Mom

I became a mother 18 years ago.

Drunk with happiness. Mother hen, lioness, tigress. Never putting my baby down. Always carrying him, contemplating him, adoring him, protecting him. I dreamed that this happiness would be captured by @heidihollinger , and it came true. To still see these images around me every day.

A cuddled baby makes a happy baby? Definitely its parent ☺️
Mom for a second time (... While I was told that I wasn't meant to have one (when I had the shock of losing one "live" during the ultrasound).
Enjoy? As much as you can. From pregnancy to now.

For Charles, I took yoga classes to connect with him as soon as I was carrying him (even as a mother, I gave myself this time). I was able to continue this "intra" relationship with self-hypnosis, WoW. Until the birth. The beautiful and great story.

Co-sleeping, obviously (that gives the last photo) and better: working with him. Always on me as with Louis (Sylvain who had seen me lioness & hen encouraged me to stay broody).

I had accepted a role in the theater before I was even pregnant. Charles was 10 days old when we left on tour. What memories. From backstage to our hotel room.

I was able to make room for my 3 children full-time, day and night, in my life and I am overwhelmed with gratitude.

I couldn't have done otherwise. (I actually refused certain contracts so as not to separate myself).
As elsewhere, in other cultures, they are with us. Not to be the center of attention. To be with us, around us. Knowing we are there.
I created parent-child dance DVDs with Charles bb (pictured), I wrote Breathe Happiness, my first book, him about me. Precisely in response to the trend "let our children cry so they can be independent" hey! Our babies are not made to be independent! They depend on us!

I only had 3 children, but with the 3 very different ones, the same recipe of closeness and comfort, sees them today happy to flourish.

Being pregnant and giving birth at 42. What a wonderful chapter. Daniele Starensky immediately reassured me: it was biological, not chronological, age that mattered. Sylvain and I had prepared for this gift, focusing everything on our health.
Jonathan was born into our story and everything follows with him.

As for his brothers. I created bookzines, films, I shot more than 60 shows, wrote books, participated in meetings, filming, photo shoots, filmed 4 times, my conference in the province, opened houses, gave workshops, always accompanied by him and not far away, dad and his brothers (or the office family, such as MA) to watch over, play and then get together when needed.

Always, if not even more, hen, lioness, koala, day and night, 100% so I can't be any other way. For my immense happiness and this chance to be a parent. I flourish like this. While flourishing through my passions. At home and outside the home. Without being perfect. But loving to the very end of myself.