tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448148457144512031.post1852707423537718886..comments2024-03-02T02:40:25.651-05:00Comments on Life After Staff: Guilt...You know you experience it... and other honest ramblings.Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10761129808268407446noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448148457144512031.post-29301658706621372572012-01-10T10:25:28.181-05:002012-01-10T10:25:28.181-05:00Here Here, Love!!!
Yep. Just gave you a shout ...Here Here, Love!!! <br /><br />Yep. Just gave you a shout out and wrote about the same thing.....<br /><br />Guilt and comparison. Two of my greatest enemies.<br /><br />Love you!<br />Big baths of grace, Baby.<br />And remember - you have a fabulous excuse, anyway. You are climbing a mountain every single day....even if you are just sitting on your rump.<br /><br />AmyLife With My Joys.....https://www.blogger.com/profile/00448787455139270313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448148457144512031.post-30490131216239745532012-01-06T21:50:52.392-05:002012-01-06T21:50:52.392-05:00I can totally relate Sarah. I have been having se...I can totally relate Sarah. I have been having several meltdowns over the past few weeks about my lack of accomplishment on a variety of levels. I believe it's really lies from Satan trying to get us as women, moms, and wives discouraged. Unfortunately sometimes we listen to those lies. I have been trying to write down some daily affirmations that are Biblically based that I can say each day. It sounds silly, but I think we have to remind ourselves of God's promises and God's love for us. A lot of times I look at my house and feel like a complete failure, but I am doing the best I can. So I think you have to stop beating yourself up, and remember that caring for yourself and your baby, and Ella, is most important. Aside from that, housework and projects, etc, is not really gonna matter in the long run! Love ya! : ) <br />~EstherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448148457144512031.post-78708927115146786842012-01-06T21:50:42.865-05:002012-01-06T21:50:42.865-05:00I think that you need to cut yourself a little sla...I think that you need to cut yourself a little slack. To "ditto" Meredith, you were not "doing nothing", you were and are giving your body what it needs. You have an additional priority in your life now in the form of Baby #2. The fact that the baby hasn't been born yet doesn't mean that the need to rebalance and adjust your day to day life waits until the birth. <br /><br />Be patient, you will figure it out! A little time and you will re-adjust your time frames/goals and feel a lot better. So you don't have the energy to greet Ella every morning, say that you'll do one or two mornings a week. That way you'll get to balance Baby #2's needs with your goals with Ella.<br /><br />I have an enormous amount of faith in your capabilities as a child of God/wife/mom/friend, and I bet if you ask around , you'll find its a popular opinion!Krissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17585657556873573418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448148457144512031.post-4764056462490646472012-01-06T19:05:13.131-05:002012-01-06T19:05:13.131-05:00"I think it stems from my lack of doing ANYTH..."I think it stems from my lack of doing ANYTHING over the past few first trimester months."<br /><br />Ummm, you're not doing nothing, you're growing a LIFE inside of you. I have no idea what it feels like, but I imagine its quite a thing for a body to experience. So listen to your body, rest up and cook that baby, and cut yourself some slack. I know that's oversimplifying it, but growing a baby is not doing nothing!Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02308735454420291089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-448148457144512031.post-9143976063389743622012-01-06T15:37:14.650-05:002012-01-06T15:37:14.650-05:00"Ditto" Sarah! I will add my two cents w..."Ditto" Sarah! I will add my two cents worth as I've been going through similar thought processes with different areas of my life and what I feel like He's been showing me through it. We are waaayyyy more judgemental and condemning of ourselves than God is of us. He is just full of grace and grace and grace. Did I mention He's got a whole lotta grace? If He is prompting us to change something in our life, it's for our best. It's worth doing. Buttt, with that being said, He doesn't tell us that it needs to be done by March 31st or that we need to be at this point on this date. He knows us, and His timing is perfect...He also knows when we need a rapid life change NOW and He changes our life dramatically and quickly. However, He is not the God of instant gratification, so most of the time He works in us a long, slow, gentle meandering process. If we don't get it the 1st time, or even we get to the 30th time and stumble, He knew we would...and if we can accept His grace and displace the guilt, it will give us the strength to get back up again. It's our own guilt that keeps us down when we fall. I've found that if I slow down, take a giant breath, and say; "Hey, I was suppose to be at this chapter on this date, but I'm 3 months behind...." I find there's a specific reason for it and instead of beating myself up, getting discourage, and giving up, when I finally pick the Bible back up where I left off....where I'm at is just what I needed and I realize I'm not "behind," at all, I'm right where I need to be. :D<br />-Sarah CraigAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com