tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35551873.post2979996186907221592..comments2024-01-15T19:54:20.929-08:00Comments on Close to Home: AssumptionsMolly Sabourinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04289593743687415065noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35551873.post-72192576659653309802008-05-27T10:13:00.000-07:002008-05-27T10:13:00.000-07:00Oooh, Molly, I love the ending of this piece. So ...Oooh, Molly, I love the ending of this piece. So beautiful and hopeful.<BR/><BR/>It was so nice to see you in Chicago, too. I wish it could have been for longer, but it was so much fun to see everyone.Serhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902811976034141844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35551873.post-33743131934334927142008-05-22T07:43:00.000-07:002008-05-22T07:43:00.000-07:00BTW, be kind to yourself, as well. You're not exem...BTW, be kind to yourself, as well. You're not exempt from the battles that are common to the rest of us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35551873.post-35347644509313741352008-05-22T07:36:00.000-07:002008-05-22T07:36:00.000-07:00In his book about his travels to Mt Athos, Scott C...In his book about his travels to Mt Athos, Scott Cairns writes a story about a visitor asking a monk what they do as monks. The monk replied after some consideration, "We fall down and we get up again." That sums it up, right? <BR/><BR/>I'm sure you're a wonderful mother, even for thinking this stuff through.<BR/><BR/>peace to you and your family.<BR/><BR/>neilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35551873.post-90848623573489959732008-05-22T06:37:00.000-07:002008-05-22T06:37:00.000-07:00Wow, Molly! Your posts are always very good, but ...Wow, Molly! Your posts are always very good, but this one is a grand slam! I used to think that kids come hard-wired to say "no" all the time. But then after many years of having them, it hit me (whack! Just like that!) that they learn it from us! Duh! I too have a tendency to say "no," almost as a knee-jerk reaction. May God grant me rather to hold my tongue and think before speaking (James 1:19)<BR/><BR/>Fr. Stephen's blog is the best there is! I consider my day incomplete if I have not read his daily wisdom. And that quote from Philo is something all Christians out to memorize and take to heart. I think I will make a small poster of it and put it over my office door.<BR/><BR/>May the Lord bless you and your family richly!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11203397798908769114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35551873.post-33711743144424332912008-05-22T06:07:00.000-07:002008-05-22T06:07:00.000-07:00I nod in agreement with so much that you say. It's...I nod in agreement with so much that you say. It's hard to acknowledge and affirm each child in their own way, especially when it doesn't exactly match up with my ideal way LOL.<BR/><BR/>May God help us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35551873.post-13149118722765944632008-05-21T19:53:00.000-07:002008-05-21T19:53:00.000-07:00Molly, so true that we try, and fail, and try agai...Molly, so true that we try, and fail, and try again...keep up the good fight! <BR/>This was so appropo for me since returning from vacation. All was well...at the beach, and now we are "back at it" where I find myself aggrevated, irritated, frustrated...you get the point but why? I just had the time of my life with my children - what's so different now?<BR/>Lord have mercy...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35551873.post-63026883103633509812008-05-21T18:40:00.000-07:002008-05-21T18:40:00.000-07:00I like your quote about our kids being house guest...I like your quote about our kids being house guests and very important ones at that. "What if someone were here," I often ask myself, "watching my interaction with the children. Would I be so short or distracted or impatient?" I try to parent in private the same way I'd parent in public - I try, and fail, and then I then try again.Molly Sabourinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04289593743687415065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35551873.post-52886376043348001212008-05-21T13:01:00.000-07:002008-05-21T13:01:00.000-07:00Yep, sounds familiar. My three-year-old is also ve...Yep, sounds familiar. My three-year-old is also very squirrelly, and he thinks it's all fun and games. I think he's actually proud of it, but for me, it's always easy to get surly and try in vain to make him behave the way I want him to, the way I think is suitable for the activity at hand. Of course, there is discipline, but so much more often, the issue is my lack of patience instead of just enjoying the little boy that he is. He's actually a ton of fun!<BR/><BR/>My wife and I heard a Presbyterian pastor say once that kids are the most important house guests we will have. That is stuck in my head as I try to figure out how to parent generously.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your stories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com