tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23774671.post8798272327201251469..comments2023-07-20T08:35:44.681-07:00Comments on A person named Eunice: TO A YOUNG MOTHER, or WHAT I WISH SOMEONE HAD SAID TO MEDarlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02390374931911258822noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23774671.post-83652376347318125262008-12-04T11:25:00.000-08:002008-12-04T11:25:00.000-08:00This is a great post full of practical and realist...This is a great post full of practical and realistic advice. Thanks very much, Darlene.Joey/Denny/Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02688286859801175265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23774671.post-10367358030806714862008-11-27T09:38:00.000-08:002008-11-27T09:38:00.000-08:00I love the missionary comparison. I have some bag...I love the missionary comparison. I have some baggage from my mission that this helps with. Thank you for your wise words. I am a mother of young children and I am very much "in the trenches" as an older friend of mine called it. I stave off the boredom by knitting and I use the tv to distract them when I have to--without feeling guilty! It really is a day-to-day survival and it's so much better when I remember to ask for the Spirit's help. I am looking forward to things improving some in the next few years. My two older children are becoming a lot more interesting, as you said, and easier to deal with in a lot of ways. It's always nice to know you are not alone.Windybrook Spinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314883389116848747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23774671.post-66462146420607865512008-11-26T13:10:00.000-08:002008-11-26T13:10:00.000-08:00Funny, I could tweak a few words in this post and ...Funny, I could tweak a few words in this post and it would pretty much apply to my missionary experienceChristopher Bigelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01417741940958662788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23774671.post-19199785415184021682008-11-26T07:07:00.000-08:002008-11-26T07:07:00.000-08:00Fabulous! Send it to Mormon Times.Fabulous! Send it to Mormon Times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23774671.post-24532370888943249112008-11-25T14:48:00.000-08:002008-11-25T14:48:00.000-08:00Dar, I so agree with you. There's a reason you're...Dar, I so agree with you. There's a reason you're my friend :-). (You say everything so much better than I do, though).Anghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026899563208525525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23774671.post-81092538217360789952008-11-25T14:00:00.000-08:002008-11-25T14:00:00.000-08:00I also tried to take joy in the journey. I loved ...I also tried to take joy in the journey. I loved my kids as babies and toddlers although I do remember it being hard at times especially with my husband working so much. I remember feeling very ornery and frustrated and impatient. But I feel that way now too. It is nice having them older for different reasons but I sometimes miss them being young but I'm trying to enjoy each phase even though kids/teenagers have their moments as well. I can't say one phase is harder than the other. Just different.Marjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13437069864888330124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23774671.post-12736662585407502402008-11-25T12:45:00.000-08:002008-11-25T12:45:00.000-08:00All good advice. We all have those feelings, even...All good advice. We all have those feelings, even if we like the little kid phases. Thanks for sharing!! You should submit it to this blog if you haven't <BR/>http://motherletter.blogspot.com/girlsmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04142375455852724853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23774671.post-79047380438038133012008-11-25T12:43:00.000-08:002008-11-25T12:43:00.000-08:00Those are all great insights.I visit-teach someone...Those are all great insights.<BR/><BR/>I visit-teach someone who had two children who were both born very premature and are consequently both developmentally delayed. Because of her complicated pregnancies she was not planning to have any more kids, but was surprised by a third baby -- and blessed, for once, with a perfectly healthy, full-term pregnancy. The baby's a couple months old now. The last time I was at her house it was bringing back memories of just how difficult and confining those days were, and just the thought was exhausting. I am very grateful my visiting teaching companion's kids are grown and she's a lot of help with the new mom's preschoolers, because I'm enough still in the young-kids stage myself that, while I'd like to help, I don't have a lot to offer. I can now leave my 11-year-old in charge for quick nearby errands, and that alone has opened up a whole new world of freedom for me, but I'm still barely managing to keep my own family afloat.<BR/><BR/>I am even one who really does love many things about the baby stage, and I DO try to take joy in the journey -- but at the same time I really look forward to increased freedom, later. And I hope I would never say anything to a young mom that would minimize how challenging and exhausting it can be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com