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Published: 2008-06-17 18:14:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 3670; Favourites: 72; Downloads: 0
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I found what a friend said very interesting when she saw my series of photos: "My grandmother once told me that women of her generation were raised to find a husband and have a family. She never even considered any other options because it didn't even register to her that there were any."Sometimes us women still complain about our lot in lives, but at least we know that we have choices!
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wow, i love it! it shows how oudon't really need a big glamourous life to be happy.
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Can I use this picture on my blog? It reminds me of my life so much (minus the pregnancy belly, beautiful btw). And that little girl is gorgeous!
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Thank you! I really appreciate the support of my artwork!
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i realllly want this print.. it would match cohen's room great!
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haha, he'll be like, "who's that on my wall mommy?"
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nah.. he'll be like "oh that's my future mother-in-law" hehe.
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Hahaha! I'll have to get a print made for you then.
I still have to make prints for myself... I get so behind
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Your friends quote reminds me of the movie "Mona Lisa Smile"..
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I don't think I watched that movie all the way through
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Love the vintageness of this photo, reminds me of a soda cracker ad
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I tried to make a Budweiser ad once
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I bet it came out just as good
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Nope, since it was over 4 years ago. I think all the photos went to my stock account
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I'm actually making post cards to send out as thank you cards for my baby shower. They are being shipped as we speak
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that's such a great idea!!! (you remind me of me :Hug: )
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Thanks. I decided to do that because the invitations my friends made were post cards with a picture of Lillian on the front!
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aw! thats awesome! almost Norman Rockwell-ish. the little smirk Lilian has is very cute too. lol
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Thanks. That would be an interesting coloration to do to the photo... make it look all Norman Rockwell-ish
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Yay! This reminds me of me and my son. Great shot.
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I just wish women weren't so heavily criticised for choosing to be a stay at home mum now.
It seems to be seen as betraying womankind.
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I agree. And when you sit down and actually calculate it out, if I were to go to work (no degree) all the money I make would go right back into child care and gas. So what's the point of letting somebody else raise my kids(s)?
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YES.
I would love to stay at home and raise my own kids, and watch them take their first steps and hear their first word.
A day care has like 20 babies in there, how much individual attention do you think your kid gets?...
its really stupid.
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Exactly. I'm sure they learn social skills with the other kids, but I'd much rather be there with them
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meh.. Ill have more than one.. so they can stay home
neeeeverr leave my side >__> ... <___< ... unless they need money.. then go to daddy.
XDD
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Exactly.
I couldn't be a stay at home mum as I'm the one who earns more so unfortunately I will have to go back to work once maternity pay ends (speaking hypothetically here as we're planning to start trying for a baby next year so it's on my mind!) but by then I'll have my degree and my wage will cover my boyfriend's so he's going to drop his hours and basically be a stay at home dad 
I know we're going to get shit over it though - me being dragged over the coals for working full time and him for taking the 'woman's' role, and yet if I stayed at home full time I'd get accused of being lazy so we really cannot win.
I hate being an adult sometimes
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Well just the fact that you can arrance for one of you can stay at home rocks! That way you know that your values will be instilled in the child, and that one of you will be there to watch them grow (and take pictures and video of it!)
I'm doing school work for legal transcription because I can get a job and work at home, that way I can at least supplement my husband's income.
And awesome that you guys are planning for a little one in the near future!
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Thanks sweetie
Good luck on the job front - I couldn't work from home, I have all the self discipline of a hyperactive toddler
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Hahaha that's the funniest thing that I've heard somebody say about themselves in a long time!
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