Posted by Dinah on August 26, 2004, at 9:09:42
In reply to Re: Where are you going, my little one...., posted by Susan47 on August 25, 2004, at 22:28:25
Well, my father always thought that we were only meant to be forty.
And I not infrequently want to die. But not because I think we're supposed to. More because I'm a huge coward about facing pain.
But I think we were meant to live as long as we can and stay as healthy mentally and physically as we can so that we can contribute as much as we can.
Speaking as a fortysomething facing losing one of my parents, I know that kids don't stop needing their moms at twenty. And grandkids! You can dust those songs off for the grandkids - and without the postpartum depression. (I would sit in the rocker, singing to my son, as tears sped down my face. Postpartum depression is horrible, as it adds all these feelings about how you're supposed to feel having a baby, and all these societal expectations of how important bonding is, and sleep deprivation of course, and loads them on top of the depression. :( I'm sorry you had to go through it, and in a time period when it wasn't as well recognized as it is today.
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