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What would you add? By the wonderful Grace Farris, whose new book came out this week!
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Love this mum! She really appreciates the small joys of life. She’s not an over achiever. She doesn’t have it all together. She’s not getting all the chores done. Just taking a moment here and there to savour life. The reading poetry out loud reminds me of my own mum though we all roll our eyes when she does it. I think this mum will enjoy strolling round her garden with an al fresco cup of tea thinking about what plants to pick up from the garden centre to add some spring colour.
@Rebecca, I love this. I especially love how the “she is not an overachiever” sentiment is unapologetic and equated with savouring life and enjoying the little things. I am on board.
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Not a mom, but forcing my husband to notice all the bulbs coming up was on my list and I checked it off :)
She might plant seeds in an egg carton and place them on a standard, too-narrow window sill to “get them started” because the west-facing window is “the only one with the correct light”, only to knock the carton down the next day while cleaning the living room near the windows.
I love these because they remind me to take a breath and a few minutes to appreciate the little things I like in life. I’d add ” She might take a walk with the dog by herself. She might not make any plans on purpose so she can find those little minutes to putter around the house making tiny adjustments”
Not a mom, but set a timer to attend a meeting on friday and ended up being 2 hideous minutes late to it anyway, so y’a got me, Grace F.
She might get inspired to do some spring cleaning, collect a pile of items to donate, leave them by the door for like TEN MINUTES, only for her kids to find and disperse throughout the house again. And again. And again…
She may suddenly stock up on cream cheese, butter, and lemons
I love, and relate, to these comics so so much, both as a daughter and a mother. Clearly what I (or my children) think are quirks (reading poetry that relates to a moment at hand much to their chagrin, ha, yes!) is much more universal than I realized. I feel so seen in these, and that brings me comfort in the smaller-people-everywhere-but-still-sometimes-lonely world of mothering. I preordered the book and can’t wait for it to arrive. I’m so happy I was introduced to Grace Farris here!
She might buy 60 impatiens at a ridiculously good sale, husband and two kids under five in tow, and then let the plants wilt into oblivion because she forgot the under-tree spot for them is still blanketed in tenacious, clinging weeds no one had the time/energy/fortitude/attention span to tackle LAST YEAR. Gulp.
My God, this is me.
Heyyyyy… do you know me?
Hehe. It’s me. I enthusiastically joined a native plant CSA in January, and now the only way those plants are going to make it in the ground is if I use some vacation time this week.
Hahaha literally just tried a new lip balm this morning!
She might drag her not-sporty family to watch their first ever college baseball game!
She might have all the kids go outside with her and prep the garden for planting flowers!
“Reading a poem about spring” really reminds me of my mom – every year she’d take all us kids over to our neighbor’s front yard, where they had a glorious daffodil garden, and she’d read “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud” by William Wordsworth. We hated every minute of it but she wasn’t going to let that stop her.
I guess I’m a downer, but these “mom comics” and the comments always seem kind of like “we’re laughing at you, not with you.”
That’s funny, as a non-mom I see these kind of comics and think… why do they always have to be about moms? These are funny little things that many people do, but since I’m not a mom I kind of usually just move on to the next post. I feel like they ring true in a humerous way for many, yet if you’re not a mom you’re not part of “the club”and the comic is saying, “sorry, not for you!”
Aw… I don’t feel that at all, perso. I’m not even (and will never be) a parent and I still love these. Sometimes it just makes me think about how goofy it is to be an adult – this week’s reminded me of how my father used to write me silly & embarrassing limericks every Valentine’s Day :) He used to also make me listen to 1940s radio shows w him. Of course now I love to remember his nerdy way of showing love. There would be nothing wrong with a variety of comics, of course! But also love these little slices.
I feel the opposite! I love these; they make me feel like all the weird stuff I do is universal and not just me. :) I’m sorry you’re experiencing that vibe though!
I feel the opposite, too! As my kids would say, I feel “so seen” ;)
Sooo… I’m not the only one who’s been reading spring poems to my little chicks? Awesome.
And the 5 min timer doesn’t even need an explanation! lol.
She might suggest to her teenage sons that they come and admire the daffodil bulbs she planted and force them to show enthusiasm.
Please get out of my head. Those are my EXACT weekend plans.
She might say “look how nice it is out outside!!” and suggest the kids go out and play. Or just drive them to to the park when they won’t get off their devices and start complaining that they are bored.
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