tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post5420578872897639262..comments2024-03-18T15:10:48.288-05:00Comments on Cosbys in Cahoots: a mother who's starting to knowheatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01216566053869767069noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-81483122239059320452010-09-23T12:11:14.133-05:002010-09-23T12:11:14.133-05:00That's funny. I've recently stopped using ...That's funny. I've recently stopped using the email for anything unplanned or that I didn't get a link to in my email. That is, I decided to stop browsing. And I'm experiencing similar effects.tpmotdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456475608512277499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-31095241833970005862010-09-18T01:43:40.945-05:002010-09-18T01:43:40.945-05:00Thoughtful post
One of the good things about bei...Thoughtful post <br />One of the good things about being a woman is the opportunity to completely redefine yourself over and over again in your lifetime. If you are wise and pay attention like this, how you spend your valuable time will continually change.<br />As I read your comments I thought of two Carol Lynn Pearson poems:<br /><br />(on involvement with moral and social issues)<br /><br />"Some gardeners<br />slash frantically<br />at the weed's<br />offending shoots - <br /><br />And others<br />labor steadily,<br />loosening<br />the roots."<br /><br />and <br /><br />"THE WOMAN<br /><br />God fashioned me <br />for feeding, <br />and set me in<br />a hungry land.<br /><br />I give -<br />to satisfy <br />the unconscious appetite<br />of the unborn,<br />and the child's<br />first thirsting need.<br /><br />I give - <br />to be<br />sweet sustenance<br />to aching man,<br />and then <br />quiet comfort<br />to a weary, wanting<br />world.<br /><br />There is much<br />hunger here.<br /><br />Oh,<br />Father - fill me,<br />that I may nourish<br />generously."<br /><br />Feeding the hungry,<br />clothing the naked, <br />visiting the sick<br />all need to start at home.<br />When we are done there, most woment have plenty of time to continue the work out in the world.Rebecca Holt Stayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03409448322757943235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-1536880920675085482010-09-17T22:45:21.967-05:002010-09-17T22:45:21.967-05:00I have had moments recently when I wondered why I ...I have had moments recently when I wondered why I wasn't out saving the world when I don't do anything all day. Except that I do a lot every day, it is just hard to see what I do when it is in other people's little bodies and little heads. I hope that makes sense.<br /><br />It is sad to me to realize that I just don't have the time or the mental and emotional energy to keep up with current events and to involve myself in them like I thought I would back in high school and college. But I am doing my part simply by being a mom, as hard as it is for me to see and to recognize on a daily basis.<br /><br />Thanks for reminding me of that, and for saying it better than I can.lizziehttp://themotherrunner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-3378983241013412992010-09-17T15:40:44.262-05:002010-09-17T15:40:44.262-05:00I totally feel you, I do that all the time. Like d...I totally feel you, I do that all the time. Like dear old Screwtape said, "The great thing is to direct the malice to his immediate neighbours whom he meets every day and to thrust his benevolence out to the remote circumference, to people he does not know. The malice thus becomes wholly real and the benevolence largely imaginary." I'm sure you're doing quite well in life generally, that's just a temptation we all fall into I think.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08327282559353082727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-18818785214107837562010-09-17T12:35:37.619-05:002010-09-17T12:35:37.619-05:00This was truly well-said...what a great post! Tha...This was truly well-said...what a great post! Thanks for the reminder!Jocelyn Christensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342635172904848811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-63870005651842281602010-09-17T10:07:47.317-05:002010-09-17T10:07:47.317-05:00Thanks Heather! This is a wonderful thought. I nee...Thanks Heather! This is a wonderful thought. I needed it. I realized yesterday that in my tired and vegetative state that I tell William, "I don't care" Way too much when he asks for things. I then realized I don't want him to start saying that or developing a careless attitude... So, there's my thing to work on right now. Tuning in and really discussing the things he wants.Leighannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09530801931922228774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-63169933620413713682010-09-17T09:03:06.076-05:002010-09-17T09:03:06.076-05:00LOVED this! It is something I struggle with consta...LOVED this! It is something I struggle with constantly. Earlier in the summer I deleted out more than have of the blogs in my google reader and just that alone made such a difference!Marcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472908282219245038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-6004973047675973492010-09-17T08:00:44.364-05:002010-09-17T08:00:44.364-05:00Nice post, Heather. Reminds me of a talk I love b...Nice post, Heather. Reminds me of a talk I love by Neal Maxwell called "The Women of God"<br /><br />A few quotes: <br /><br />"You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today’s world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms."