Pushing An Analogy

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Parenting is terrifying.  It is a never ending rollercoaster of dips and turns, deep dives and steep climbs.  There are moments full of silence so loud that the click-clack-click of movement is all you can hear and then there are moments where the screams fill up the atmosphere, choking out usable oxygen.  And just when…

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Teacher, mother, partner...writer?? Time to put it out there, I suppose. I started this on March 1, 2019 as a part of a challenge to write, everyday. March is over and yet I am still writing. Maybe not every day, but still writing.

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  2. I’ve started to comment at least three times already but am struggling to find the words. Your writing is beautiful, yes, but this piece is so much more than simply beautifully written. It’s filled with love, compassion, and fear. Whoever said that parenting is sending your heart out into the world had it right. I’m sending all my wishes for a slow down of the ride for everyone concerned.

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  3. Dearest amyilene:

    Number 1 – when are you writing your book! (And yes, I know that’s a question with an exclamation point. Point and pun intended)!

    Number 2 – #gasp… Reading this post made my heart feel like it was on a roller coaster of emotions and epiphanies in a twisted, yet very real landscape of life. I was as frightened as I was enlightened – because you crafted the most beautiful journey for me to follow with your words…

    Number 3 – I found your writing to be so prolific and profound that somewhere shortly after the beginning, I imagined it not as a blog post on my screen, but with you in the center of a stage; in an enormous arena of sorts. I could feel the silence of the room and the intensity of the processing by an audience that included me as we dissected and attempted to come to grips with the immense truths sewn into every word.

    Though I’ve never heard you speak, I could so clearly hear your voice! I wanted to slow my reading because your sentiments and conclusions were resonating with me more quickly than I could fully digest them.

    This I know. Your gift is most laudable. Your vulnerability is refreshing. You are a core-challenging thinker whose sincerity and simplicity are rivaled only by the power of your perception.

    I don’t know what your end goals are, but I certainly hope they include a published book and/or public speaking.

    You are a gem of a writer indeed. In a word? #wow

    I shall certainly ride this roller coaster again.

    With Warmest Regards,

    ~Dr. Carla Michelle Brown

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      1. amyilene,

        It is an honor to have had the privilege to read your writing! I enjoyed it more than you know. #whatatalent! May there be much more writing in your future! ~Dr. Carla Michelle Brown

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  4. I don’t know who originally said it, but parenting is like living with your heart permanently living outside of your body. There is truly nothing else in the world that feels as scary and wonderful as parenting.

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