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Being Gentle With Myself

Posted by in Marlene's Musings | 1 comment

I’m learning to mother myself. To be the nurturing voice that comforts and cares for me when I need it. No longer a task master who demands results, I hold myself accountable while I love myself and applaud my progress along the way.

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  1. Andrea / May 19, 2009

    Mothering ourselves. Whew! Hard to wrap my head around when I have so many children and grandchildren that still need mothering (or at least I feel like they do–and they accept my mothering because I’m not a smother-mother. But, hey, what’s one more? If I don’t mother myself, who will mother the others and teach the others to mother?

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My passion has always been storytelling whether that involves writing or imagery. Following this passion, I built a 20-year career licensing my unique hand painted illustrations and product designs to renowned companies in the gift, paper, and home décor categories. My clients include Waterford Wedgwood, Tiffany & Co., George Caspari, Shurman Fine Papers, Block China, Simon & Schuster, Random House, Cartier, Shaw Living, Stephen Lawrence, and many more. To view samples of my artwork, just go to http://www.createdigitalart.com/designers/marlene.php. Now, my passion has taken me to blogging, compiling, and sharing stories of people who in their own small way have made a difference in someone’s life; stories that have the amazing ability to reawaken our senses to experience everything that is and can be good in the world and connect us with each other.

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