All About Eve « Must Be Motherhood

All About Eve

…although if you must know, my real name’s not really Eve.

And I know, I know: “Must be Motherhood”???

Alliterative qualities aside, it’s hokey.

I roll my eyes at the title of my blog. My first-born, Pitter, rolls his eyes at the dorkiness. My second incubating baby, Patter, rolls his/her eyes from within the womb at the stupidly-descriptive and uninspiring word grouping.

But this blog has been around for more than a year now, and to change its title would be a disservice to its origins: the creation of an exhausted first-time mom relocated to the midwest from a life in the big cities of the east with her husband, Sweet Cheeks; that of a mom so depressed about this relocation and so very tired that “Must be Motherhood” was the best name that popped into her lonely little head before she took the plunge and started the whole damn thing. And there you have it.

“Must be Motherhood 2.0″ might be called any of the following were I to go about reinventing myself…again:

Obscured

Miss Muffet

Pitter and Patter’s Indie Adventures

Escapees

Curious about the meaning behind any of these titles? Email me at mustbemom(at)yahoo.com and I may divulge a few secrets.

I write about life in the midwest, nostalgia for Boston, New York, and my twenties, feminism, body image, breast feeding, child rearing, pregnancy, and all the other usual crap.

Responses

hello! your wee one is unbelievably cute and charming. I’m enjoying finally getting caught up with your hoosier exploits. at least you seem to have a sense of humor about it all.

I will be in ft wayne for the 1st week in april with toddler in tow - perhaps we could arrange a visit? I know it’s not super close, but I imagine I’ll be wanting to escape my grandmother, so I could make a side trip. would love to see you!

xoxo

shana

By: shana on March 21, 2007
at 2:38 am

Hi!
I wandered over from Frema’s blog. I’m loving your stuff! I am also an exhausted first-time mom, about to relocate from New York City to Central Alabama, so I think we’ll have a lot in common. Looking forward to reading more from you! Feel free to check out my blog: http://marcusandjenlane.blogspot.com.
Best,
Jen L.

By: Jen L. on April 3, 2008
at 7:50 pm

In my bedside table, I have a book I’ve been adding to since my Pitter was born. He’s now going into the Navy at the ripe age of almost 24. (I cry! I scream! I place every blessing I can conjure around him. I let him go. Following his own dreams, not mine.)
The book, it’s for me I realized, not him. My rantings, joyful and not, for my sanity and connection to my future self. His life goes it’s own way, hopefully long and wise.
Teach your children well; their hopes and dreams depend on it.

Love You, keep breathing,
BSR

By: SusanR on April 18, 2008
at 4:48 pm