カリスマ・カーペンターのインスタグラム(charismacarpenter) - 3月15日 02時22分

WARNING: total emo post! •
Nothing can prepare you for parenthood.
It’s hard as hell! I’m not even exaggerating. Like, 9 rings ( circles ) of hell, kind of hard. •
It preys on every “button” I have.
I am constantly being confronted by my every character flaw, expectations and EGO. •
Oh, and the stamina required!
Saying “yes” would be soooooo easy. Saying “No”, setting boundaries and enforcing consequences is exhausting. Frankly, it’s sucks for everybody. •
Learning how best to support your child is a process of tireless deductions.
What worked for me, doesn’t work for my son.
I have had to experiment with what books say, professionals suggest, my parents advise, speak to confidants on a myriad of topics. Etc.
But what I am learning most of all is to listen. - Be WILLING to listen to the kid. Donovan occasionally jokes, “No one ever listens to the kid.” And it’s funny because it’s true! I wasn’t raised to be heard. I was raised to be told. - I’m learning. •
Nothing can prepare you for the hard days. I look back on things I used to worry about before he was born and I laugh. It was all so superficial and irrelevant. Silly! •
As hard as being responsible for another human being is, and the worry that comes with it, ( Ya know, like,” I hope I’m not f**king him up) nothing could be more enriching, deepening, or purposeful. Everyone says, “ I never knew I could love like this. I didn’t think I had the capacity.” But we ( I ) do. -I did all along.
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One look, one little impersonation, ( He’s good at those ) one laugh, cuddle ( sometimes when watching tv he will reach over and put his hand on my hand. - Melt! ) or kind word ( Out of the blue Donovan will say, “I love you, Mom.” - Melt! ) ...it all comes together and makes sense.
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You just do what’s required because it seems unfathomable to do anything less. It’s called love. And it’s the purest kind. •
This doesn’t make me special or different it just makes me a Mother. A parent •
There’s never been a greater joy than him, my son, my young man, Donovan.

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