Comments on: Why I do this the way that I do http://thejoysoftwins.com/2008/04/23/why-i-do-this-the-way-that-i-do/ keep a green tree in your heart, a sky-pointing tree, and perhaps a singing bird will come Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:16:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Her Bad Mother http://thejoysoftwins.com/2008/04/23/why-i-do-this-the-way-that-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-556 Her Bad Mother Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:39:02 +0000 http://thejoysoftwins.com/?p=543#comment-556 I just don't know any other way, either ;) Beautifully said. Thank you. I just don’t know any other way, either ;)

Beautifully said. Thank you.

]]> By: Veronica Mitchell http://thejoysoftwins.com/2008/04/23/why-i-do-this-the-way-that-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Veronica Mitchell Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:04:14 +0000 http://thejoysoftwins.com/?p=543#comment-551 That connection is so vital, isn't it? Motherhood has become so much more isolating than it used to be, and social networking provides a community that would be hard to find otehrwise. Especially when the mother has circumstances that just aren't part of most other mothers' experience (like having twins). That connection is so vital, isn’t it? Motherhood has become so much more isolating than it used to be, and social networking provides a community that would be hard to find otehrwise. Especially when the mother has circumstances that just aren’t part of most other mothers’ experience (like having twins).

]]> By: mamie http://thejoysoftwins.com/2008/04/23/why-i-do-this-the-way-that-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-550 mamie Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:28:17 +0000 http://thejoysoftwins.com/?p=543#comment-550 warning, long comment... i meant to leave a comment on your connections post. it is such a true thing, the way we have become connected by this medium. i have 'met' you and your family through this blog, i have met tracey thru you, HDYDI moms, so many. i really needed these connections, the first few months i was blogging with mamas of singletons and though they were awesome women to commune with, i still felt lonely, isolated in my twin mamahood. now, i follow your developments (though i do not comment each time, i read each post). i laugh at the boys antics, smile at their accomplishments and feel good/sad/understanding etc when you write of your time and reactions. i feel like i know you though we rarely email and have never met. and that is my only beef with the internet. i know you and your family, but wish we lived 10 blocks, ten minutes, not ten states away. i wish the women i 'talk' to on the net lived close enough to hug, to meet, to go to the park with. because for the first time i have found women i like, with like values, but just not in the same place that i reside. that is the only suck factor to all this. now, onto forest. he sounds so much like my mason. i know you made that connection too. and logan and owen seem to have similar characteristics. i love that forest is getting his share of teeth, sounds like it is not nearly as bad as it is for mason. and that you can see him changing from baby to boy. it seems like owen has been a toddler since 6 months, but macie is my baby. tonight he had a hard time going down. i went in, picked him up for a hug and he immediately fell asleep, little snuffles on my shoulder. i started to cry because i realized this night last year was the last night they were inside of me. that they came from me and were never going to be back there. i am rarely a sentimental mom, i have yet to wish they were back at a previous stage. but tonight my tears fell as i realized each step they take into their selves is a step away from that place/time when they physically resided in me, under my heart. precious and heartachingly lovely, this world of mam to two, isn't it? we are so lucky, i feel lucky to have you and your family as part of my life and i ook forward to the chance to meet up if it all works out. smiles and really big hugs, dawn. you are awesome. warning, long comment…
i meant to leave a comment on your connections post. it is such a true thing, the way we have become connected by this medium. i have ‘met’ you and your family through this blog, i have met tracey thru you, HDYDI moms, so many. i really needed these connections, the first few months i was blogging with mamas of singletons and though they were awesome women to commune with, i still felt lonely, isolated in my twin mamahood.

now, i follow your developments (though i do not comment each time, i read each post). i laugh at the boys antics, smile at their accomplishments and feel good/sad/understanding etc when you write of your time and reactions. i feel like i know you though we rarely email and have never met.

and that is my only beef with the internet. i know you and your family, but wish we lived 10 blocks, ten minutes, not ten states away. i wish the women i ‘talk’ to on the net lived close enough to hug, to meet, to go to the park with. because for the first time i have found women i like, with like values, but just not in the same place that i reside. that is the only suck factor to all this.

now, onto forest. he sounds so much like my mason. i know you made that connection too. and logan and owen seem to have similar characteristics. i love that forest is getting his share of teeth, sounds like it is not nearly as bad as it is for mason. and that you can see him changing from baby to boy. it seems like owen has been a toddler since 6 months, but macie is my baby. tonight he had a hard time going down. i went in, picked him up for a hug and he immediately fell asleep, little snuffles on my shoulder. i started to cry because i realized this night last year was the last night they were inside of me. that they came from me and were never going to be back there. i am rarely a sentimental mom, i have yet to wish they were back at a previous stage. but tonight my tears fell as i realized each step they take into their selves is a step away from that place/time when they physically resided in me, under my heart. precious and heartachingly lovely, this world of mam to two, isn’t it?

we are so lucky, i feel lucky to have you and your family as part of my life and i ook forward to the chance to meet up if it all works out. smiles and really big hugs, dawn. you are awesome.

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