I am going to now. I’m fairly happy with myself as a writer, but some things just defy my ability, and writing like a mother writes is one of them. So I’m sending you to read Ann Handley’s blog today. She’s written something brilliant, and you need to read it. Here’s a small snippet:
And then I tried to think of how it felt, as a parent, to see him so happy and alive. Most parents might describe it as pride, I guess. But pride doesn’t come close, because it’s not about me. It’s about him. What’s a word that describes how you feel when one of the people you love most in the world, one of the very few people you would gladly suffer deeply for, would do just about anything for just because they asked — no questions asked, no strings attached, no payment required — without resentment, or anything even close to anger or complaint, and in fact would see it as a kind of duty and honor? What’s the word for a kind of love that fills you up to the point that it overflows the brim?
See? So go read the whole thing.
Tags: Ann Handley, motherhood
Posted on Monday, 13th July 2009 by chrisjones
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