Mothering and Writing and Teaching
This is not going to be a whiny post. We don't need any more of those in the world. I have already contributed my fair share of them. This is going to be a an honest post about a major issue in my life. I've already spoken to so many of you about it, so why not just type it up already? Teaching and mothering and writing are sometimes beautifully interwoven and connected. The ideas and dreams of one endeavor inspire progress and creativity in another. It would be unfair to say that I never notice this symbiosis. I'm truly grateful for it. But then... each passion can also drain and deplete another. Each commitment can be a great and endless source of guilt. At least for me. So how do I make sense of giving myself to all three passions? How do I find balance? I don't. I try not to over-analyze. (But I do anyway.) I spend my time where I can, when I can. And do the best job I'm able. But every now and then I feel that shiver of fear that I'm "doing