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Patriciafaye Marshall's avatar

What a beautiful piece! You don’t know me McKenzie but I was there when you were born!

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Mackenzie Amara's avatar

Thank you! Nice to hear from you! Lots of love.

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Iva's avatar

Thank you for your wisdom, honesty and open heart. It has been very inspirational ride. Enjoy the end as well as the new, coming. Looking forward to the next life-chapters.

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Rachel Elizabeth's avatar

A beautiful prayer, thank you beautiful queen! 💖

The journal prompts will be very helpful, I will write mine tomorrow.

Love you ❤️

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Mackenzie Amara's avatar

love you back :-). thank you! hope the journaling was fruitful.

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Rachel Elizabeth's avatar

It was indeed! I’d like to share my favorite part, it was the second point about boundaries. There were a few of them in there (as you know I have boundary issues!) but the one that really stood out to me was about my children, because it was both. I wrote “I applied boundaries that shifted the dynamic dramatically, and it was much less fun for both parties but I think it helped them to feel more secure. But simultaneously I also yielded hard, and both these applications have been truly rewarding. The most challenging part of parenthood so far. It’s no longer rainbows and unicorns but seeing them grow and develop their own independence is so worth it. The experience also helped me to deal with my own mommy issues. Applying boundaries and yielding to your kids individuality is something my mom just isn’t capable of. Somehow having managed it myself has dissolved all the dysfunction I had about it and I’ve got great freedom from my mom’s psychological grip on me now, even though she hasn’t changed one bit 😉

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Mackenzie Amara's avatar

rach, that's so cool. you're not the first woman i've heard talk about how raising children dramatically changed her relationship to her own mother. way to flip the script & not pass down the same wounds. good on ya!

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