tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024673533342175686.post3074442353775141231..comments2020-09-18T19:45:31.632+10:00Comments on Suigeneris Speaks....: Just One Of Those Days.....SuiGeNeRiS Speakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02180873225503226535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024673533342175686.post-16940425563285427082010-06-13T17:25:45.411+10:002010-06-13T17:25:45.411+10:00oh dear! you never know your blessings until you h...oh dear! you never know your blessings until you hear others stories!! you girls are such an example!! keep going xxThis Girl loves to Talkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04810963456640254875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024673533342175686.post-34109699980880739792010-06-13T12:07:19.532+10:002010-06-13T12:07:19.532+10:00I've found it takes me to the very last second...I've found it takes me to the very last second to get my kids ready, no matter how long I've got to do it. Afternoon church is hard work.<br />My man has PTSD after a work place accident, where his mate died in his arms (long story, very short version). It was in 2007, and life is still not back to normal. Sometimes I feel like I am doing everything on my own... but he is still here, actively messing things up. My kids struggle with wanting to be/be with their Dad, who is here, but not always really here. We were homeless for 6 weeks or so, and are now in a 10sq. tin shed... and blah blah blah, the list of things that suck is a long one. Keeping it real helps me to keep my perspective... It IS hard, and even when there are 2 adults parenting is really full on. The only way to face it, for me, is in small bites, or babysteps (love my FlyLady). One day, one hour, 15 mins, 5 mins at a time.<br />You can do it. You ARE doing it.<br />You are everything your children need you to be. Your plans for the future are focused on fulfilling their needs.<br />Idealism can only get you so far through life, and cynicism I find sucks too much out of me. I'm trying for realism... realistically, as well as you are doing, as far as you have come, it IS enough for today... and that is more than ok.chibbylickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12662968436650912221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024673533342175686.post-47925189812279116032010-06-13T11:22:11.497+10:002010-06-13T11:22:11.497+10:00Go to church, despite the hard work it takes to ge...Go to church, despite the hard work it takes to get ready. Sometimes when I think I'm going to yell I whisper instead. The spirit flee's when I raise my voice in frustration, I feel it. Have faith that when you do and are in the places HF has asked you to be the blessing will flow. <br /> <br />Speak with your Bishop, ask for a blessing. Share the burden.<br /> <br />Ask for help.<br /> <br />Just keep swimming.<br /><br />x<br />H<br /> <br />PS "To mothers who are raising their children without a father in the home, I promise you that as you speak of Jesus Christ, you will feel the power of heaven blessing you.<br /><br />After her husband passed away, Sister Stella Oaks raised her three young children (including Elder Dallin H. Oaks) as a single mother. She once said: “I was given to know that the Lord loved me and that I would be made equal to my mission. I felt an encircling love … [and knew] he [would sustain us] through the opposition that [would] arise.”<br />Elder Neil L. AndersenDelightful Domestic Sciencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05565570506045238228noreply@blogger.com