Monday, 14 January 2013

Losing myself

I sometimes hear people say they have lost themselves since having children.   I didn't feel it.  I thought I was finding myself.

Now, I know different.

I am losing my Self. Loosening the chains of self-image, of protectionism. Seeing the illusory world I created for the first time. Peering through the tangle. Wondering what lies beyond.

Whatever. It feels right.

3 comments:

Melissa said...

I have totally lost the self that existed before motherhood, or parts of it anyway. Out doesn't really feel like a loss, though. More of a rebirth.

sparklingbay said...

Not a bad loss, no.

Dave, your brother said...

it does Rache :-), finding a base, a wonderful and strong one, and oneself, who maybe was lost, or floundering, nostalgic smilie here (for the poor old lost me)