tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post6460049737261301272..comments2023-12-30T14:53:48.530-05:00Comments on Every Day Miracles: More than momWendi@EveryDayMiracleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02726898493426028276noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-80064271864367106182009-05-06T21:02:00.000-04:002009-05-06T21:02:00.000-04:00This is a great post! Thanks for your honesty. I...This is a great post! Thanks for your honesty. I know being a mom is the best job, but it is also the hardest. I know that God has given me this role, but He does not see me as "just a mom". I am His precious daughter too!Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03699806128162707529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-88762788431627738762009-05-06T08:23:00.000-04:002009-05-06T08:23:00.000-04:00This is such a hard lesson!! I have to keep starti...This is such a hard lesson!! I have to keep starting over because I do get frustrated and don't do much of anything for Me. Some days I have forgotten who "Stacey" is. Thanks for the inspiring post!!Staceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13115749319432311393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-30596248317501171312009-05-05T22:26:00.000-04:002009-05-05T22:26:00.000-04:00Hi Wendi - Found your blog from another..I'm a new...Hi Wendi - Found your blog from another..I'm a new blogger and am trying to not just be a "snooper" but to actually comment!! What a great post - I am not a mom yet but this post (and your blog) is so upfront about being a mother..Thanks for being so honest with the world!!Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09670478228940777190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-59227143983415980662009-05-05T22:10:00.000-04:002009-05-05T22:10:00.000-04:00I love yoyur posts Wendi...your a great mom. You h...I love yoyur posts Wendi...your a great mom. You have been blessed with a fantastic gift to write andI'm so thankful you share it.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04502550708098682538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-55280022765575065802009-05-05T21:46:00.000-04:002009-05-05T21:46:00.000-04:00As I was reading these comments, I thought about b...As I was reading these comments, I thought about being in an airplane and having the stewardess tell parents that in an emergency they need to put the mask on themselves first in order to be able to help their children. I think that applies to life outside of the airplane too.Arlona Mchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000308517126284358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-1231585079421589952009-05-05T18:34:00.000-04:002009-05-05T18:34:00.000-04:00and when moms yell less at their kids, it makes pa...and when moms yell less at their kids, it makes parentin a whole lot easier.MarjnHomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01331096530421066392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-20283695619458185002009-05-05T18:04:00.000-04:002009-05-05T18:04:00.000-04:00This is SO true! My Mum always worked, (not a lot,...This is SO true! My Mum always worked, (not a lot, 2 or 3 mornings a week, and often from home), and I remember realizing at quite an early age that my Mum was important to other people too! It sounds like a small thing, but being aware that my mother had an identity beyond our house made me feel that she was a more rounded and multi-dimensional person!BaronessBlackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429480086121643083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-16773992662021805662009-05-05T18:02:00.000-04:002009-05-05T18:02:00.000-04:00I love this! Thanks for giving me a little less g...I love this! Thanks for giving me a little less guilt in my need to do "my thing" once in a while...Mozi Esmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078786257885681829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-11564479115831544282009-05-05T17:18:00.000-04:002009-05-05T17:18:00.000-04:00Oh, this is good stuff. So true.
But sometimes I...Oh, this is good stuff. So true. <br /><br />But sometimes I still struggle with feeling guilty when I take time for myself. I got a pedicure a few weeks ago, a very rare treat, and while I enjoyed it thoroughly I still felt a little like I was shirking my responsibilities. Silly, I know. I have to grow past that. <br /><br />You said you practiced music at church - singing or playing?? I did not know this about you!Jackie https://www.blogger.com/profile/06689420082726915164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-66660853976261582132009-05-05T16:25:00.000-04:002009-05-05T16:25:00.000-04:00wendi!! you are the mom & woman i want to be w...wendi!! you are the mom & woman i want to be when i grow up;D you are superwoman..make yourself a cape:) you are so right about making ourselves a proirity sometimes too..i have come to that realization that if i get lost in just being a mommy & a wife i am not as happy as i could be when i take time out for me. you are such a neat person & i love following your blog:) blessings friend!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544872280537024394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-19905992068155655872009-05-05T14:10:00.000-04:002009-05-05T14:10:00.000-04:00I loved this post, Wendi.
I think every women need...I loved this post, Wendi.<br />I think every women needs to see that we are all made for more than just being a Mom. There's more to who we are. When Benji comes home, I want so badly to spend every second with him and as a family. We do spend our fair share together as a family and together alone when he comes home, but it's also so important for me to let him have that alone time with his boys, not only for his sake and the boys, but for mine as well, so that I can rediscover the whole person that God has made me to be. I love people, I love friendships, I love to garden, read books and make crafts and being by myself I am able to focus on myself and who I am in God. My kids are my top priority, but in order for me to give them what they need, us Mom's need to be able to be ourselves with out them as well<br />I'm so glad you are able to experience that kind of Joy, friend!Jacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439391373390883239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-34744281547679536912009-05-05T14:05:00.000-04:002009-05-05T14:05:00.000-04:00I love this post. It was much-needed. This is so...I love this post. It was much-needed. This is something I learn and re-learn over and over because I have a tendency to forget. <br /><br />This inspired me. Thank you. :)Heather of the EOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14607422301391841377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-30306335976802118562009-05-05T13:23:00.000-04:002009-05-05T13:23:00.000-04:00oh how i resonate with this...and wendi, how i lov...oh how i resonate with this...and wendi, how i love the end...the "plus i won't yell as much"...because it does my heart good to remember that no one is perfect, that i am not the only mommy who is a sinner, who yells, who falls short, who wants to start the day over sometimes. so glad for your chance to get some "other" time this weekend. much loves!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05057997192222912332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-39726567185936345822009-05-05T12:56:00.000-04:002009-05-05T12:56:00.000-04:00This is like the most perfect definition of a mom....This is like the most perfect definition of a mom. This is the kind of mom I want to be. =)Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16791257181990955117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-25811866985411003612009-05-05T11:38:00.000-04:002009-05-05T11:38:00.000-04:00Wendi, this TOTALLY resonated with me. I was deba...Wendi, this TOTALLY resonated with me. I was debating taking a Bible class this semester because I felt like as a mom I shouldn't take that time away from my daughter. But you are so right, it's good for my daughter to be away from me some and it's good for me to do other things that just be her mother. I wish I could put stuff into words the way you do. :) Thank you for this post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-33184723420560819052009-05-05T11:33:00.000-04:002009-05-05T11:33:00.000-04:00not only are you and incredilble mother, but an am...not only are you and incredilble mother, but an amazing person!<br /><br />Great food for thought! I never want to be one of those moms whose world falls apart once the kids leave the house - I hope to keep my priorities in the same order as yours, but I know it must be hard somedays......Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17334798928325967908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8564587143098254879.post-8427256086581976412009-05-05T10:48:00.000-04:002009-05-05T10:48:00.000-04:00this is an awesome post today. And it is such a b...this is an awesome post today. And it is such a blessing for you and your family that you can realize this so young!!! It took some of us much longer!sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16558961544260341038noreply@blogger.com