"Watching time take place in a person." Genuinely beautiful. My second is turning two in July and I feel you so deeply on this. Thanks for this version of Gossip. I'm here for it!
This brought tears to my eyes. My kids are 16,18 and 20 and I miss their baby and toddler and kid selves so much. But I promise you the other stages bring joy too. Meanwhile, enjoy that cot :) x
I’ve been a mum for 25 years with kids aged 25, 22, 12 & 11. I miss every version of who they’ve been & for every single year until last year I’ve thought I was a no good mum. Don’t ask me why because the reasons are dumb. But last year I sat down with the youngest 2 kids & the girlfriend of the second kid & we watched a slide show of photos & tiny videos I had taken on my phone over the last 8 years. We laughed at the kids & cooed over the babies & when it was finished I said “I actually think I’ve been an ok mum” because I WAS there, in the moments, marvelling at them smiling, learning to walk, dancing, hugging each other, capturing the wild haircuts & outfits they thought were cool but now cringe at, all the birthdays. I was feeding them & talking to them & most of all, loving them. And that’s what you are doing too. You’ll miss stuff & forget stuff, but your heart will keep it all.
Ahhhh motherhood! Those who have been there before (so bloody long ago) almost forget those little moments that were (and are) so precious. I envy you that moment. But so much more is yet to come, joyous,happy moments, scary holy shit moments. Strap in hon!
Clare, you have perfectly articulated exactly how I feel about motherhood and my children. My children are currently 25, 12 and 9 and I still regularly cry for the exact same reasons you’ve mentioned 💕
Your have the ability with the way you write, so descriptive and real to transport me right back to those early days of parenting. Beautiful memories, sometimes, I get sad that I didn't enjoy my babies enough , but I think I have just forgotten. I did sniff their heads and watch their eyelashes flicker as they slept. Traced their lips with my fingers and smooth their soft fluffy hair.
It's equally gut wrenching and thrilling to watch them grow into teenagers and adults. X
I totally relate to the sobbing because you feel so much intense love for this little person and exactly who they are right now. I’ve done it myself many times. For the newborn version, the cuddly 13 month version and now the 3 1/2 year old version of my daughter. You live in the joy of knowing that we get to find out who they are but grieving the loss of their smallness and softness. It’s a strange, funny and heartbreaking paradox that I’m glad I get to experience. ❤️❤️
Oh, I feel this in my bones. They change so quickly, and you just don't see it happening until you look back on the photos. It's the feet that always got me, too. They were so squishy and useless for so long, and now they're fully in use and they're just so grown up and different. Breaks my heart.
I used to get into the cot with my children too, it's a miracle that thing is still in one piece.
Goddammit you just added another point to the “pros of having children” column in my mind. The cons list is longer. But the pros have more weight to them. Fucking beautiful.
My daughter is almost 2 and this makes me want to climb into her crib in these next few months 😭😭😭. Thank you for this poignant, painful, relatable gossip.
I felt this so accutely. We just turned our 18 month old to forward facing and it feels like, just like that, my baby is now officially a toddler and I'm not ready for him to be so big, but I'm also so excited for the new adventures that parenting a toddler brings, but also I would happily stay in this phase of my life forever.
"Watching time take place in a person." Genuinely beautiful. My second is turning two in July and I feel you so deeply on this. Thanks for this version of Gossip. I'm here for it!
This brought tears to my eyes. My kids are 16,18 and 20 and I miss their baby and toddler and kid selves so much. But I promise you the other stages bring joy too. Meanwhile, enjoy that cot :) x
Clare, this is what motherhood is. Forever.
I’ve been a mum for 25 years with kids aged 25, 22, 12 & 11. I miss every version of who they’ve been & for every single year until last year I’ve thought I was a no good mum. Don’t ask me why because the reasons are dumb. But last year I sat down with the youngest 2 kids & the girlfriend of the second kid & we watched a slide show of photos & tiny videos I had taken on my phone over the last 8 years. We laughed at the kids & cooed over the babies & when it was finished I said “I actually think I’ve been an ok mum” because I WAS there, in the moments, marvelling at them smiling, learning to walk, dancing, hugging each other, capturing the wild haircuts & outfits they thought were cool but now cringe at, all the birthdays. I was feeding them & talking to them & most of all, loving them. And that’s what you are doing too. You’ll miss stuff & forget stuff, but your heart will keep it all.
Just wanted to say been loving the content you’ve been putting out and I think you’re great 😄😄
Whoops I hit post before I finished!! Excited for the announcement next week 🥳🥳🥳
Ahhhh motherhood! Those who have been there before (so bloody long ago) almost forget those little moments that were (and are) so precious. I envy you that moment. But so much more is yet to come, joyous,happy moments, scary holy shit moments. Strap in hon!
As for what’s coming, cannot bloody wait!
That feeling of being worried that you’re not paying attention is something I feel everyday x
The dichotomy of motherhood is the joy and the grief and the almost-constant letting go while trying to hold on to every little detail ❤️
Clare, you have perfectly articulated exactly how I feel about motherhood and my children. My children are currently 25, 12 and 9 and I still regularly cry for the exact same reasons you’ve mentioned 💕
Your have the ability with the way you write, so descriptive and real to transport me right back to those early days of parenting. Beautiful memories, sometimes, I get sad that I didn't enjoy my babies enough , but I think I have just forgotten. I did sniff their heads and watch their eyelashes flicker as they slept. Traced their lips with my fingers and smooth their soft fluffy hair.
It's equally gut wrenching and thrilling to watch them grow into teenagers and adults. X
I totally relate to the sobbing because you feel so much intense love for this little person and exactly who they are right now. I’ve done it myself many times. For the newborn version, the cuddly 13 month version and now the 3 1/2 year old version of my daughter. You live in the joy of knowing that we get to find out who they are but grieving the loss of their smallness and softness. It’s a strange, funny and heartbreaking paradox that I’m glad I get to experience. ❤️❤️
Oh, I feel this in my bones. They change so quickly, and you just don't see it happening until you look back on the photos. It's the feet that always got me, too. They were so squishy and useless for so long, and now they're fully in use and they're just so grown up and different. Breaks my heart.
I used to get into the cot with my children too, it's a miracle that thing is still in one piece.
Omg Clare for a second I thought you were starting another podcast and I GASPED
Goddammit you just added another point to the “pros of having children” column in my mind. The cons list is longer. But the pros have more weight to them. Fucking beautiful.
My daughter is almost 2 and this makes me want to climb into her crib in these next few months 😭😭😭. Thank you for this poignant, painful, relatable gossip.
Oh this made me cry so hard
I felt this so accutely. We just turned our 18 month old to forward facing and it feels like, just like that, my baby is now officially a toddler and I'm not ready for him to be so big, but I'm also so excited for the new adventures that parenting a toddler brings, but also I would happily stay in this phase of my life forever.