tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899894682659638642.post275021539153471514..comments2023-10-18T08:38:58.474-06:00Comments on Abiding Joy: Did I Lose A Post?Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12084809272304095697noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899894682659638642.post-15625973068318834512009-08-25T18:39:51.959-06:002009-08-25T18:39:51.959-06:00My mom is one of those literal Wonderwoman ladies....My mom is one of those literal Wonderwoman ladies. She only needs four or five hours of sleep a day, bakes her own bread and castles made of cake and confection, while holding a grandchild in one arm and comforting someone elses baby because there are always about twelve happy children at her house, she finds them somewhere. She also saves stray dogs and broken homes and does it all with a smile and seems to love it. <br />Then comes me. I don't function effectively on less than eight hours. I often feel overwhelmed meeting the needs of my own two children. What is this cruel trick of genetics? I got none of the super powers of my Mom who was relandscaping her yard when she was nine months pregnant with my youngest brother. <br />So how I feel ok about myself is this. I am not called upon to be her. Thankful as I am for her awesomeness, we have very different gifts. The world needs energetic, vivacious, superwomen. But it also needs peaceful, gentle, "zen"(something my mom accuses me of being). <br />I can give by working on my own gifts and not trying to acquire all the gifts of others. I can't juggle a million things with a smile, but when superwoman needs to have a safe shoulder to cry on, cause she will, I can be that. Then my talents can feed hers and she can go back to saving the world.Cole & Amandalynn Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15761516605696697929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899894682659638642.post-70767509744434566202009-08-25T06:47:35.944-06:002009-08-25T06:47:35.944-06:00Hey, I remembered you talked about feeling guilt o...Hey, I remembered you talked about feeling guilt on this post http://abiding-joy.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post.html<br />But today's post is a different view as well.<br /><br />I was just remembering what mom told me, I had to be like the flight attendance said, "Put on your mask first and then help others" I works amazing miracles, if we are "full" then we can give so much more.Belkycitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08150629040326011626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899894682659638642.post-73957172919158670572009-08-24T11:42:48.441-06:002009-08-24T11:42:48.441-06:00I heard a song the other day on the radio. I thin...I heard a song the other day on the radio. I think I've heard this song a lot..it doesn't hold my attention very long and is not my favorite song, but for one reason or another one line in then song stuck out to me. It said, "the sweetest thing you will ever see, in the whole wide world, is a Happy Girl."<br /><br />It hit me that one of the greatest gifts I could actually give my Husband and Children was a Happy Mommy. I started to relect on what I did on a daily basis that made me happy (besides having a clean house and the needs of my family met)..after all that it doesn't seem like there was much time in the middle for me. I was serving my family and taking care of our needs, but I was grumpy and without energy. I realized that the more I pushed my needs to fill myself back...the more I was actually compromising my abilities to serve my family.<br /><br />Now...that's something to feel guilty about because its wrong. No one can constantly help others without tending to their own needs too. I resolved to find ways to fill myself and my needs so I could better fill my family and be a Happy Girl. I think the real key is balance. <br /><br />So, when I take an extra 15 min in the bathroom while the kids are playing with their toys and making messes...its okay. I'm actually happier. And, if I can be smiling and laughing when my hubby comes through the door at the end of his long day...miracles happen in our home and EVERYONE is happy.<br /><br />Just remember.."The sweetest thing you will ever see, in the whole wide world is a happy girl."Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15408625702677823193noreply@blogger.com