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Featured TMC Blogger: These Little Waves

TMC welcomes Galit from These Little Waves. She is one of those bloggers that when you read just one piece of her writing, you will be hooked. If you are looking to find a blogger that writes with sheer brilliance each and every time, you need to run over to her blog. After this feature here below, I think you’ll immediately see why I am telling you she is a true talent – this girl can write!!!

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“Mom?” I fight the noise, the light, the inevitable wake up call.

“Mom, I’m up!” Warm little hands touch my cheeks. Never-ending brown eyes will me to wake.

My oldest daughter.

Fiercely independent.

Eerily smart.

Heartbreakingly loving.

I was up late tweeting, writing, reading, commenting. I feel like I just cozied into Jason’s warmth moments ago.

And now I hear Kayli’s getting-big-faster-than-I’d-ever-imagined-voice saying, “Mom?” and blearily, I start my day.

We tiptoe through the sleeping house, make coffee and milk, gather her latest chapter books -Nancy Drew mysteries, magical fairies, tree house adventures.

We settle onto the couch, nestled beneath the sheer yellow blanket. Its fringes tickling our toes.

Kayli leans into me and I breathe in her strawberry scented hair. Her hand rests on my arm, “Mom? I love stories.”

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D*O*G My precocious five year old writes. Her print is thorough, purposeful, strong. Her fingertips smeared in a watercolor blue, her cheeks stained a summer pink.

She leans back in her chair, her feet barely touching the ground. I see thoughts swirling behind her eyes.

“I know!” she smiles pressing her pencil tip to the velvet notebook- what other notebook would she possibly have besides a fuschia velvet one? B*L*O*G!

I look into those impossible hazel eyes that match my own. They’re laugh line framed. Her cheeks are raised, her smile is wide. One writer whispering survival secrets to the other.

B*L*O*G.

***

“Go to sleep” I whisper-sing to Brody, my baby who’s almost three. We lay side by side. His fingers laced with mine, his shockingly blond hair tousled into the crook of my neck.

His eyelashes flutter, his breathing steadies. I stay with him – taking in this quiet, this togetherness, this meant-to-be-ness.

***

I’ve always fiercely immersed myself into my labels – Student, Traveler, Teacher, Wife, Mother. But today I find myself betwixt and between Motherhood and Writing.

I’m writing my first novel. I’m following my spark, my bliss, my passion.

But when I walk by full sinks and unfolded laundry, my unread-to children and my un-talked to husband, I waver. I wonder how can I possibly tread this Mother – Writer line?

And that’s where blogging comes in. Blogging is my anchor. It’s where I find camaraderie and friendship, learning and growth.

It’s where I find others with stories whirling in their hearts, begging to be told. It’s where I find my balance, and my voice.

I launched my blog six months ago to flex my writing muscles and to build my platform. But what I really found is community and friendship that takes my breath away, grounds me, and pushes me to be better.

Thank you for having me here today, Heather. I am so honored. And thank you for reading my words. I am so very happy to meet you.

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Comments

    • I want to comment on your blog today and I can’t! Did you close the comments??? YOU, my friend are SO inspiring. YOU make me want to be a better writer and I think you’ve done that for many people in the blogosphere.

      Keep doing what you’re doing because I know one day I will be saying, “I knew her when…..”

      xoxo

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  4. Great post, as always, Galit! We are all so happy you blog–your words are always lovely and thought-provoking. And your friendship and support are constant. And you ARE a writer, and a mom.

    Thanks for doing it!

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  6. Oh, how I love every word Galit writes!! So happy to see you here my friend!! I love that your yellow blanket made its way into your post too! :)

    Xoxo

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  8. All the more special now that i have met you and hugged you … your words just wrap themselves around me as tho i am by your side again!

    Good morning beautiful Heather, should i be counting the days til i get to hug you too 😉

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  10. Galit, these are my thoughts exactly.

    How, when,,,,can we?

    Camaraderie, pushing ourselves to be better, following our passion….yet we look around and see the mothers around us in real life, those that don’t write: with the clean homes, organized lives, spending time doing what we tell ourselves is more important.

    When I feel like this, I remind myself what a different person I was 18 mos ago before my blog: I was not this confident, happy, satisfied woman.

    And, so, that eases off some of the sting, when I survey the atom bomb explosion around me. And I type with my youngest on my lap, like right now: it eases the sting– somewhat.

    All of your posts are my favorite, but this one: I’m having made into a T shirt.

    Love you, G, next BlogHer, we actually SIT and have dinner/breakfast/lunch/snack/…yoga mat???

    xo

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  12. Galit,

    You rock my socks off. You totally get me/it. This struggle between motherhood and trying to find the time to explore ourselves and write and read and grow…the balance. Oy, it’s hard to find.

    Love this, love YOU!
    XOXOXOXO

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  13. I tell you all the time, every time, your words CHANGE me and make me better and push me further and allow me to “believe” in the power of my own.

    This post was no exception.

