tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482899444451251853.comments2011-06-16T06:33:42.618-04:00Scarlette Rose girlsScarlette Rose girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06593077821260273629noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482899444451251853.post-74373350277643718082011-06-16T06:33:42.618-04:002011-06-16T06:33:42.618-04:00Hi Jenn,
Thanks again for reading my blog! It'...Hi Jenn,<br />Thanks again for reading my blog! It's quite funny you mentioned your friends blog, I actually just came across it myself the other day and added her to my Favorites on my computer! I look forward to your future comments!Scarlette Rose girlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593077821260273629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482899444451251853.post-53364217513286092572011-06-15T15:45:52.506-04:002011-06-15T15:45:52.506-04:00One of my friends writes a blog (http://www.adaman...One of my friends writes a blog (http://www.adamandlerin.com) about being a Catholic mom as well. Conversion Diary is one of her favorites, and I think you might like her writing style. I am glad you are updating regularly.<br /><br />Congratulations to your daughter, she is adorable!<br /><br />I definitely think that raising children with the proper values is much more important than teaching them to 'fit in' with society. The way society is today is not necessarily something I want my kids fitting into!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987807480683609556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482899444451251853.post-6071754499386251802011-06-13T23:26:36.009-04:002011-06-13T23:26:36.009-04:00Jenn, thank you so much for your comment and kind ...Jenn, thank you so much for your comment and kind words. No offense taken at all!! You are a wonderful writer as well. It's funny, the day before you posted this comment I wrote another post. I was feeling inspired to write again and was thinking about how I really need to get back into my blogging, so thank you for the extra inspiration!!<br />:)Scarlette Rose girlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593077821260273629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482899444451251853.post-25832994209242394432011-06-11T01:06:28.908-04:002011-06-11T01:06:28.908-04:00I stumbled across your blog recently during a goog...I stumbled across your blog recently during a google search for something (cannot quite remember what at the moment), and I have to tell you that I was immediately drawn in. I read the entire thing in one night and then I left, wishing you had written more. I also left wanting to comment, but feeling as though it was not my place. However, I have not been able to get your latest post out of my head. So here goes...<br /><br />First of all, you have a beautiful family. The love that you have for them really comes through in your writing (which you do very well, for the record).<br /><br />Secondly, your posts moved me to tears more than once - you are a wonderfully poignant writer. The dream post in particular had me sobbing.<br /><br />Regarding this post in particular -<br />I feel like I fail at something pretty much every day. It's one of those things that, as moms, we are not supposed to admit. We lock it up inside, put on a show for everyone else, and then we go home and think about how everyone else has it together - and we get down on ourselves because we don't. But I guarantee (100% absolutely GUARANTEE) that other moms are looking at you and thinking the same things: "How does she DO it? With the kids and the errands and the busy life... how does she keep it together?" No one really knows what it is like to be someone else, and everyone thinks that someone else (maybe even everyone else) is doing a better job than they are.<br /><br />I do think that women are especially hard on themselves when it comes to things like this. There is this expectation that comes with the titles of wife and mother - this feeling that we have to EARN those titles. And we do this by putting ourselves last, by doing doing doing for everyone else, by having the cleanest house, making the healthiest meals, and putting on a happy face. It's terribly unfair, this burden that we place on ourselves. No one is looking at the life you have and is thinking that you should be doing more... they are all looking at you and feeling awed and as though THEY should be doing more. <br /><br />I wish that more mothers (parents in general, dads work hard, too!) would open up to each other and be completely honest. Sometimes I order pizza for dinner, rather than cook the healthy meal I know I *should* prepare. Sometimes I let the dishes go for an entire day (maybe even 2!), or the laundry for an entire week. Sometimes I say "forget the schedule, I need a break!" and I sit and eat ice cream while the kids are napping, rather than 'catching up' on other things. Sometimes I run out of patience and I snap at my kids; then, when they are finally in bed, I CRY - partly from relief that the day is over, and partly because I feel like the worst mother on the planet. But you know what? I don't tell other people that! Those things I just mentioned are "shameful" and not to be spoken of! So I smile and I nod and I pretend I have it together... but I don't. It is my firm belief that nobody has it all the way figured out - not at twenty, not at thirty, and probably not even at forty or fifty.<br /><br />What you are is an incredible woman. One who cares about her family. One who does the best she can on any given day. One who may make mistakes but who always means well. Who can ask for anything more than that?<br /><br />A couple more things. I am so sorry that this is so long; I didn't realize quite how much I had to say when I started out! And, I truly hope that nothing I said offended you. I just wanted you to know that you are much less alone than it probably feels like. xoxoJennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987807480683609556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482899444451251853.post-71410935772211519942010-12-29T15:31:00.762-05:002010-12-29T15:31:00.762-05:00Thank you so much for your comment! You are my fi...Thank you so much for your comment! You are my first commenter! I am following you now as well and look forward to getting to know you! You have a beautiful family!!Scarlette Rose girlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06593077821260273629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8482899444451251853.post-5205225474502565802010-12-09T06:18:18.415-05:002010-12-09T06:18:18.415-05:00I'm so glad I stopped by :) What cuteies !!!
I...I'm so glad I stopped by :) What cuteies !!!<br />I'm your newest follower and will be stopping by often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com