tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post5060550688385597630..comments2023-06-10T11:57:55.986-04:00Comments on Everything to Someone: 4/52Christiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-11502243346789052872014-01-31T18:29:16.720-05:002014-01-31T18:29:16.720-05:00Haha, Jenna, I think it's just a relief to hea...Haha, Jenna, I think it's just a relief to hear that I'm NOT the only person who wants to pull my hair out at this very innocently mischievous youngling. Feelings of guilt, and all that. . . :PChristiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-80566386530216556982014-01-31T18:28:17.651-05:002014-01-31T18:28:17.651-05:00Okay, no Rilke, got it.
And THANKYOU for giving m...Okay, no Rilke, got it.<br /><br />And THANKYOU for giving me permission to be . . . whateveritis I am. It's a massive comfort. xxChristiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107748184124761940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-89609608624313787182014-01-28T00:54:53.931-05:002014-01-28T00:54:53.931-05:00"Do you ever get that dead-weight leaden feel..."Do you ever get that dead-weight leaden feeling...." Yup. I do, and I don't even have kids. It's by far the biggest reason I haven't tried harder to have them. What you're doing is beyond hard. FB post today from a friend who is a devoted mummy:<br /><br />"FREE TODDLER! Who insists on bugging the dog, throwing; dog food, remotes, and climbing into the kitchen sink. You haul."<br /><br />One of the comments:<br /><br />"I already have one that does all of that and talks back, thanks though."<br /><br />I laughed and groaned in sympathy, because I get it even though I don't live it. I'm around it enough to feel it.<br /><br />You have my prayers, always, friend. I'll petition St. Helena and St. Monica. And I agree with Masha about the wine. Wish I could ship you a bottle. Darn post office rules. I'll have to come up with something else.Jenna St. Hilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474588706124865006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-85984946791290196022014-01-27T15:07:19.951-05:002014-01-27T15:07:19.951-05:00This appeared in my feed today. It seems apropos. ...This appeared in my feed today. It seems apropos. http://askmoxie.org/blog/2014/1/27/listening-for-your-own-answersDonna Witekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609991179829134157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-76064169812586049532014-01-27T14:49:40.781-05:002014-01-27T14:49:40.781-05:00DON'T read Rilke right now..(not that you'...DON'T read Rilke right now..(not that you're likely to go to him for comfort anyway ;) ) and St. Anne might be less of a help than St. Helena (Constantine sounds like a handful) and St. Monica (Augustine = hell-child) and Blessed 'brother' Lady Jacoba (I don't know if she had sons of her own, but she definitely had a handful of mothering for St. Francis who has a similar sort of over-enthusiasm it seems to Afon (drinking holy oil might be a good thing? Right!!!).<br /><br /><i> Do you ever get that dead-weight leaden feeling that you just weren't supposed to be a mom? Like, you just don't have it in you? Like, you're about good for making up an interesting story and writing it down in a pretty way but that's it? Like <b> introspective, powerfully sensitive and emotionally unstable artist types </b> oughtn't procreate?</i> ..Those are GOOD qualities, remember that too!!!! Especially for little kids, because you can be <i>closer</i> to them in emotion and imagination.. Afon won't grow up wondering when he'll be 'too old' for fairy, he'll grow up watching it grow with him - and with you..and that's a beautiful, rich gift to give a child! Even if it comes along with an abundance of "and now mama's off to write and neither completely available not completely un-available to me..she has other roles in life than just 'mama'..which is another great lesson. So don't worry..just be and love and have some wine when all else fails (actually, you should have some to head off failure too, because life happens and so you'll always need wine) ;)Mashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943998810222103926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-90647992313855270382014-01-27T14:49:33.897-05:002014-01-27T14:49:33.897-05:00You are the perfect mom for your son. He was creat...You are the perfect mom for your son. He was created for and in you, and no one else. Hugs momma, I know how hard days can be with a toddler. From what I see on your blog, you do amazingly with him. <3Donna Witekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609991179829134157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-27622270689728607012014-01-27T12:45:52.336-05:002014-01-27T12:45:52.336-05:00that is really hard; some days just crash in on us...that is really hard; some days just crash in on us; Lord have mercy. It is ESP. hard as you are 'single mom-ing' it right now. sending HUG your way... elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962587884124992942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8634535998124931936.post-34607329023729079852014-01-26T20:20:23.716-05:002014-01-26T20:20:23.716-05:00Oh, I feel you! My oldest is not quite two and not...Oh, I feel you! My oldest is not quite two and not into things as much as yours (yet), but I have infant twins at the moment too ... on a particularly bad day last week I found myself in angry tears asking God what the heck he was THINKING giving me all these kids. I know motherhood is supposed to stretch you, but so often I feel like I'm not growing in virtue so much as burrowing deeper into all my flaws! (Like hiding in the internet and books when I should be focused on other things ...) Rosemaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17699055172049185864noreply@blogger.com