tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701651113265992098.post5544632059487905100..comments2023-09-10T07:42:08.173-07:00Comments on Marcia's Art stuff: Mom's influenceMarcias’s Art Stuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135097038619083016noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6701651113265992098.post-962445505510497252010-12-17T08:19:53.840-08:002010-12-17T08:19:53.840-08:00I always wonder about stuff like that. My mom was...I always wonder about stuff like that. My mom was the opposite of yours. She didn't have an education and she was a stay at home mom. We were living in Mexico where things were very "old fashioned" (the man is the master of the house, the woman and the children obey). So I grew up not wanting to be like her. I studied very hard in school and college and was determined to be a successful career woman. I told myself "I will never be like my mother. I will never depend on a man." I did end up having a successful career in programming, but when I decided to get pregnant (in my thirties), I had a lot of pressure from my "old fashioned" parents and my "old fashioned" husband to give up my career. I agonized over it and finally gave in. I can tell you that I spiralled into a horrible depression and I haven't fully recovered from that. I love my daughter very much, but I also miss having a successful career. Sometimes I wonder what my life would have been like if I was still a career woman. All those dreams that I had. I guess I will never know. And now here I am trying to be an artist during a bad economy. It's not the same...Lynet McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05912877017564417821noreply@blogger.com