspiration! Deb is a phenomenal human being. Her children must be so proud of her. What a work schedule! She deserves to have the BEST of everything. ❤️💝
Thank you for featuring Deb Spera in today’s article. She is clearly a gifted writer and I’ll check out ‘Call Your Daughter Home.’ What really struck me, as a mother of two and step-mom to two (all boys), besides how each child taught her lessons (don’t conform to other’s expectations, don’t put yourself in a box, and don’t be afraid of who you are), were these 2 quotes:
“Carl Jung said, we spend the first half of our life developing an ego and the second half letting it go. Children are great ego killers.”
“If my children had this kind of courage, who was I not to?”
I'm glad to hear this piece resonated with you so much. I've shared other guest contributors in the past, but I'm going to try to do this more and more so in the future, but always - well, almost always - perspectives and perspectives on subject I think we don't discuss enough. The impact of parenthood on creativity is a real one, and I think it's too often spoken about in the wrong way. Worse, I think it's become a subject women, in particular, don't want to discuss because it suggests there's a cost to motherhood. But there is. And that's okay.
What an inspiration! Deb is a phenomenal human being. Her children must be so proud of her. What a work schedule! She deserves to have the BEST of everything. ❤️💝
I do love her.
Thank you for featuring Deb Spera in today’s article. She is clearly a gifted writer and I’ll check out ‘Call Your Daughter Home.’ What really struck me, as a mother of two and step-mom to two (all boys), besides how each child taught her lessons (don’t conform to other’s expectations, don’t put yourself in a box, and don’t be afraid of who you are), were these 2 quotes:
“Carl Jung said, we spend the first half of our life developing an ego and the second half letting it go. Children are great ego killers.”
“If my children had this kind of courage, who was I not to?”
I'm glad to hear this piece resonated with you so much. I've shared other guest contributors in the past, but I'm going to try to do this more and more so in the future, but always - well, almost always - perspectives and perspectives on subject I think we don't discuss enough. The impact of parenthood on creativity is a real one, and I think it's too often spoken about in the wrong way. Worse, I think it's become a subject women, in particular, don't want to discuss because it suggests there's a cost to motherhood. But there is. And that's okay.