tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11055179.post7586842994532611498..comments2023-10-28T02:06:53.354-07:00Comments on In the Sheepfold: Without the BiteKelly@http:/inthesheepfold.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09834003036792819091noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11055179.post-20219290685815022942010-11-17T12:43:43.490-08:002010-11-17T12:43:43.490-08:00Christine and Sarah -
Thanks for visiting and sha...Christine and Sarah -<br /><br />Thanks for visiting and sharing!<br /><br />Christine, Thanks for the perspective. It is healthy for our kids to see us blow it and move forward in peace and forgiveness. <br /><br />Sarah, you are a great mother raising beautiful children. If staying out of the house helps, do it! <br /><br />We do need to keep it real. There are more than enough "perfect mothers" out there making the rest of us feel lousy.<br /><br />Encouragement! I am feeling calmer by the minute.Kelly@http:/inthesheepfold.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834003036792819091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11055179.post-19613282902166288212010-11-17T11:06:04.740-08:002010-11-17T11:06:04.740-08:00I love this post Kelly! It's so encouraging! T...I love this post Kelly! It's so encouraging! The more and more I see that people are 'real' the more encouraged I am in my own struggles. I would NEVER know that you struggle with any of this! I try to spend at least three of the five days during the week out of the house because, as you said in your comment, it can't get any worse with noone home! I then bring the kids home in time for a nap, put them all down and do a little cleaning before making dinner. All in all, the weeks end with the house still not the way I would like it, but maybe close?! And most importantly, I have less opportunities to lose it, because, man, I can lose it!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838303513697975930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11055179.post-19759353835130719632010-11-16T00:46:39.976-08:002010-11-16T00:46:39.976-08:00Reading your post, I felt such sympathy and recogn...Reading your post, I felt such sympathy and recognition. The times I have been stretched to the limit and lost my temper with my children I bitterly regret and still remember, although usually I can never recall quite why I boiled over! However, I try to console myself with the thought that we are after all human. I often think of a little saying that I saw on a tea-bag label: "We are spiritual beings having a human experience." I think self-forgiveness is an important first step. Then asking forgiveness is a good way to teach your children how they too can extricate themselves when it's their turn. Hope things are looking better today!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11055179.post-51485310246104513422010-11-15T11:14:04.530-08:002010-11-15T11:14:04.530-08:00Thanks for all the support, dear friends.
Ami - ...Thanks for all the support, dear friends. <br /><br />Ami - You made me laugh! I wholeheartedly agree that warm, fed, somewhat educated, and happy far outweigh tidy. <br /><br />Heather and Laura - I know you are right there in the trenches too.<br /><br />Today I adopted my sister's approach - get out of the house. At least the house doesn't get messier and you don't have to look at it.<br /><br />Onward and upward!Kelly@http:/inthesheepfold.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834003036792819091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11055179.post-62443287155770815002010-11-15T09:54:59.342-08:002010-11-15T09:54:59.342-08:00Kelly, I'll pray for you...I can totally under...Kelly, I'll pray for you...I can totally understand. I, too, have a temper that often comes with a nasty bite. So say a prayer for me, too, because like I told Fr. Healy in Confession yesterday - I would really like to change my anger into something better so that I have no regrets. (Sorry my punctuation is awful...grammar just didn't stick for long after college). Also, we've used baby gates as deterrents, especially to the bathroom. They work great until the toddler learns to climb them! The boys learned early on how to scale them to get where they needed to go, and the baby was just left behind. We also still have all those obnoxious safety latches on every cabinet door and covers over every socket. God bless!Laura Almeternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11055179.post-75826693006630863562010-11-15T09:40:40.420-08:002010-11-15T09:40:40.420-08:00Paul and I have this discussion quite frequently i...Paul and I have this discussion quite frequently in our house, Kel. Asking forgiveness is always good an having a spouse willing to call you on is awesome. Children are resilient right? Pray for me too and I will pray for you. Love ya.Heather Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922724089787228287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11055179.post-60487357538923079612010-11-15T08:40:27.684-08:002010-11-15T08:40:27.684-08:00I know many people with chronic pain and Nigun liv...I know many people with chronic pain and Nigun lives as before the disease and did not find a solution. In Findrxonline found that hydrocodone is a drug that relieves the pain and recommended them. You can buy online without a prescription. Must be taken to control because it has side effects and can lead to addiction. Today all and can live their life without this great nuisance "pain."BrettFavreehttp://a1hydrocodone.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11055179.post-85535614663801463402010-11-15T08:34:36.147-08:002010-11-15T08:34:36.147-08:00If children had performance goals, yours clearly h...If children had performance goals, yours clearly hit all their objectives! Here's another approach: give in, surrender, let the house fester and stew, let the kids' clothes stay balled up. Maybe they will notice when their clothes are not available on Sunday morning - or when they can't invite friends over b/c their rooms are too messy. (this is pure theory, I'm still waiting for grace to descend on our disastrously messy house). If the mess doesn't bother them - should it bother you?<br /><br />We are being dragged to the lowest common denominator of house cleaning - but at least the kids are warm, well-fed, and somewhat educated. And happy. The rest is gravy, right? (right?)amihttp://40daystochange.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com