Comments on: On mothering… http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html Tue, 08 Jan 2019 15:20:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Pedey http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6870 Tue, 18 May 2010 22:53:28 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6870 THANK YOU! I just found your blog and fell upon this post. Beautifully said! It's the toughest job I've ever had – and there are often days I wish I had a job out of the house so I felt justified running away to restore my sanity in the company of grown-ups. But, ultimately, this is where I find my joy. It may not be where I always find my fun – but joy is a definite and I am forever grateful to my husband & children for giving me this constant, guaranteed refuge of peace & joy… even if I have to dig to find it some days!

]]> By: The Noalls http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6806 Thu, 13 May 2010 19:21:57 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6806 I have a friend who asked her sister, "Are you a bad mom if you want to throw your kid out the window once in awhile?" Her sister replied, "No, you're only a bad mom if you actually do it." Just an example that you're right, it's not all sunshine and roses, but we have to appreciate the good! Not always easy to do. Thanks for your honesty and love!

]]> By: Megan http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6569 Mon, 10 May 2010 16:51:56 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6569 Thank you, thank you. What a wonderful post. Just what I needed to hear.

]]> By: motherhood unedited http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6558 Mon, 10 May 2010 16:06:15 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6558 I wrote a blog and quoted you from this… It was very inspiring to me. I hope you do not mind but as a single mother finding the joy in motherhood everyday is something I struggle with but I am going to try 10 times harder. This made my mothers day! http://motherhoodunedited.blogspot.com/2010/05/single-moms-on-mothers-day.html

]]> By: Me and Madeline http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6514 Mon, 10 May 2010 12:38:09 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6514 Oh, this was wonderful. Just wondeful. Thank you so much for sharing with us!

]]> By: Anderson http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6505 Mon, 10 May 2010 05:07:20 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6505 I just found your blog randomly… but I wanted to comment and say "amen." You are beautifully honest and amazing in that you recognize the choice. Love it or hate it, it's our choice. I'm glad you chose the joy (and I imagine your kids are too) :)

]]> By: Liz @ LivingMySweetLife http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6503 Mon, 10 May 2010 03:29:01 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6503 wow. this was wonderfully said! And something I most definitely needed to hear. I still have a hard time accepting my choice to stay home.

thank you for sharing something so honest with us.

I really enjoy you blog and have tried many of your projects (like the tie onsie… my kids have like…10. seriously.)

Happy Mother's Day!

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6502 Mon, 10 May 2010 01:52:12 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6502 Great post Char.

Happy Mother's Day!

]]> By: Jane http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6500 Sun, 09 May 2010 23:24:55 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6500 Happy Mothers day to one of my friends who I admire more than she probably realizes! I am so glad that you chose Joy. You are an amazing parent, and your kids are so lucky to have a mom like you.

Funny, my plans have always been to be a SAHM, and it wasn't my plan to work. But now that it has become necessary, I have found joy in that too.

I love you Char!
Happy Mothers day, and thanks for sharing your thoughts today.

]]> By: Danielle http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6499 Sun, 09 May 2010 20:35:38 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6499 I won't get into the details of why, but I needed to read this today. With tears in my eyes, Char, I wish you and all the Moms out there, a Happy Mother's Day!

]]> By: The Harding Hive http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6498 Sun, 09 May 2010 20:15:01 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6498 Char, you are awesome and I am so thankful to know you. Enough said.

]]> By: Queen Elizabeth http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6497 Sun, 09 May 2010 20:14:48 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6497 Amazingly well said. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: The Girl Creative http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6496 Sun, 09 May 2010 19:21:53 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6496 This was great, Char. Sometimes life doesn't go according to our plans but God always has a plan. I love it that you are choosing JOY! Way to go, mama!! :)

]]> By: Aunt LoLo http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6495 Sun, 09 May 2010 18:43:32 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6495 I read Meredith's comment a little differently. If I were speechless…that's probably something I would write.

Anyhow, LOVED this post. HAPPY is such a conscious choice. It's something we seek out for ourselves…and I LOVE how you described it! Staying home with my kids was always my choice…but I'm finding that there's a difference between enjoying HOMEMAKING and enjoying MOTHERING. I love homemaking…and I'm working on enjoying mothering. And it hurts me to admit that.

]]> By: porter family http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6494 Sun, 09 May 2010 17:24:05 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6494 never knew you were this deep. or sentimental. its sweet! surprising, but sweet.

]]> By: Daniel, Sara and Dmitri http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6493 Sun, 09 May 2010 16:43:54 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6493 Love this! Thank you for sharing {I definitely needed it}. Happy Mother's Day to you!! :)

]]> By: Lacie @ Creative Attempts http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6492 Sun, 09 May 2010 16:22:06 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6492 my only child is going to start kindergarten in the fall and I am faced with the concern of what to do with my time….do i go back to work? Do i get involved in the school stuff? I guess the fact that i have the option is joy enough :)

]]> By: Alayna http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6491 Sun, 09 May 2010 15:11:06 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6491 True true true. They key to any life we choose is to CHOOSE TO ENJOY THAT LIFE. There will always be frustrations of one kind or another but at the end of the day we should be able to say we are doing what we want to be doing and finding joy in it. It took me a while to find my stay-at-home groove to but I'm so glad I made that decision and am following through on it, even when the case isn't flowing as we would like it to be.

]]> By: Char @ Crap I've Made http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6490 Sun, 09 May 2010 15:10:03 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6490 Meredith,

It's hard to read someone's "tone" over the internet, but I sense some displeasure from you.

Motherhood isn't easy and I think that most of us feel under-appreciated at times. My point was that (as the header of my friend Heidi's blog says) "happiness is where you find it".

I could have chosen to wake up angry this morning because it was before 7 and no one let me sleep in or brought me breakfast in bed. I could stew about the fact that my husband has no plans to cook me dinner. Heck, we don't even have milk. I could sit and cry about the fact that he didn't actually get me a present because I'm not his mother…but what's the point? Instead, I choose to enjoy my family today and be grateful for these 4 fabulous children that God has given me.

]]> By: stephjacobson http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering.html#comment-6489 Sun, 09 May 2010 14:58:48 +0000 http://www.crapivemade.com/2010/05/on-mothering%e2%80%a6.html#comment-6489 What a nice post–happy Mother's Day!

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