It's sometimes hard for me to admit when I'm wrong, although I make a point of doing so when I realize the error of my ways.
I too changed on a great many things when I became a parent, both in how I treat our planet (becoming more interested in organics, the environment, ect) and others (buying more things fair trade, trying to become less judgmental of other people's choices) and in how I parent. I didn't expect to cloth diaper either, I thought it was gross. I didn't know about any of the benefits of natural birth the first time around, I was a "epidural in the parking lot of the hospital" kind of person, then went on to have a homebirth.
I too laughed at "if you are old enough to ask for it you are too old to have it" breastfeeding jokes, then went on to breastfeed a toddler. One of our favorite games was for her to "pick a boobie!" she'd point and say "THIS ONE!!" all excited like. I never expected to co sleep and yet my two oldest only just started sleeping in their own beds, the youngest still sleeps with us. I didn't intend to babywear as much as I do and yet I wear my 20 month old daily and even my older kids on occasion.
And I certainly never expected to search for the religion that felt right to me for so long. I eventually had a crisis of faith after I left the LDS church and thought long and hard about the things that I REALLY believe in. I found that Reform Judaism was what was right for me all along, as I'd suspected so many years ago. It just IS who I am, so much of it is about praising G-d and living an ethical life in the here and now, not out of fear of hell, but simply because it's the right thing to do. And there is no claim on it being the "only right and true way" but just one of many paths. That's why it speaks to me.
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Date: 2011-05-17 05:33 am (UTC)I too changed on a great many things when I became a parent, both in how I treat our planet (becoming more interested in organics, the environment, ect) and others (buying more things fair trade, trying to become less judgmental of other people's choices) and in how I parent. I didn't expect to cloth diaper either, I thought it was gross. I didn't know about any of the benefits of natural birth the first time around, I was a "epidural in the parking lot of the hospital" kind of person, then went on to have a homebirth.
I too laughed at "if you are old enough to ask for it you are too old to have it" breastfeeding jokes, then went on to breastfeed a toddler. One of our favorite games was for her to "pick a boobie!" she'd point and say "THIS ONE!!" all excited like. I never expected to co sleep and yet my two oldest only just started sleeping in their own beds, the youngest still sleeps with us. I didn't intend to babywear as much as I do and yet I wear my 20 month old daily and even my older kids on occasion.
And I certainly never expected to search for the religion that felt right to me for so long. I eventually had a crisis of faith after I left the LDS church and thought long and hard about the things that I REALLY believe in. I found that Reform Judaism was what was right for me all along, as I'd suspected so many years ago. It just IS who I am, so much of it is about praising G-d and living an ethical life in the here and now, not out of fear of hell, but simply because it's the right thing to do. And there is no claim on it being the "only right and true way" but just one of many paths. That's why it speaks to me.
I don't know where I'm going with this..