Sometimes these thoughts get me through rough times oddly enough-like when I would be up at 3:00am nursing a newborn and crying my eyes out~ because of the pain, pure utter exhaustion, a very colicky baby with reflux, and just all of those emotions that are amplified times a thousand when you're a tired new Mom. Knowing that there were women like me doing the same thing and praying for strength too really helped me. Sort of a silent support...Mom power*!* On that same note~my Mother-in Law's best friend sent me a congrats card when Delaney was born that has stuck with me. She must have known I was having a rough time because at the end of the beautiful card she wrote: "Remember, when you are frustrated and upset in the middle of the night with your little one, remember that there are others feeling that same thing you are, but because they don't have what you do." Humbling thought when I'm feeling frustrated and hopeless with my kids.
SOOOO back to the ridiculous part of my thought:
As I was rooting through the freezer pushing around bags of frozen corn and green beans I thought...I wonder if anyone else in the whole world right now is...
organizing their little sister's breast milk in their freezer...*?*
Hmmmmmmm......
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Ok, I SOO did not see that coming! I was cracking up!! Of course I'm severely sleep deprived from the past few days so I'm a little slap happy too!
We need an updated pic of Sarah
Oh, and our neighbor across the street had a baby just a few months after Noah was born and I sent her a card saying that when she was up in the middle of the night feeding the baby, to think of me across the street b/c I would probably be doing the same thing. There were nights I looked out and saw an light on over there and it made it a little bit easier to be up in the middle of the night.
this is too funny, i don't care who you are!!! thanks for the laugh, i sure needed a smile right about now.
on a serious note... if ever you need anything or just need a friend to listen, you've got one here. i have been there and still doing it. i have been through every emotion you discribed and i would love to be that one who can honestly say...i know what you are going through.
have a great night. *hugs*
DLN....I just read through your entries for the past week and I love it all.....this wondering if others are going through IT will never stop.....Actually our patterns aren't far apart...even the "Who else has a kid in the Amazon jungle".....or "Who else has a daughter alone at night in a cabin out in no-where CO...and the cabin has no plumbing....And how far away is the John??".....you know me...our levels of fear may differ.....but I throw my vote with Dory..she's one wise fish........
I heard this one lately..."I would rather be an Optimist..and be Wrong... Than a Pessimist and be Right"....and do all with prayer.
Your pictures are a total delight and I love to see what music you are picking to go with your thoughts.....L E&A DOA
I love it! Um, I actually have organized my little sister's breast milk, how funny is that?
I remember those days now with fondness. At the time, some days I felt my brain was atrophied. Now I'm so thankful for those moments and even those odd thoughts.
LOL! OMG, that is too funny, and like Kelly, I totally didn't see that one coming! Thanks for the wonderful reminder that we are all doing the same things and feeling the same fustrations. smiles...
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