    I work outside our house, so I hate putting even more time between my boys and me, I turn myself off after 7pm or so to tak them in, but I find lately, my mind is ever off. I go to sleep dreaming, writing, composing and I wake up the same way. So I know how you feel.

    If we’re here for one another we’ll find the balance, I know we will.

    your children, melt my heart. Fully.

    xo

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  14. Sigh…I love reading Galit…she makes me want to take a deep breath and enjoy my kids and my life and my writing just a little more!

    (Hi Galit, my friend, congratulations a thousand times on your Theta Day!!!!)

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  16. Galit is sensational, isn’t she? She’s also a super-supportive blogger. I’d want to have a cup of coffee (or milk…) with her too.

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  18. Galit’s writing ALWAYS leaves me wanting more… she is an amazing writer and her writing style completely captures me each and every time. The only time I’m ever disappointed when I visit her blog is when I reach the end of her post :) Great choice in your feature today!!

    xoxo Galit!! you rock girlfriend!

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  19. Galit, as always, your words rock the page. You are clearly loved here, look at all the wonderful comments. Ditto everyone and just to add, you’re awesome and I’m so lucky to count you as a friend. xoxo

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  24. Oh Galit, you are just wonderful…but you already know I feel that way about you! Your words just seem effortless and they glide across my screen…you have a gift, my dear friend.

    And the dishes, the laundry…they will keep coming. But the fact that you are following your dream and showing your children that YOU are important on your own merit, that’s so important for them to see.

    You are so right about finding community. That was a perk for me, since I didn’t have any clue this supportive, caring world existed!

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  25. Galit, your words are always so calming and soothing. You make me forget the chaos that ensues in my house on a daily basis, as I strive to collect these types of moments that you so beautifully record. Truly one of the loveliest writers and loveliest people out there in blogland!

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  26. Galit, I’m so glad you’re featured here today! I always love reading your posts! You’re a fantastic writer! And I struggle with the mother-writer balance as well. And probably always will. It’s all about weighing your priorities, and sometimes the only way you can live both sides in one day is to stay up late and lose sleep. :/

    Great post!

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  27. so lovely! I agree 1000% about the experience of blogging– I needed a way back to writing and I have been so lucky to find community in addition– among smart, funny, real women & men. love your writing.
    best, wb

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  29. So glad to see Heather of the EO commenting above because this lovely piece felt to me like something she might write – and I mean that as the highest possible praise to both of you!

    I’m so pleased to meet you, Galit, a fellow writer/mother trying to negotiate the divide between those worlds and the spaces in between.

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  30. Galit, I’m so proud of you!
    You are a beautiful writer, one of the most supportive bloggers, and ooze encouragement.
    I’m so happy to call you my friend!!
    Congratulations! xo

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  32. I must say every time I read one of Galit’s posts, I want to challenge myself to be a better writer. She is truly gifted. I can’t believe she’s only been blogging 6 months, either!

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  34. Oh, Galit. I find myself betwixt and between Motherhood and Writing on a daily basis and also wonder how I can tread the line. I find it such a paradox that something that gives me so much pleasure can also sock me with so much guilt. But the community that surrounds blogging definitely helps.

    Congrats on your TMC feature!

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  36. Love, love, love she who is Galit Breen! You bring light into all our lives! I will be first in line at the book signing. Save my place!

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  38. Wonderful post Galit! From one writer mother to another, you’ll figure it out. Sometimes the laundry won’t be folded and sometimes you will shut the door and ignore the kids shoving notes underneath the crack at the bottom but in the end you will all be better for it. They will have a role model, someone who knows what she wants and went for it. You will have the satisfaction of being that person! Best of luck!!

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  40. Galit is amazing! I am so happy to see her here today. And even happier that I got to meet her at BlogHer. She is amazing and this piece, like all of hers I’ve read, is poignant and beautiful. And oh so true! I struggle with the motherhood and writing thing on a daily basis too. Motherhood, as I suppose it should usually wins out. Sigh…

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  43. SO great to see you here, Galit. I loved this post. The line I’m dealing with now (I’m okay with the writer/mother one) is the writer/blogger one. The blogging takes a lot of time and energy, and I only post once a week! I want to keep it up, but with baby #4 enroute, I know it’s only going to get harder. :(

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  44. Gailt,

    This is my first exposure to your writing. I’ve seen your comments on other blogs and always thought how wonderful and supportive you are. But your writing…. it is simply breathtaking! Can’t wait to follow you from here on out!

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  45. I feel like you are quickly moving to the top of the blogosphere, and with writing like that, it’s no wonder! It’s delightful to read both your words here and your kind comments to others on their blogs and Twitter. Looking forward to reading many more of your words.

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  47. Beautiful, Galit! You’ve inspired me to fully experience my sons today. It sounds like you’re treading the mother/writer line with grace and purpose. xx

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  49. I love this woman. And everything she writes. She’s one of those bloggers that just inspires me to do more, be better and think more carefully about the words I choose. Love that. Love it.

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