tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6583672216566631732.post325421871629442652..comments2023-07-15T08:47:53.558-07:00Comments on Snips and Snails: The way it is...Juliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12894803178034411194noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6583672216566631732.post-86633159327926965422010-04-12T08:21:44.449-07:002010-04-12T08:21:44.449-07:00Julie~ your blog is fantastic. I looked at your ...Julie~ your blog is fantastic. I looked at your pictures last week, but this morning really took the time to READ some of the posts.... you are a wonderful writer. You put into words many of the things I think (and feel guilty about) daily. I loved this post...and LOVED the walk thru suburbia! We moved to Nebraska from South Flordia (Ft. Lauderdale to be exact)...so I'm with you there! Great blog! :-)Karli @ The Bonnie 5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14537685655788113712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6583672216566631732.post-66716563536592222312010-04-12T07:37:53.458-07:002010-04-12T07:37:53.458-07:00Wow, I really needed to read this point this morni...Wow, I really needed to read this point this morning. Thank you for being so honest and sharing this with all of us.<br /><br />I feel the same way most of the time with my 10 month old. I have a hard time sitting still to just play or enjoy being together. The is laundry to do and bills to pay and dishes in the sink. Even when I do sit and play, I'm not really there, like you said.<br /><br />I wonder if anyone ever really is? I think (or at least I hope) that it's pretty normal to always be going in so many different directions. I can't even imagine how hectic it is with three young boys! I'm sure you're being harder on yourself than your boys or anyone else would.Caitlin @ Pacifier In My Pockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07735393435329852970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6583672216566631732.post-45066804655203066172010-04-09T14:57:11.098-07:002010-04-09T14:57:11.098-07:00Okay I could have seriously written this post. I ...Okay I could have seriously written this post. I know exactly how you feel! While we need that balance, I find myself too often looking for distractions, or when I am playing with them only being half there. It drives me crazy, I feel guilty, yet I do it time and time again.<br /><br />That is actually a lot of the reason I started the Time for Tots day on my blog. One day a week, I take extra time to plan some activities, be creative, and then we spend the morning or at least a good solid hour (depending on the kids), just doing these activities no distractions allowed. And those days are better, I feel better.. and then in the afternoon when I get on the computer or whatever for some me time I don't feel guilty as I know my morning was spent totally devoted to my kids.Emmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675419215475635276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6583672216566631732.post-88602836143125097772010-04-08T18:06:22.932-07:002010-04-08T18:06:22.932-07:00I feel more guilty than you do... because I feel t...I feel more guilty than you do... because I feel that way sometimes with just one. I figured siblings would be better for mine as sometimes I think he needs me so much, and I just feel myself pulling away to want to do something else... be someone else other than just a mom, even though I know that being a mom is the most important thing in the world -- but I never stopped to think of the neediness and frustrations times 3. Everyone needs a break from it. Your kids need a break from you too... makes them appreciate you so much more! <br /><br />It sounds like you're seriously doing just fine, with your kids being so well-adjusted, and your self-reflection directing you to refocus on the kids. Isn't what this is all about, anyway? You're listening to that little guy on your shoulder... no, your other shoulder, yep -that one... and that's pretty important. If more moms reflected and refocused maybe it would be a better thing for the kids. Thanks for sharing this. It's good to see we're in the same boat. (Just mine has fewer passengers.)koreen (aka: winn)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00988838659415402046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6583672216566631732.post-16529874671591644922010-04-08T17:26:25.141-07:002010-04-08T17:26:25.141-07:00It is so hard. So very hard. I wish I had more wor...It is so hard. So very hard. I wish I had more words of encouragement, but I think the fact that you are thinking about it - and trying - and praying - and coloring on the floor - means you're doing an amazing job.Corinne Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07604810312185816792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6583672216566631732.post-20769766058375547392010-04-08T16:34:19.041-07:002010-04-08T16:34:19.041-07:00It is such a balancing act we do as moms. I am sur...It is such a balancing act we do as moms. I am sure something I am doing isn't the right thing for my kids or myself but I will continue to love them and myself and hope that I am treating everyone right and that one day they won't blame me for the way things turned out. That they will just understand that I did the best I knew how to do...that I will understand. :-)Michelle Pixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09266765257859122453noreply@blogger.com