In this episode of MOMumental Reinvention, Erika Hanafin Austria goes underneath her essay On Beginning Again: the bittersweet end of summer with four boys, the quiet new weight of caring for an aging parent while raising little ones, and why you do not need a new year to rebuild, you just need a new season. This is the opening of Rebuild Season, for the woman holding a child in one hand and a parent in the other.
Chapters (adjust to final cut):
00:00 The last day of summer, and the thing I did not say
00:45 Welcome, and why September, not January
01:40 The noise I am not ready to give up
03:20 A toddler on my hip and a parent on the phone
05:30 The sandwich generation nobody photographs
07:20 The version of my life that stopped fitting
08:40 I have never reinvented in January
10:00 The woman I am talking to
11:20 One hour and three questions
12:40 Welcome to Rebuild Season
13:30 The hook: the strongest woman who never had a name
Read the companion essay: HERE
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Not medical advice. One woman’s story, so you can ask better questions sooner.
Erika Hanafin Austria. MOMumental Moments®, The PHASE™, MOMumental Reinvention.
