Comments on: Just another day

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:42:39 +0000

Wow, it’s so weird for me to read these words from you because while YES, I wrote about my optimism, it’s still sometimes hard to see. Mornings are the best time for it – afternoons and evenings, not so much. The kids are wild and there’s the dinner rush and the bath ordeal and the clothes everywhere and…. I just want to lose my mind and give up a lot of the time. I’m starting to let go more and more everyday. I think it’s helping, even though on more nights than not the dishes aren’t done and I’m searching for clean jammies. But I just keep reminding myself that the kids don’t care. They care more that I remember to put on some music and have family dance hour in the living room, eat dinner WITH them at the SAME TABLE and laugh with them at the stupid, silly stuff.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:03:10 +0000

So I beg of you: is there a way to find this optimism? This method of NOT unraveling? Because I unravel. A lot. Often. I don’t know how not to….It is absolutely my biggest parenting problem. I read about your calmness inside…oh, what I would do for that!

By: Goldfish

Goldfish — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:04:12 +0000

It is chaos. And it is familiar. And it is routine. I don’t know how, but somehow it all adds up to being comfortable and secure. And it is unnecessary to wonder how I can love it so much.