<br /><br />and...<br /><br />"When the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the echoes of gunfire or the shaping sound of lullabies? The great armistices made by military men or the peacemaking of women in homes and in neighborhoods? Will what happened in cradles and kitchens prove to be more controlling than what happened in congresses? When the surf of the centuries has made the great pyramids so much sand, the everlasting family will still be standing, because it is a celestial institution, formed outside telestial time. The women of God know this."<br /><br />We hope to get together with you guys here soon! It would be a fun reunion. Tell Sam were working on the plans...Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05122109004589924280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-74252427637200827942010-09-17T06:08:21.142-05:002010-09-17T06:08:21.142-05:00I know what you mean about not burdening yourself ...I know what you mean about not burdening yourself with the world news-- whenever NPR starts talking about the Arab world (i.e. every five minutes) I want to turn it off. I feel like, what can I do about any of this? What do you expect me to do?<br />And I'm barely affected by anything compared to my wife. The stress of the news causes her physical pain.<br />And yet...<br />I think about the most stressful times in my life. They were often when I was changing the most. Think final exams-- it's so hard that it hurts, and you get cranky and go without sleep-- but at the end of it, you know more than you did before. You have a more truthful picture of the real world. <br />You know the saying "ignorance is bliss." I think we have a kind of duty to face up to the truth, whether or not it's painful.<br />And we can do something about it. We can contribute to charities, either with money, or time (and I don't mean just tithing.) There are a lot of good, righteous LDS families who have plenty to spare, but spend it all on their own family because they have essentially (with the best of intentions) shut out the outside world, so that it doesn't enter their attention. We can try to spread the word about it. We can try to invent new things that will make it so that people no longer have any use for the oil, or the diamonds, or the slaves and servants.<br />Of course, there's only a few years when the kids aren't in school. It does make sense to take a few years off from the world when they're so young and dependent.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141040566131538098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-42745074140847241072010-09-16T23:41:34.381-05:002010-09-16T23:41:34.381-05:00Thanks for reminding me and inspiring me. It'...Thanks for reminding me and inspiring me. It's so hard to feel satisfied with the way I spend my time as a mother, because there's always so much to do! But some things are so much more valuable and eternally important than others. This is something I'm really struggling with right now because I'm always tired with this pregnancy, so I have to nap a lot. We just have to do our best, you know? Anyway, thanks for sharing and helping me remember I'm not the only one out there struggling to be a better wife and mother.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07049067628742917335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-4638168876875696502010-09-16T23:38:33.225-05:002010-09-16T23:38:33.225-05:00Thank you for this. I constantly ask myself why I...Thank you for this. I constantly ask myself why I clean the house instead of play with my kids. They don't care if the house is messy. They want me. I need to find that middle ground of not letting my house go to trash and playing with my 3 girls.Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14815508497671631774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-47207005896511758732010-09-16T22:04:16.709-05:002010-09-16T22:04:16.709-05:00Thank you so much for this!I have often thought to...Thank you so much for this!I have often thought to myself, if the world goes down in flames I would rather die playing monopoly with the kids then watching the news.There is a wonderful video on lds.org called "parenting" right along these lines. You are a wonderful mother and Anna and Levi are so lucky to have you. I remember when my kids were little it is so exhausting but so sweet, cherish these times.Jeneric Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14061308095152271916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10759842.post-16250670205210262342010-09-16T21:21:33.905-05:002010-09-16T21:21:33.905-05:00Thanks for your comments...it is just what I neede...Thanks for your comments...it is just what I needed to hear.Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10582854156068588582noreply@blogger.com