lauralavigne
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My Interview
- What name do you go by besides Mom?
- Laura
- What part of the world do you live in?
- Fidalgo Island, WA
- Since when have you been on this journey known as Motherhood?
- Seventeen years minus one day
- How many people depend on you?
- 3 humans, a dog, a cat
- What do you know now that you didn't know before you were a mom?
- Oh boy. I know that baths are often my best friend (as long as the bathroom locks) I know that there is a time when my priority got (no so gracefully) changed from being their friends to keeping them safe and making sure they learned their "life curriculum" (can you say thirteen?) I know that I can't fake anything very well or for very long I know that being well and happy in my heart and mind is more important than being right
- What is your idea of perfect happiness or your happy place?
- Depends. A cross country adventure road trip with my kids can be my vision of heaven. A hot baths with candles AND the door locked also.
- What is your biggest frustration or struggle?
- When I try to "make the peace" between two feuding kids and end up being the bad guy as they walk away arm in arm - both mad at ME!
- If you could invite three people to dinner who would you invite (don't worry, you don't have to cook!)?
- My grandpa who died a long time ago/ My grandma - to apologize / Oprah (to pitch my book)
- List three things you like, list three things you dislike.
- Like: Chocolate/ Dancing/ Belly laughing till it hurts Don't like: Lack of clarity/ Blahness/ Beets
- What do you really want that you don't have right now?
- Money to take my kids to Europe (or at least Mexico) this summer.