September 11th did not directly affect me. Not really.

I did not live in New York City, or Washington, D.C., or have a loved one aboard one of the hijacked planes. I will never know what that day was really like.

I did not witness the smells and maybe worse, the sights. Nor did I feel the ash permeate my clothes and my City. I did not bravely continue to walk on the streets of New York on September 15th and 16th and January 14th. Trying to live a life.

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MamaBlogger365 - On Opting Out of Parenting by Jennifer Anderson

In her book Hiroshima in the Morning, author Rahna Reiko Rizzuto discusses the fact that she opted out of being a full-time mother. After accepting and completing a six- month fellowship for a writing position in Japan, she decided that full-time mothering was not for her. Upon returning Stateside, she divorced, and gave up custodial rights to her 5- and 3-year-old children to pursue her own interests... While I have to trust that this decision was somehow right for the Rizzuto family, I fear that it will create a backlash for unsuspecting women... read more