In our family, all of us (including me) often have a hard time accepting the basic but sad fact that you can’t always get what you want. One day, as I found myself telling the kids “I’m sorry, but we don’t always get what we want” again and again, a certain song came to mind. […]
Posts in the "Patience" category:
How Do You Handle Frustration?
We’ve ALL been there. Frustrated to our wit’s end, sometimes we marvel at how expertly our children push us to the breaking point, as though that is their only object in mind. Other times we remember: they are just kids. We would not expect the priorities and agendas of young (or not so young) children […]
Homeless But At Home
Have you ever felt homeless? Been in between homes? Moved in with your parents…or in-laws? Lived far away from the place you call home? Or what about actually owning a home? I’ve been mulling this thought over a lot lately: What makes a home? We are currently “homeless” – living with my parents while we […]
Special Perfume for Graduation
Each of my children were ready. In just a minute their grandfather would be picking the kids and I up for my husband’s graduation ceremony. I looked up at the clock and smiled. Never had I gotten the three children together so efficiently. Wow, I inhaled triumphantly, I really had things together this time…but wait, where had my second child gone off to? The house […]
Six
It’s the number of people in our home who always need help locating lost items. It’s the number of people who never clean up after themselves. Six is the number of people that need attention each day. Six is the number of people in our home who act as though without their mother (and […]
Look at The Big Picture
There were a lot of years when I thought I would never walk by the diaper aisle at the grocery store without stocking up…I dreamed of the days that I would be able to sleep in instead of waking to that annoying alarm clock and dragging myself out of bed…
My Story
I recognize that when a mother comes to a website like this, she immediately asks herself, “Who is running this website? Do we have anything in common? Can I trust her?” So I’m taking this opportunity to introduce myself a little bit, to share my story, and hopefully inspire others to join me in this […]
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