What do you do to stay yourself? It´s really easy to lose "you" when you become a mom, so what do you do (crafting, reading, painting, etc.) to make sure that you aren´t completely lost under the responsibilities of motherhood?

This sounds really silly, but every once in a while I will buy a piece of clothing that is reminscent of how I used to dress before entering Mommyhood and Preschool Teacher Land! Most recently it was a pair of brown and blue plaid Airwalks....it just felt really good to put them because they were so ME! And my son picked them out.....

I work. I do other things, too, but I think I primarily retain my identity as "Lylah" by working.