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Posted by DariaSockey in Reviews on Monday, January 30, 2012 7:59 AM
At various times in our mothering careers we’ll reach a point where it seems we’ve hit our stride. We feel like we know what we’re doing. We’re confident. We’re experienced. We’re settled. We might even be mentoring newlyweds or young mothers, helping them over the sorts of rough patches that we went through back in the day.
Then, Bang! Something new happens. A sweet teenager becomes rebellious. The nest begins to empty as kids go to college. A child joins the military. A child leaves the Church. A child get married. A husband becomes unemployed. Whether the change is good, bad or neutral, it still throws a wrench into that well-oiled machine that you thought was your life.
What’s more, It’s usually in the midst of one of these crisis/milestone situations that you pause in front of the mirror and notice that on top of everything else, your looks no longer match the Cute Young Thing self- portrait that hangs in your imagination.
Suddenly, you don’t feel like the confident, experienced, settled, mentoring type anymore. You are back to learning to roll with the new punches. Learning all over again to accept and offer back to God new sorrows, new worries, new fears.
And also this: to accept the new gifts He wants to give you, rather than clinging to the old gifts that you were expecting to keep forever.
Nashville singer Marie Bellet takes up this theme on her newest CD, Everything Changes . Fourteen original tracks, all in Marie’s signature country style, speak to the everyday joys, sorrows, fears and glories of Catholic marriage and motherhood. The title song’s topic is self-explanatory. In “Stoney Lonesome” Marie reflects and wonders about her son’s noble but difficult calling as soldier on deployment. “Invisible and Out of Time” notes how we women of a certain age find that we are no longer taken seriously by certain segments of society, but takes solace in God’s eternal, loving gaze. You can listen to samples from this CD at http://http://www.mariebellet.com/
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I loved these songs…can’t believe I’ve never been introduced to Marie Bellet’s music before this blog. I plan on getting her cd! Although, I must confess that I doubt I’ll ever feel like “your looks no longer match the Cute Young Thing self- portrait that hangs in your imagination.”~smiles…I have a great imagination!!!
I really can relate to Marie Bellet’s songs! We first heard her at Catholic Familyland years ago. I am a great fan! My kids even know when I’m in ‘one of those’ moods and pop in one of her cds…(and go out to play!) Thanks for sharing the news about the new cd!!
I LOVE Marie Bellet! My mom sent me a few of her CDs years ago when I was a mother of young children, and I wept when I heard most of them because she really gets the ups and downs, joys and sorrows of motherhood. Now that I have teenagers, I’ll have to get this new album. Thanks for sharing!
Daria, thanks for the recommendation. However, since we have often been mistaken for sisters, your observation that you are no longer a “Cute Young Thing” has caused me to re-evaluate my own self-image. (Yikes, what happened?). This article made my day.
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