tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post3987717624485644079..comments2023-09-15T10:21:55.537-06:00Comments on Is It Just Me?: A Matter of PerspectiveRandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851220760568533019noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-66941754258707170242008-09-08T19:41:00.000-06:002008-09-08T19:41:00.000-06:00One of my dear friends sent me a link to this page...One of my dear friends sent me a link to this page and what you have written really is so very touching. I think about it almost every day as I struggle with my little ones and all the demands that entails. Thanks so much from me and my sisters!<BR/> (sahmsisters.blogspot.com)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-15756407624863954002008-09-08T19:37:00.000-06:002008-09-08T19:37:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17313101547322394852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-39128849089614650442008-07-28T22:40:00.000-06:002008-07-28T22:40:00.000-06:00This is wonderful. Thank you for sharing your tho...This is wonderful. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experience. You don't know me--I found you from the "Light Refreshments Served" blog. I appreciate your perspective, as I too sometimes wonder if what I do at home matters. Thanks.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395557143536450907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-31353099543027163072008-07-27T15:01:00.000-06:002008-07-27T15:01:00.000-06:00I've been thinking along these lines a lot lately....I've been thinking along these lines a lot lately. My friend is a rabbi and stays home with her girls because she feels she should, but really wants to get out to work and pay off her student loans. She wants to use her skills, flex her rabbi muscles a bit, see if they are atrophied. I didn't know what to tell her, because I agreed that staying at home can sometimes be tedious, and you get no applause from the world for doing it. I am going to share with her some of your thoughts. Thanks!Beeswaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10418719062005209787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-25308994691437868032008-07-27T00:25:00.000-06:002008-07-27T00:25:00.000-06:00I don't know if you'll ever get to this comment nu...I don't know if you'll ever get to this comment number 80 (or so) any time soon- but thank you! No, it is not just you. I'm looking around at my truly cluttered house and wondering how I'm going to keep up with everything coming up in my life- and my kids are only 5 and 1! Your post reminded me of when I filled in for the receptionist at my hubby's company for 6 wks (she had a baby). Before this I was a bit resentful that he got to leave and I was stuck (and by stuck I mean in a new city with no vehicle) at home. After leaving *my* baby from 6am to about 6pm every weekday though, I told myself I was always going to appreciate being a SAHM. I guess I needed a reminder 5 years later that the moments you get it right are worth it.<BR/><BR/>I also now want cinnamon rolls. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-15925883558944982752008-07-25T14:06:00.000-06:002008-07-25T14:06:00.000-06:00Thanks for sharing. This has been on my mind a lot...Thanks for sharing. This has been on my mind a lot. When we define homemaking as cooking and cleaning, we will never be satisfied because that work is never done. I broke my ankle recently and wasn't able to cook, clean, shop, etc. for 4 months. While those things still got done by others, it was not the same because I was not the one doing them. The meals and the cleaning and the errands and the homework help and everything else wasn't done by me, the home maker, and the feeling was not the same. It really made me value the role that I play in creating that peace and that refuge through the homemaking tasks that I do in my home.Lisa Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04291442690945221505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-38324973294878003832008-07-24T23:52:00.000-06:002008-07-24T23:52:00.000-06:00Beautiful! Thanks for putting things back into per...Beautiful! Thanks for putting things back into perspective for me. I really needed this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-1346138179081496532008-07-24T22:54:00.000-06:002008-07-24T22:54:00.000-06:00Found your wonderful post through Light Refreshmen...Found your wonderful post through Light Refreshments. Since I am rule follower, I am leaving a comment. I don't want to offend my new friend. :)<BR/><BR/>I really appreciate your post. I knew early on that I wanted to be a SAHM. Little did I know it would take over 8 years to become a mother. You would think that since I am finally doing what I always wanted to do that I would be so content. I am finding it so hard to make my home that heaven on earth. It can be discouraging. I just try each and everyday to do my best. I just hope I will get the hang of it soon. Thank you for the reminder of the great blessing it is to be able to stay at home.The Coolest Allen Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621442326705820200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-60714077158687024312008-07-24T18:54:00.000-06:002008-07-24T18:54:00.000-06:00A husband/Fathers/bread-winner perspectiveWhen at ...A husband/Fathers/bread-winner perspective<BR/><BR/>When at work If the subject comes up I always tell them how my wife has the more difficult and important job. Usually they agree and often if they have dual income they will do one or more of three things, try to justify there current way of doing things, exhibit much respect for our choice, or become slightly envious.Reed Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11680030619809008533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-7289535367092578132008-07-24T13:06:00.000-06:002008-07-24T13:06:00.000-06:00I'm here from Light Refreshments and can pretty mu...I'm here from Light Refreshments and can pretty much say ditto to what everyone else has commented. Thanks for a great perspective!Jerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04342634184794224082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-71070814439155543932008-07-24T12:15:00.000-06:002008-07-24T12:15:00.000-06:00Thanks so much for your post, Randi. Reading the ...Thanks so much for your post, Randi. Reading the first part was so refreshing - to know that someone else feels the EXACT same way I have. I still struggle so much with that resentment of not feeling like I've ever really been given a choice in what I'm doing. I appreciate the perspective you've given and the reminder of the haven that I can make my home for my family and others who come here. Thanks for sharing!Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062830762340599828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-87728320456775097222008-07-24T11:15:00.000-06:002008-07-24T11:15:00.000-06:00Thanks for your posting. I'm a SAHM who's having ...Thanks for your posting. I'm a SAHM who's having a bad day and reading this helped.stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04690458713471054075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-64632067476954672572008-07-24T09:38:00.000-06:002008-07-24T09:38:00.000-06:00Love the post; I have been commanded to comment an...Love the post; I have been commanded to comment and so here I am. I'm winding down on my pregnancy and feeling the nesting itch big-time--unfortunately, it's sometimes kind of to the detriment of my poor husband and son. <BR/><BR/>In theory (I tell myself) I am obsessed with organization and cleanliness so that they and the new baby will have a nice home, but I think I just realized that it's part selfishness; I'm giving in to my hormonal obsessions and not always being a pleasant person about it! Even if the house is sparkling, it doesn't matter if I'm constantly getting after my husband for not helping me lift such-and-such.<BR/><BR/>So...I'm going to try to remember that I provide a rest for them by creating a good spirit in our home, not just by cleaning and organizing. (Although a little of that is important too, I think!)Elizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13943126446575413050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-53986097944086847832008-07-24T09:32:00.000-06:002008-07-24T09:32:00.000-06:00Thank you for a new perspective.Thank you for a new perspective.Macyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05161987766430937380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-23899570745922623972008-07-15T04:31:00.000-06:002008-07-15T04:31:00.000-06:00thanks randi ~ just what i needed to read today. i...thanks randi ~ just what i needed to read today. i have been hating my job/career lately because i am not happy with the latest position i said yes to. it is too much project workload and i am drained and frustrated much of the time. i wish i had not said yes to this position. i hope i can get a replacement/better one soon. it is sucking the life out of me. my family depends on me to work and be the breadwinner. i could so relate to your mention of walking into your friend's home. i experienced almost that same thing friday after work when i went to a card making class at a sister from the ward's home. right when i walked in, it felt heavenly and peaceful to me. and it was so clean and perfect. everything was perfect. and she and her hubby always make me feel so welcome in their presence. i was just so at home in her home. thanks for the grateful post today. peace, kathleensogratefultobemormon.wordpress.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13141321969690842348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-89012923938733758312008-07-14T23:52:00.000-06:002008-07-14T23:52:00.000-06:00Thank you for sharing your thoughts, came over fro...Thank you for sharing your thoughts, came over from MMW--I'm not a mom yet but am looking forward to it. You gave a very refreshing perspective to it all--work, home, family--what it is really about, which isn't the dishes or the dusting.Brittmaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12381321601836440575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-25362985535959927682008-07-14T01:41:00.000-06:002008-07-14T01:41:00.000-06:00Fabulous post and too, too true.Fabulous post and too, too true.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17254208744417742746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-29984848271111005962008-07-13T17:58:00.000-06:002008-07-13T17:58:00.000-06:00jr, thanks for sharing this. I am struggling so mu...jr, thanks for sharing this. <BR/><BR/>I am struggling so much right now-having just went to a 5 day a week job (I've always worked shift work to be home for my babies). I am loathing it. Not just disliking it, hating. I don't hate. <BR/>I'm not sure what I'll be motivated to do, or why I'm even writing this....but, just know...loving and caring for your family full time is THE single most important thing we can do. I believe that with everything I am.<BR/>Keep up the good work!b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05200037742651165832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-56514783793573758972008-07-12T17:03:00.000-06:002008-07-12T17:03:00.000-06:00Thanks for being so candid about your experience. ...Thanks for being so candid about your experience. I garnered strength from your post to keep fighting the good fight here at home...regardless of how boring or frustrating I may find it somedays. My family deserves a better effort from me and certainly a better attitude about the job I really want to do, I just don't always love.I Am Boymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15325620257808590423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-76541695947429409142008-07-12T12:38:00.000-06:002008-07-12T12:38:00.000-06:00Thank you for taking the time to write out your ex...Thank you for taking the time to write out your experience and thoughts. I've never wanted to do anything but be a homemaker, but I've definitely lost sight of the importance of the environment that I'm "in charge" of creating. You offered me a little glimpse of how my husband must feel at the end of the day, and perhaps, his frustration when I haven't done <I>my</I> job very well at all. Your post encourages me to try a little harder today, and the next day, and the next.... so thank you.<BR/><BR/>And oh yes, I'm here from Summer's Nook as well.Becky N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08189400116228254926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-47928562998569089212008-07-11T10:56:00.000-06:002008-07-11T10:56:00.000-06:00And obviously you know I thought this post was ama...And obviously you know I thought this post was amazing. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-54240118339926489932008-07-11T01:29:00.000-06:002008-07-11T01:29:00.000-06:00Here from Summer's Nook. Thank you for the attitud...Here from Summer's Nook. Thank you for the attitude adjustment and beautiful reminder, it was greatly needed.Mrs. Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14159440829600935461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-83003406097109086122008-07-10T22:15:00.000-06:002008-07-10T22:15:00.000-06:00thanks. i needed this tonight!thanks. i needed this tonight!ashleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02953910187680660678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-45765777368416313322008-07-10T20:42:00.000-06:002008-07-10T20:42:00.000-06:00Blogger ated my very long comment. Dangit!Anyway, ...Blogger ated my very long comment. Dangit!<BR/><BR/>Anyway, you deserve every single one of these 60 comments. In fact, you deserve 160 for writing such a fantastic post!elasticwaistbandladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643871078268503643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3007302520478956179.post-65698135467382540032008-07-10T13:11:00.000-06:002008-07-10T13:11:00.000-06:00I stalk your blog because it is so awesome. I thi...I stalk your blog because it is so awesome. I think we were BFF's in another life. I love your list of 100 things and I think we share at least 90 in common. Thanks for keeping me entertained!Cyndy and Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134412576887706747noreply@blogger.com