u/Mikasa618

My husband and I are expecting our first baby at the end of August, and as someone who just stepped onto this path about 2 years ago I'm thinking a lot lately about what it will look like to continue it as I step into a mother role.

So I have both a specific question and a general one.

My general one is just looking for other moms to share what their practice as a parent has looked like. Our baby is very much planned, but something I do worry about is losing myself to be a mom and nothing else. Maintaining my own interests and identity is important to me. However, as someone who had religion pushed on me by my grandparents I do not want to push him into any one path. Meaning I will of course not hide anything from him, but I don't want to raise intentionally him to follow Druidry or practice Witchcraft until he expresses himself that he wants to, if he does. So I think I'm just interested in stories about what motherhood looks like for you as a Druid, Pagan or Witch. Just hearing about other similar lived experiences i guess. I don't have many friends who are parents and have none who are parents and pagan or anything similar.

My more specific question is, a friend and I had been planning to do a proper Samhain celebration this year, so dumb supper, bonfire dancing, maybe some readings etc. with maybe a dozen people. At that point he will only be about 2 months old, if he isn't late. Of course there's the possibility I won't feel up for it, but if I do I'm wondering if anyone has done celebrations like this when they had newborns and what it looked like. When he's older I can visualize how it might look (though the silent supper may be a challenge for a long time), but with a brand new baby is it unrealistic to even consider still doing this?

My husband and I are expecting our first baby at the end of August, and as someone who just stepped onto this path about 2 years ago I'm thinking a lot lately about what it will look like to continue it as I step into a mother role.

So I have both a specific question and a general one.

My general one is just looking for other moms to share what their practice as a parent has looked like. Our baby is very much planned, but something I do worry about is losing myself to be a mom and nothing else. Maintaining my own interests and identity is important to me. However, as someone who had religion pushed on me by my grandparents I do not want to push him into any one path. Meaning I will of course not hide anything from him, but I don't want to raise intentionally him to follow Druidry or practice Witchcraft until he expresses himself that he wants to, if he does. So I think I'm just interested in stories about what motherhood looks like for you as a Druid, Pagan or Witch. Just hearing about other similar lived experiences i guess. I don't have many friends who are parents and have none who are parents and pagan or anything similar.

My more specific question is, a friend and I had been planning to do a proper Samhain celebration this year, so dumb supper, bonfire dancing, maybe some readings etc. with maybe a dozen people. At that point he will only be about 2 months old, if he isn't late. Of course there's the possibility I won't feel up for it, but if I do I'm wondering if anyone has done celebrations like this when they had newborns and what it looked like. When he's older I can visualize how it might look (though the silent supper may be a challenge for a long time), but with a brand new baby is it unrealistic to even consider still doing this?

My husband and I are expecting our first baby at the end of August, and as someone who just stepped onto this path about 2 years ago I'm thinking a lot lately about what it will look like to continue it as I step into a mother role.

So I have both a specific question and a general one.

My general one is just looking for other moms to share what their practice as a parent has looked like. Our baby is very much planned, but something I do worry about is losing myself to be a mom and nothing else. Maintaining my own interests and identity is important to me. However, as someone who had religion pushed on me by my grandparents I do not want to push him into any one path. Meaning I will of course not hide anything from him, but I don't want to raise intentionally him to follow Druidry or practice Witchcraft until he expresses himself that he wants to, if he does. So I think I'm just interested in stories about what motherhood looks like for you as a Druid, Pagan or Witch. Just hearing about other similar lived experiences i guess. I don't have many friends who are parents and have none who are parents and pagan or anything similar.

My more specific question is, a friend and I had been planning to do a proper Samhain celebration this year, so dumb supper, bonfire dancing, maybe some readings etc. with maybe a dozen people. At that point he will only be about 2 months old, if he isn't late. Of course there's the possibility I won't feel up for it, but if I do I'm wondering if anyone has done celebrations like this when they had newborns and what it looked like. When he's older I can visualize how it might look (though the silent supper may be a challenge for a long time), but with a brand new baby is it unrealistic to even consider still doing this?

My husband and I are expecting our first baby at the end of August, and as someone who just stepped onto this path about 2 years ago I'm thinking a lot lately about what it will look like to continue it as I step into a mother role.

So I have both a specific question and a general one.

My general one is just looking for other moms to share what their practice as a parent has looked like. Our baby is very much planned, but something I do worry about is losing myself to be a mom and nothing else. Maintaining my own interests and identity is important to me. However, as someone who had religion pushed on me by my grandparents I do not want to push him into any one path. Meaning I will of course not hide anything from him, but I don't want to raise intentionally him to follow Druidry or practice Witchcraft until he expresses himself that he wants to, if he does. So I think I'm just interested in stories about what motherhood looks like for you as a Druid, Pagan or Witch. Just hearing about other similar lived experiences i guess. I don't have many friends who are parents and have none who are parents and pagan or anything similar.

My more specific question is, a friend and I had been planning to do a proper Samhain celebration this year, so dumb supper, bonfire dancing, maybe some readings etc. with maybe a dozen people. At that point he will only be about 2 months old, if he isn't late. Of course there's the possibility I won't feel up for it, but if I do I'm wondering if anyone has done celebrations like this when they had newborns and what it looked like. When he's older I can visualize how it might look (though the silent supper may be a challenge for a long time), but with a brand new baby is it unrealistic to even consider still doing this?