Comments on: will the real me please stand up?

By: Beyond Just Mom » bad mother book list

Beyond Just Mom » bad mother book list — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:33:29 +0000

[...] something I’m doing or thinking that has attracted these into my life (perhaps that recent little identity crisis?), or if there’s just so many of them being published, but I have an embarassingly high stack [...]

By: pam

pam — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:43:44 +0000

Tess and Heather: So glad you can relate. Look forward to more insights from you as I process through this.

Carol: Thanks for the perspective from the next level. You give us hope

Julie: Yes, remembering each stage is a season has helped keep me sane through many different challenges. Thank you.

By: Julie Stiles Mills

Julie Stiles Mills — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:07:04 +0000

To everything there is a season. For a while I forgot that. When you're in the middle of something, clarity of vision can be a challenge. I'm LOVING this season of being a mother and a wife and nurturing my family. It's so encouraging to see fruits of my labor. Soon, I'll be entering overlapping seasons. I have no idea what's coming, but it is exciting, challenging, inspiring . . . Julie Stiles Mills’s last blog post..t minus 5 days.

By: Carol H.

Carol H. — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:05:44 +0000

I used to mourn my loss of free time, time to do what I wanted to do and the loss of time to be creative. Now that my kids are older (youngest a senior in high school) I’ve got my time back. (And I’m as busy as ever! ) I recall never feeling like I’d ever get to this point in my life, where I could have a say about what I’d get to work on. (So those of you with young ones – hang in there!) I wish I could have seen that my day would come back again and then perhaps i could have been more patient with my children. (Oh well, they’ve turned out to be great kids and I’m enjoying them as an adult and a soon to be adult.)

By: Beyond Just Mom » too much to ask?

Beyond Just Mom » too much to ask? — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:26:49 +0000

[...] will the real me please stand up? [...]

By: Heather of the EO

Heather of the EO — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:59:05 +0000

I do. Often. I’ve had some amazing experiences (like we all have) that I sometimes really miss. I miss being so free-spirited, naive, calm…

I get what you’re saying, and I’ll love to follow along–very curious about the book!

I’m off to check out this great music you speak of

Heather of the EO’s last blog post..A Special Need

By: Tess

Tess — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:41:16 +0000

Great post! Most of all I mourn that radiant sense of possibility - that feeling that my whole life was ahead of me. Like you, I wouldn't go back, but I wish I'd been brave enough to do more with the part of my life that's gone. Not to have worried so much about what people might think of me. Tess’s last blog post..The wide open sea

By: pam

pam — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:59:59 +0000

Annie: I’m glad you’ve found a job where you can also pursue what’s important to you. Good luck bring back the crafter in you!

Kel: I can definitely relate to how you feel. I think I’ll have more time as the kids get older, and then that next stage has different challenges. It’s not too late, though, if we make a plan and bit by bit make Mom a priority too. That’s what I’m working on right now. Thanks for visiting!

By: Kel

Kel — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:11:17 +0000

I definitely do some days. Especially when I’m thinking on my children’s future and worrying that they won’t realize their full potential or some other thing Moms worry about. And just watching them grow and becoming who they are. I think back to the time when I was that age and what not…and thus the reminiscing begins. I’ve always said I’d like to do this and that, but keep putting it off until my baby gets older, and then well when she starts school, and then another baby comes along and so on and so forth. *sigh*

By: Annie

Annie — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:37:02 +0000

I mourn the creative part of myself...left behind when I started working full time. For now, I write but I used to craft all kinds of things, participate in craft shows and also scrapbook. I also mourn no longer being a stay at home mom, my favorite job of all. But as my kids got older and choices were made to have them attend private school, working outside the home became necessary. However, I really love the job I have now because it does allow more time for family and to pursue my interests. So who knows, maybe that crafty side will resurrect sooner than I think! Annie’s last blog post..Seven Starts For the Rest of Our Life