#Flax and Willow are very young when the story begins

[cats-of-eden-valley]

Was Teasel a good mom for her litter?

Teasel is like any mother: she has her good aspects and her bad

She very much models her own motherhood on her own mother, who was gentle, patient, and understanding--

But, Teasel also has priorities that sometimes clash with motherhood. She WANTS to be gentle, patient, and understanding, but she also knows that Goldspring will judge her on the fitness of her offspring.

It's hard to be patient and understanding with your children when they are the metric by which your own worth is measured on. How can you allow your children to be imperfect, when those imperfections speak to your own faults?

Flax and Willow have a lot of fond memories of Teasel as adults, but they have some bad ones too

#Flax and Willow are very young when the story begins #only a blink or two old #so im trying not to talk about their futures too much cus uh #like okay 99% of the info i post here is info on the state of the prides leading up to lotus joining #establishing the state of affairs before the wild card gets thrown in #anyways. i like this ask because at first i thought of teasel as a bad mother #but this q made me think and nah. she does a lot of good parenting. just makes sense #coev: teasel #coev: goldspring