tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627109429370960702.post8518376252091558500..comments2024-02-12T10:53:01.745+11:00Comments on the wholefood mama: soul food: on vulnerability Nikki Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07061038678819861999noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627109429370960702.post-45663648392134464832014-04-11T08:27:53.841+10:002014-04-11T08:27:53.841+10:00Luna I so appreciate you taking the time to write ...Luna I so appreciate you taking the time to write in such a thoughtful and honest way. Perhaps it is a universal trait of eldest children to be the nurturer! Your blog is beautiful and honest and can only be written by you because as obvious as it is to say there is only one you! Yes Yes you are enough :) I am so glad you had the epiphany you did it is perfect and true. You too keep opening up and sharing your story. Thank you again for what you have shared xxNikki Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07061038678819861999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627109429370960702.post-87536856334327501252014-04-11T08:23:35.692+10:002014-04-11T08:23:35.692+10:00Bron thank you so much for your words here (actual...Bron thank you so much for your words here (actually brought tears to my eyes!!) another big aha moment in your words - play small because we can control small - yes!! Never thought of it that way before, because all that goes with playing big the mere thought makes my breathing shallow. Wow all so interesting. Thanks again, your words have really resonated with me and given me great comfort and strength in going forward with this to know I am not the only one! xxNikki Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07061038678819861999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627109429370960702.post-75236796805922336872014-04-10T11:40:13.511+10:002014-04-10T11:40:13.511+10:00I can absolutely relate to this post for all sorts...I can absolutely relate to this post for all sorts of reasons, Nikki. Two things shine out at me: one is that you are a very complex, talented and interesting person and two is that if you are anything like me, you play small because you can control small. I am working on being comfortable when I lack control and it's such a hard thing to do! Building up the confidence to be vulnerable is such a hard thing to do! But we are nothing if we are not a work in progress. I have taken great comfort lately in Martin Luther King's words: "Believe in youself and believe that you're somebody. Nobody else can do it for you." xMaxabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15761220164069379437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627109429370960702.post-70082768940332705632014-04-09T13:19:00.122+10:002014-04-09T13:19:00.122+10:00What a beautiful post Nikki. I am definitely awar...What a beautiful post Nikki. I am definitely aware of modelling behaviour to my girls, but most of the time I am so concerned with making sure they know they are worth more than their looks that I forget about things like vulnerability and being scared.<br /><br />I'm the eldest of five and whilst I was not from a broken home, I have definitely taken on the older child thing of always being a carer. This is great for nurturing the girls and others but not so great for believing that I am more than what I can offer other people.<br /><br />I made a decision this year to blog more and put more of myself out there into the world... I want to create a record of my family's life from my perspective and share what I can with anyone who wishes to read. I find it so difficult though and constantly question whether anyone even cares what I have to say, am I just rehashing what a dozen other bloggers wrote about three months ago... am I interesting enough. I had an epiphany the other day... I need to just write for my daughters. One day when I am gone, this record of their early life will live on and I want them to know me as I am now seeing as this part of my life is such an important one.<br /><br />I love what you're doing with your blog. I really enjoy seeing more of your family as you seem to embody similar values as mine does. Please keep opening up online and sharing yourself and your vision.<br /><br />Namaste Nikki, Luna. xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com