GEORG, Sara
ISBN 978-1-923443-59-4
PAPERBACK
ISBN 978-1-923443-93-8
HARDCOVER
ISBN 978-1-923523-08-1
EBOOK
Hopefully Flawed
A Celebration of Motherhood
Motherhood was not my lifelong dream.
By early adulthood, Sara had it all worked out. Highly committed to her medical career, she intended on pursuing brain surgery as her specialty. Utterly content as a single girl, she wondered if she was called to celibacy.
One husband and four living children later, she found herself working as a rural generalist. Her best laid plans had clearly gone awry.
Would her medical background prove a help or hindrance with parenting prowess? Harbouring a tendency towards anxiety, how would she face the overwhelming list of things now wildly out of her control? How would this social introvert navigate the relentless demands of her adorable dependants? And as a relapsing perfectionist, would she be crushed by the weight of her own expectations with excelling at this 24/7 job?
Hopefully Flawed weaves cathartic poetry with retrospective prose to celebrate a true story about answering the call to motherhood, and the freedom of finding meaning in the mess.
Flaws are inevitable. Hope is possible.
About the Author
Country convert Sara Georg is a part-time doctor, full-time mother, and undeniably lucky wife. She endures the hardship of beachside living in rural South Australia with her husband Matty and their three youngest children.
She holds a deep appreciation for meaningful conversation, a quiet addiction to the thrill of turning off her phone, and suffers emotional allergies to high heels, half-rhymes, and hurry. When she isn’t listening to patient stories, Sara can be found indulging in Asian breakfasts, messy catch-ups, and singing in the kitchen about Jesus, Disney, and Broadway.
A poet and writer since childhood, Sara figured it was time to make something of it before entering her fifth decade. Despite B-grade brush skills, she loves to paint with words. Hopefully Flawed is her first public exhibition—and you are warmly invited.
