Aug

10

The Wisdom of MidLife

Filed Under Older Mommy 

Over on my other blog, (Live Holistically) I got a great comment on this post My Crunchy Granola Preschool Holistic Daughter and Macdonald’s.

Basically I was writing about balance and organic food, and fun and McDonald’s and where do you draw the line between eating healthy and cultural attitudes about McDonalds.

Anyway, Karen left this comment:

At a wonderful new mother support group I attended in Bondi after the birth of my first child, the discussion turned to a heated one on the pros & cons of immunization. Later a young, first time mum declared she would only feed her child organic food. Many agreed with her enthusiastically. An older woman sitting next to me sighed. Hers was a mid-life surprise 3rd baby. She leaned over to me and said in voice full of wisdom and exhaustion, “I’m just glad my 16yr old daughter isn’t on heroin.” It is 8 years later and I still think of her when I need balance.

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