tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post8223079741637031997..comments2024-03-18T09:53:12.654-04:00Comments on MotherReader: What Happens on Wednesdays...MotherReaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-64303477867328218832011-03-26T22:03:18.033-04:002011-03-26T22:03:18.033-04:00When the big world seems chaotic and upended, find...When the big world seems chaotic and upended, find order in little things. Look for springtime to awaken nature (unless you're in the deep south where it's already summertime). <br />When your personal world is disordered and out of sync, find order in the bigger world. <br />And when both seem crazy, hold your kids close and remember that this too shall pass. It always does. <3Ruth McNally Barshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10308176951931302853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-44555356311990899582011-03-26T01:58:34.412-04:002011-03-26T01:58:34.412-04:00Hugs for you guys. I don't have anything adequ...Hugs for you guys. I don't have anything adequate to say, but if I could see you right now I would hug you.Sarah Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16534942492714970282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-8365148614458165822011-03-24T12:39:48.917-04:002011-03-24T12:39:48.917-04:00My toddler has learned to nip lately and it's ...My toddler has learned to nip lately and it's done in context, like when she hates me changing her nappy, she'll pinch my arm. Ouch! Let's hope by twelve she has some manners and management strategies - oh, and toilet training in place lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-67954438912421513902011-03-24T04:52:23.704-04:002011-03-24T04:52:23.704-04:00I have it (whatever the heck "it" is) so...I have it (whatever the heck "it" is) so bad that I'm organizing my photos into photo albums. (If you knew the mess I was tackling you would appreciate how much I must be aching for organization to deal with this).<br /><br />The bite is awful and bizarre. Truly. As for the rest, I'm right there with you. The only solace I take is remembering when I was a kid and the U2 used to fly over my house on the way back from Cuba. That was insanity of a whole different time but still, that notion that something bad might happen very soon, was with me for years.<br /><br />We survived that and so I know, I KNOW, we shall get past this all as well.<br /><br />Now I'm getting back to my photos...Colleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380722344521975869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-16802993116509693422011-03-23T14:01:50.941-04:002011-03-23T14:01:50.941-04:00Please put a FaceBook thingy on your blog so I can...Please put a FaceBook thingy on your blog so I can share it more easily. I love your post and Tanita's comment. Both well and thoughtfully written.<br />Occasionally the winds of chaos blow free and it is reflected in everything from the macrocosm to the microcosm. <br />I was divorced during one such wind. The wave of divorces during that particular period was very high. <br />Yeah the winds of chaos are blowing, but I believe they will die down again. In the meantime, we get to believe that we DO make a difference by what we do in our daily lives. I believe with Ghandi on this one. "Be the Change you wish to see in the world." And it sounds to me like both you and Tanita are doing that. Blessings!The Pen and Ink Blogspothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01709195512534318571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-40015295716880619242011-03-23T10:16:21.457-04:002011-03-23T10:16:21.457-04:00Man. I met you in person just once, yet I miss you...Man. I met you in person just once, yet <i>I miss you</i>. I imagine us commiserating over tea - we are having the same life, at the mo. I mean, short of me having zero children to be bitten... but I, too, am feeling like things are <i>utterly</i> out of control, and tiny injustices are just that tipping point...<br /><br />In the larger world, in the microcosm of family and family friends, so many domino tiles, balanced just so for years, have been nudged and thus gone tumbling. In response, I am turning out closets and emptying storage, because for the love of God, SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE ORGANIZED AND COHERENT AROUND HERE.<br /><br />I cannot bear the inadequacy of being human at times. I feel like a moon jelly hoping to prevent sharks from chowing down on a school of fish. What am I going to do, drift over them threateningly!? Ach. Helplessness. And yet:<br /><br />I remind myself that I have a voice, and my voice - whether in prayer or speaking out, or putting my money where my mouth is - helps.<br /><br />And two, the world is also getting some good out of the donated items coming from my now organized closets... and it's a reminder to me that I don't need that much to survive. And we <i>will</i>. Survive this, as a world, I mean. Sometimes, all we can do is look at the big picture, because the details are ...agonizing.<br /><br />All this to say: I hear you. You are not alone.tanita✿davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671822274852087499noreply@blogger.com