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Tamara's avatar

Wow, I had an eerily similar experience a few months ago - I fell while skating and hit my head so hard, I'm sure I had a concussion (not as bad as yours). I was afraid to fall asleep that night in case I didn't wake up and the thoughts that ran through my head at that moment were "I'm so happy and so at peace with my choice to spend as much time with my kids as I have" My thoughts weren't about my part-time jobs, or my career I had before kids that I didn't go back to, but they were of my kids and all the time that I chose to spend with them. I grew up with parents that pushed education on me really hard, and the idea that I needed a career, so that choosing to raise my boys wasn't met with acceptance. In one of the scariest moments of my life, I realized that I could finally be at peace with a decision that I had always questioned. Thank you for this article!

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Anon's avatar

I really loved reading your article, and could not have agreed more with each word written! You are both insightful and a great writer. Please keep writing more.

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