{"product_id":"motherhood-the-crucible-of-love-9798985309850","title":"Motherhood: The Crucible of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dominique M. Snedeker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Hear Our Voice LLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Hear Our Voice LLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Subjects \u0026amp; Themes - Religious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Dominique Snedeker left her Air Force career destined instead for marriage and family, she had no idea that transitioning from a professional to stay-at-home mom would be so difficult. A life-long dream, raising babies all day, every-day, was a challenge, but admitting this felt like she'd let herself, her children, her grandmothers, the world-her own ideals down. To process this disillusionment, she turned to writing. Those midnight and stolen-moment typing's birthed this collection of poetry, an ode perhaps, to motherhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMotherhood: The Crucible of Love explores the post-partum journey of self-rediscovery, the existential crisis every parent faces when suddenly life is no longer theirs. But parenting arouses instinctual love, a love that overwhelms, a love powerful enough to refine. Walk through this catharsis of honesty to find yourself remade in the furnace, in the heat, in the crucible we call love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecoming a mother-the breaking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecoming the woman-a remaking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanding at the mirror\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHair askew and tank stretched and spotted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith who knows what\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI see nothing but blurry lines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd eyes I do not know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shock startles me and I wonder: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere is the mother in the woman?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere is the woman in the mother?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe question surprises me and I\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBump my head as I stare\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto unknown eyes, exploring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman I've forgotten\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr traded\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those sleepers flopped\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike puppies in bed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe woman before the breaking\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMust have been me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI can't remember now\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat solitude and papercuts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeel like. But the paci on the sink\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWarms my heart-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle Eyes and fingers and toes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlood my body with warmth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd a gummy smile with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne, two, what eight? little teeth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMakes my chest tight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mother is here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd somewhere, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo is the woman.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hear Our Voice LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45131142856855,"sku":"9798985309850","price":1059.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798985309850.webp?v=1767652122","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/motherhood-the-crucible-of-love-9798985309850","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}