Comments on: Thankful For Good Days And Bad http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2006/11/17/thankful-for-good-days-and-bad/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:15:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.1 By: amydeanne http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2006/11/17/thankful-for-good-days-and-bad/#comment-1205 amydeanne Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:32:57 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2006/11/17/thankful-for-good-days-and-bad/#comment-1205 oh that's a tough questions... sometimes I chalk it up to my newness to motherhood, but do you ever get out of being new? Each age is a different stage of it's own; and each child is different... does it count if I hide in the closet for a few minutes and pray that God will keep everything in control? lol btw, Mid Nov is late here xmas music here! Thanksgiving is in October, so by Nov 1st everything xmas begins here! oh that’s a tough questions… sometimes I chalk it up to my newness to motherhood, but do you ever get out of being new? Each age is a different stage of it’s own; and each child is different… does it count if I hide in the closet for a few minutes and pray that God will keep everything in control?

lol btw, Mid Nov is late here xmas music here! Thanksgiving is in October, so by Nov 1st everything xmas begins here!

]]> By: Jeannee http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2006/11/17/thankful-for-good-days-and-bad/#comment-1206 Jeannee Fri, 17 Nov 2006 17:09:04 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2006/11/17/thankful-for-good-days-and-bad/#comment-1206 "Don't let the bad days define you." I LOVE THAT! I needed to see that right about now - ty! “Don’t let the bad days define you.” I LOVE THAT! I needed to see that right about now - ty!

]]> By: Jennifer, Snapshot http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2006/11/17/thankful-for-good-days-and-bad/#comment-1208 Jennifer, Snapshot Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:59:29 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2006/11/17/thankful-for-good-days-and-bad/#comment-1208 Great thoughts MaryBeth. You are so right about those good mom days or moments. I love thinking of them as my foundation and storehouse for the bad days, like your Isaiah quote mentions. Great thoughts MaryBeth. You are so right about those good mom days or moments. I love thinking of them as my foundation and storehouse for the bad days, like your Isaiah quote mentions.

]]> By: Ruth http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2006/11/17/thankful-for-good-days-and-bad/#comment-1209 Ruth Sat, 18 Nov 2006 01:16:30 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2006/11/17/thankful-for-good-days-and-bad/#comment-1209 depending on the moment - i usually am known to fill up the bathtub and try to drown my sorrows in bubbles. it doesn't always work. :) thank you for sharing this post. i could really relate. depending on the moment - i usually am known to fill up the bathtub and try to drown my sorrows in bubbles.

it doesn’t always work. :)

thank you for sharing this post. i could really relate.

]]> By: Janice (5 Minutes for Mom) http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2006/11/17/thankful-for-good-days-and-bad/#comment-1210 Janice (5 Minutes for Mom) Sat, 18 Nov 2006 02:20:34 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2006/11/17/thankful-for-good-days-and-bad/#comment-1210 oh - I had a bad today. I am so sick and weak with a vicious cold. I had slept only a couple of hours last night. I was beside myself with exhaustion. I had dragged us both to the doctor and then standing in the pharmacy, I just couldn't keep the mother smile on my face. I didn't argue or have anything "bad" with my son. But I did break down and cry. I struggled to hide my tears, but then I just let them flow. And you know what - it really helped. And my son didn't seem to suffer for the experience. I always have to remember not to let those days define me. Too often when I am in that dark place, I get overwhelmed and think this is it - this is who I am and all I have to look forward too. Thankfully a stream of tears can often wash it away and I can see the future a little better. (this is coming from a girl who RARELY cries. I love it when I finally do. It is so cathartic.) oh - I had a bad today. I am so sick and weak with a vicious cold. I had slept only a couple of hours last night. I was beside myself with exhaustion. I had dragged us both to the doctor and then standing in the pharmacy, I just couldn’t keep the mother smile on my face.

I didn’t argue or have anything “bad” with my son. But I did break down and cry. I struggled to hide my tears, but then I just let them flow. And you know what - it really helped. And my son didn’t seem to suffer for the experience.

I always have to remember not to let those days define me. Too often when I am in that dark place, I get overwhelmed and think this is it - this is who I am and all I have to look forward too. Thankfully a stream of tears can often wash it away and I can see the future a little better. (this is coming from a girl who RARELY cries. I love it when I finally do. It is so cathartic.)

]]> By: Sue http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2006/11/17/thankful-for-good-days-and-bad/#comment-1268 Sue Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:24:50 +0000 http://www.5minutesformom.com/faithlifts/2006/11/17/thankful-for-good-days-and-bad/#comment-1268 Thanks I need to hear:"Don't let the bad days define you". I have had a terrible day talking to my oldest daughter. She broke my heart. My mothering days with her I feel were gone. But I know in the end that she will remember that I am her loving mother forever. Thanks Thanks I need to hear:”Don’t let the bad days define you”. I have had a terrible day talking to my oldest daughter. She broke my heart. My mothering days with her I feel were gone. But I know in the end that she will remember that I am her loving mother forever. Thanks

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