tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post1541078255793908736..comments2010-03-25T23:28:27.063-04:00Lorahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11721629115039897949noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-54859984002042993422010-03-25T23:28:27.059-04:002010-03-25T23:28:27.059-04:00What a wonderful post and great advice. I love the idea of having a photo of your younger self to remind you to take care of the young you inside.<br />Thanks.Lorie Shewbridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17021526379136899314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-35289381859393000592010-03-23T22:41:45.252-04:002010-03-23T22:41:45.252-04:00I really, really like this. I love images of myself when I was younger they always remind me to try to remember that time in my life - the fun, innocent time before maturity and the adult world of responsibility took over.Kelly @ Dare to be Domestichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17316990503032552760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-49056156669072478482010-03-18T19:47:13.617-04:002010-03-18T19:47:13.617-04:00I&#39;ve always said, I need a hobby. Wondered what my passion is. But I get so wrapped up in everything else. Thanks for reminding me. Now I need to go read a good book. Cause damn it, I like reading.thelocalsloveithttp://thelocalsloveit.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-71217447100447639902010-03-18T00:32:45.438-04:002010-03-18T00:32:45.438-04:00It is good to remember to take care of yourself, myself, my family&#39;s self...on their own. My kids know how to do it...they learned it from me. A little selfishness on my part that I needed to keep sane from time to time. My husband doesn&#39;t quite know how to do it, but is starting to learn that he cannot be all things to both his parents all the time. Nicely put and keep caring for yourself, too.Amber Starhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084517063365211835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-48296176294021992432010-03-17T23:30:22.089-04:002010-03-17T23:30:22.089-04:00Poignantly written. I may or may not have just gotten a little teary-eyed. You just connected me with my heart.kateyleighhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14183517489370261337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-52244187847471230342010-03-17T12:50:03.123-04:002010-03-17T12:50:03.123-04:00great advice. Taking care of myself comes in waves. I will wake up out of a fog and go holy shit I need to do something with myself!!! The next day its fog. And the cycle continues. <br />I think I need to be more present within myself. <br /><br />Oh great here comes the obsessive self analyzing! hahaGwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335629549976489655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-74481124574335578442010-03-17T09:25:54.072-04:002010-03-17T09:25:54.072-04:00You&#39;re fantabulous. You have an award waiting for you at my blog - http://jonvscollege.blogspot.com/2010/03/st-patricks-day-awards.html :)Jonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02312815262543913398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-52480229348079389822010-03-17T07:31:27.022-04:002010-03-17T07:31:27.022-04:00Very insightful. We would get along better (and stay out of jail) if we remember that everybody (even the jerk who elbowed me to get my seat in the train yesterday) has a mother. She wants to see him get home safely, just like mine wants me to get home in one piece, even if highly pissed off. <br /><br />Your words always bring light to my day, which is why I&#39;ve nominated you for the You Are a Beautiful Blogger Because You Have Sunshine Award Combo. Go and claim it!<br /><br />Oh, tell your mama, she has a very beautiful daughter.Magaly Guerrerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-12087887347116769452010-03-16T23:27:47.606-04:002010-03-16T23:27:47.606-04:00ooohhhh...<br /><br />this is really important.<br /><br />I&#39;m printing this.<br /><br />It&#39;s PRINTER INK important.well read hostesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10373728970677604076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-49303537226159163322010-03-16T05:56:27.424-04:002010-03-16T05:56:27.424-04:00Lora, I&#39;m not yet caffeinated and my mind is not quite at half mast. That&#39;s a caution because I can be incredibly dense at half mast.<br /><br />In your last paragraph, are you speaking about balance in your life? That it&#39;s important to feed the areas of responsibility AND the areas of recreation? Are you saying that you hadn&#39;t been doing that and now you are? I hope I&#39;m getting it right. Balance is SO important.<br /><br />That aside, one line stuck out to the yet-to-be-caffeinated me:<br /><br /> &quot;And lately I&#39;m doing things the way they are supposed to be done.&quot; <br /><br /> I think it stuck out to me because I&#39;ve lived with a man for the past 33 years (okay, so it was two men!). Men appear to have a lock on THE WAY to do something. You know, the only way, as if there is no other. And while it&#39;s unrelated to this post if I&#39;m understanding what you were saying, I&#39;m compelled to say that there is more than one way to do everything. There! I feel so much better! I never miss an opportunity to share that with people, er, uh, men.<br /><br />How did I do without my coffee? ;)My name is PJ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04621641188403948733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-26090535452114992762010-03-15T23:39:21.536-04:002010-03-15T23:39:21.536-04:00wow<br /><br />i REALLY need to keep a younger picture of myself around, because ive been told that i should take care of the little me before, but the pic would suit me better.<br /><br />wow great effin thoughts!....and that really is a positive term of endearment not a random swear ; )sammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16557284640329565445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-89160463802399462122010-03-15T22:16:19.162-04:002010-03-15T22:16:19.162-04:00People of the Lenten.