Episode 34: "Parenting for the Long Run" with Karen Davis, Working Mother & Artist Artwork

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Episode 34: "Parenting for the Long Run" with Karen Davis, Working Mother & Artist

June 06, 2023 • Working Mother Experience

Today on the podcast we connect with Karen Davis, high-school math teacher, mind-blowing crafter, dog-lover, mother and so much more.

Karen shares her journey creating her art piece, her feelings of uncertainty using a template and her cricut machine, and her feelings about the piece and where she hangs it. We are so grateful to Karen her submission enables The Working Mother Experience to showcase a new art medium to our growing community to inspire a new avenue for expression.

We delve into parenting as a means of getting to know our child vs. forming them into the child we want them to be, and how you find the right balance of both. We express our gratitude to individuals who help us to see ourselves in new ways and come to a place of deeper acceptance of our new identities as working mothers. And we acknowledge how we are different parents from when we started our parenting journeys, whether we want to admit it or not.

Karen closes with a profound statement about parenting for the long run and how she is not raising a child, but helping to form an adult in whatever direction she takes that in.

Thank you, Karen, for your beautiful art, your wisdom and willingness to inspire other working mothers to share a piece of their journey.