{"id":2267,"date":"2014-12-23T10:26:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T14:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solbeam.com\/?p=2267"},"modified":"2015-01-05T14:44:35","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T18:44:35","slug":"motherhood-subtitled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/motherhood-subtitled\/","title":{"rendered":"motherhood subtitled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/downloads\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-23-at-7.19.43-AM.png');\"  href=\"http:\/\/seekingsol.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-23-at-7.19.43-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2268\" src=\"http:\/\/seekingsol.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-23-at-7.19.43-AM-300x300.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-12-23 at 7.19.43 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-23-at-7.19.43-AM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-23-at-7.19.43-AM-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-23-at-7.19.43-AM-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-23-at-7.19.43-AM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-23-at-7.19.43-AM-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-23-at-7.19.43-AM-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-23-at-7.19.43-AM-1060x1060.png 1060w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-23-at-7.19.43-AM-550x550.png 550w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-23-at-7.19.43-AM-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-23-at-7.19.43-AM-1080x1080.png 1080w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-23-at-7.19.43-AM.png 1142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My son\u2019s daily insistence on the wear of his red rubber boots is fitting. Less than two and a half years navigating the gravity of this planet and already he is fierce in stomping out his independence. \u201cNo, I can do it\u2026\u201d a reflexive demand following my every motion and suggestion. Momma\u2019s hands, normally tackling a flurry of tasks in omni-armed domestic combat, are effectively batted away. First I raise my palms like resigned white flags, \u201cOkay, okay\u2026.you can do it.\u201d And then my arms eventually cross as I slump into the elapsed (10, 15, 20) minutes it takes to watch 2-year old fingers sort out the seat belt button, pull on pants with the pockets in the front, or open and pour the almond milk into the blender. Ultimately, we are both rewarded with the most lustrous of all medals: \u201cI did it! All by myself,\u201d he says, as much in self-recognition as subtitles to his mother. And I think, \u201cI did it! Patiently pain-ed myself long enough to let him do it all by himself.\u201d And there\u2019s a moment, right there, where I glimpse him as a 17 or 27-year old, with that same relaxed face and those inward eyes of accomplished self-reliance. And I also see that there\u2019s a phone in the background, and a call that he will not make to me, the mother he has left in the inadvertent dust of his red-booted path. 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