<br /><br />Lora- you make me laugh!! Which is good, because giving up Diet Coke is really sucking right about now.<br /><br />I&#39;m not typically a &quot;Lenter&quot;- but I figured, maybe it would be good for me. In a bunch of ways.<br /><br />Eh- we&#39;ll see.carolynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05648176456040275745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-17361217138996219262010-03-15T22:01:09.059-04:002010-03-15T22:01:09.059-04:00&quot;How would you feel if someone treated your kid the way that you sometimes treat your kid?&quot;<br /><br />Did that ever jump out at me. It&#39;s so true. If anyone ever raised a voice at my kid or smacked his/her bum there would be hell to pay. Yet I let them drive me over the edge all the time. Sure I feel guilty as sin about it afterward, but it doesn&#39;t undo it. <br /><br />This parenting thing is a tough gig sometimes.Tiffanyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08863925129654777084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-56440599346151185632010-03-15T21:49:11.833-04:002010-03-15T21:49:11.833-04:00Good points! It&#39;s always bothered me that people will do things to their kids that they&#39;d have other people arrested for...Leah Rubinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13748324754530747231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-16937204441340592542010-03-15T19:54:05.291-04:002010-03-15T19:54:05.291-04:00And then take responsibility when we get it wrong.Zip n Tizzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14760606219381683552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-33318195559264685102010-03-15T19:53:36.555-04:002010-03-15T19:53:36.555-04:00Today I was cheating my kids in a way I would not have wanted to be cheated... made them a shamrock shake out of peas and ice cream. T tried to drink it. He wanted to like it, but he just couldn&#39;t. I put chocolate in it. He still couldn&#39;t get past it&#39;s green color. Now I&#39;m drinking it, and while it&#39;s good, (it actually is,) it took me a few sips to get past the thought that there were peas in it. I drank it. It tasted good. There were things in there that were good for me and things that I just wanted... so I guess I was also taking care of myself. Not what you were looking for I&#39;m sure, but, yes, have done it... cheated my kids, then treated them the way I&#39;d want to be treated, and taken care of myself. It&#39;s a myth that we can all be perfect, but we can at least try to get it right more times than not.Zip n Tizzyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14760606219381683552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-13162741399998525922010-03-15T17:05:57.384-04:002010-03-15T17:05:57.384-04:00Today I told Meg it was in her best interest to get far away from mommy- Talk about the guilt. I needed 2 minutes to catch my breath and think. But I knew I could have put it in a nicer way- sometimes I can be mommy-bitch.<br />I don&#39;t want to become complacent in that solidarity- I want to rise above my faults and learn from them.Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05413881180512087964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-78110065754818744172010-03-15T16:58:37.494-04:002010-03-15T16:58:37.494-04:00Not that this is the point of your post, but it reminds me of all the times I would &quot;cheat&quot; with people&#39;s kids. My senior year of college, I babysit the sweetest most adorable boy every Wednesday morning. And the mom was awesome. Her only rule was: No more than 30 minutes of TV a day. A good 50% of the time, I&#39;d show up hung over as hell and spend the next 5 hours watching The Backyardigans and Dora the Explorer.Bridgethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04473037506487677049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-74812205564701801832010-03-15T16:17:08.577-04:002010-03-15T16:17:08.577-04:00Very true.<br /><br />I also let some neighbor kids play Modern Warfare II (rated M for mature) this weekend and had to tell the moms. One was fine the other was mad.<br /><br />Just sayin&#39; :)Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00466265732291777624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-46256771711518028522010-03-15T15:25:25.792-04:002010-03-15T15:25:25.792-04:00Yes. If we want our children to be good to themselves when they&#39;re grown, then we need to be good to ourselves now. Great point!Maureen@IslandRoarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17183530593417498063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-39540839969371260622010-03-15T13:58:43.185-04:002010-03-15T13:58:43.185-04:00I am taking care of myself for the first time...joined a gym, working out, eating better, getting sleep and ACTUALLY going to bed. Amazing!Domestic Goddesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05034924702019610611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-43173723459256748512010-03-15T13:31:38.840-04:002010-03-15T13:31:38.840-04:00Yes darling Lora... thank you ever so for the reminder. Good advice indeed.<br /><br />And still my love grows for you.Alixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10765083787738573580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-19335535293373361932010-03-15T13:24:09.592-04:002010-03-15T13:24:09.592-04:00Thanks for the reminder. Much needed this week.Lizzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05992040224578840160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-73312870643388978162010-03-15T13:04:02.058-04:002010-03-15T13:04:02.058-04:00Good advice! I always forget about taking care of myself first! Thanks...I will do a better job at it!<br />Hugs<br />SueAnnslommlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05299288406218968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7021347499350477594.post-8388536210794280382010-03-15T12:25:17.041-04:002010-03-15T12:25:17.041-04:00This weblog is being featured on Five Star Friday! http://www.fivestarfriday.com/2010/03/five-star-fridays-edition-94.htmlSchmutziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03023867307505601913noreply@blogger.com