I feel that my identity as women (self) gets lost in the chaos of motherhood and school. The most difficult challenge for me is to put myself first. It is so easy to give myself away to others, or the duties that most of us as women have been conditioned to do. I have been [...]
Archive for September, 2006
A break from life
Posted in Identity on September 30, 2006 | 6 Comments »
Student meets mom
Posted in Identity on September 23, 2006 | 4 Comments »
I have been a full time student for four years. I’m in my final year and I have yet to figure out how to juggle my studies and my kids. As a single mom, I find that my time slots for study diminish rapidly when the kids are at home. Every semester I promise myself that [...]
A wife for me
Posted in feminism on September 16, 2006 | 4 Comments »
I was talking with my good friend the other day, and she was telling me about her new job. She has had it for five weeks and finds it very difficult to integrate her role as working woman into her role as mom and housekeeper at the home-front. We can all relate to the utter chaos [...]
Women, Mom, Student
Posted in Identity on September 8, 2006 | 5 Comments »
My identity as woman often clashes with my other parts of self called Mom and Student. It is difficult for me to remember that there are many parts of my self that make me up as a whole. For instance, yesterday morning I was contemplating the role of feminism in our society for one of my classes. [...]
