Love your posts Meredith. As I was learning about Stoicism a few years back I was wondering how to apply it to my real life especially as a mother. So thanks for your blog. My daughter is just about to start school so a big change! She's had a very positive nursery experience so I am not too nervous, I'm more excited for her; when possible problems she might encounter pop into my mind and I start to go down the rabbit hole of "what I would do in that situation" (tiger mum alert) I usually stop myself and try to just think Cross That Bridge When (IF!) We Come To It. But I wonder if I would be a lot more nervous if I were in the US- it's so awful when we hear of another US school shooting and I think we are all in the UK here a bit baffled by the US gun situation. We've only had one school shooting here, back in the 90s and it led to total change around gun laws and there hasn't been one since. I guess you just get used to that risk and the importance of education weighs heavier in the balance? Anyway, thanks for your helpful thoughts and good luck with the term ahead!
As a mother of a 24 year old daughter with Asperger's, who is in a prestigious graduate school, I am still anxious about her return to her graduate dorm life. She is so unlikely to make or keep friends and has refused any additional autism coaching after receiving the diagnosis only last year. There is little I can do for her, at this point, but love her. And hope. Stoic mothering means accepting the hand of Fate in her life as well as mine.
Very well put: love, hope, and accepting the hand of Fate. Your comment is also a great reminder that as parents and caregivers, we're on this journey with our children over the long haul, not just their youngest years. Thanks for sharing, and I hope your daughter will have a positive experience.
Love your posts Meredith. As I was learning about Stoicism a few years back I was wondering how to apply it to my real life especially as a mother. So thanks for your blog. My daughter is just about to start school so a big change! She's had a very positive nursery experience so I am not too nervous, I'm more excited for her; when possible problems she might encounter pop into my mind and I start to go down the rabbit hole of "what I would do in that situation" (tiger mum alert) I usually stop myself and try to just think Cross That Bridge When (IF!) We Come To It. But I wonder if I would be a lot more nervous if I were in the US- it's so awful when we hear of another US school shooting and I think we are all in the UK here a bit baffled by the US gun situation. We've only had one school shooting here, back in the 90s and it led to total change around gun laws and there hasn't been one since. I guess you just get used to that risk and the importance of education weighs heavier in the balance? Anyway, thanks for your helpful thoughts and good luck with the term ahead!
As a mother of a 24 year old daughter with Asperger's, who is in a prestigious graduate school, I am still anxious about her return to her graduate dorm life. She is so unlikely to make or keep friends and has refused any additional autism coaching after receiving the diagnosis only last year. There is little I can do for her, at this point, but love her. And hope. Stoic mothering means accepting the hand of Fate in her life as well as mine.
Very well put: love, hope, and accepting the hand of Fate. Your comment is also a great reminder that as parents and caregivers, we're on this journey with our children over the long haul, not just their youngest years. Thanks for sharing, and I hope your daughter will have a positive experience.