tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056332983367489033.post9036472305479445886..comments2024-01-27T06:41:34.292-06:00Comments on Lord, Make Me a Saint: Right Where God Wants Me (I think)Jamie Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17678469484585027738noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056332983367489033.post-42037475312267438732010-04-05T19:54:29.826-05:002010-04-05T19:54:29.826-05:00Do you have any ideas for crafts for First Communi...Do you have any ideas for crafts for First Communion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056332983367489033.post-70184307906132469062010-04-01T18:20:07.441-05:002010-04-01T18:20:07.441-05:00I think all moms have been where you were at that ...I think all moms have been where you were at that moment. Don't beat yourself up about it; it happens! God won't give us anything we can't handle, especially if we look to Him!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11533317405680450964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056332983367489033.post-29146358784620336422010-03-31T22:58:54.068-05:002010-03-31T22:58:54.068-05:00simply beautiful and heartfelt. thanks for the rem...simply beautiful and heartfelt. thanks for the reminder.<br /><br />i too have been there. it sucks, but its an opportunity to serve and sacrifice.<br /><br />i dont handle puke and poop well at all.<br /><br />might i suggest a carpet shampooer? my bissel deep cleaner/vacuum works wonders. found it at sams after Stanley spilled a gallon of milk on the couch and floor. much use since then.<br /><br />i'm watching Passion tomorrow- in Blu Ray. sure to be an empty tissue box. my kids have been so naughty i'm debating letting them watch!Melissa @ Homegrown Catholicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516985976368072331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056332983367489033.post-33318896331343344212010-03-30T19:28:36.498-05:002010-03-30T19:28:36.498-05:00it's always so hard to be where HE wants us to...it's always so hard to be where HE wants us to be, isn't it?<br />and we complain whether we are covered in puke or underneath a heavy wooden cross...<br />blessings to you dear, sweet, jaimie.<br />thanks for sharing your fall.<br />and the fact that you got back up again!<br />xo.reganhttp://andeverythinginitsplace.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056332983367489033.post-71609836331775190882010-03-30T11:46:28.960-05:002010-03-30T11:46:28.960-05:00So sorry to hear about Ballerina Rosie!!! Noelle i...So sorry to hear about Ballerina Rosie!!! Noelle is praying that she feels better and that no one else gets it!!<br />The same thing happened to me with Luke!!!! A few nights ago he went to bed perfectly fine and then threw up all over his floor, door, wall, hallway, etc around 2 a.m. Then he came in tell us and threw up again!<br />Let's just say that I was feeling the SAME way you were!! He is 10 1/2!!!!!! Why couldn't he have gone to the bathroom in the first place and then why come in and tell us when you're going to throw up again??? :)<br /> I explained that to him more than once in a whiny voice while I was cleaning up. Yup. I usually have patience with any of the kids when they are sick at night.<br />I was grumbling and praying that the baby (shares his tiny bedroom) wouldn't wake up from my cleaning up the copeous puke in his room, etc. Hubby just laid in bed, which I was SO mad about!!! I finally broke down and whispered fiercly, "you could come and help, you know!!"<br />I finally cooled down and almost cried when Luke said, "I'm sorry for throwing up, Mom..." This will be the last time I will act that way!Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056332983367489033.post-80664986704846601702010-03-30T08:34:45.192-05:002010-03-30T08:34:45.192-05:00Stop looking for more sacrifice. Life certainly di...Stop looking for more sacrifice. Life certainly dishes out enough, doesn't it? We just have to take the ones we have instead of looking for that perfect penance.<br /><br />"You know well enough that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, but at the love at which we do them." -- St. Therese<br /><br />Now, no guilt. Just go forward.<br /><br />Not to divulge too much, but in Confession last night, Father told me that our children depend upon mother to teach them patience (how's that for a mini guilt trip?). Just try harder next time. ;-) Me, too.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00747308009364094199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056332983367489033.post-40369297935706060252010-03-29T19:21:00.452-05:002010-03-29T19:21:00.452-05:00Oh I hear ya!
Within minutes of emailing my hubby...Oh I hear ya!<br /><br />Within minutes of emailing my hubby this morning and fretting about this Lent not doing 'enough' and feeling that I didn't sacrifice, etc. the way I should have, my son threw up unexpectedly. After emailing hubby back to give him the latest morning details, he replied back with 'I think you've got your sacrifice all planned out for you already'. <br />Thankfully, it was a one time deal and after laying low all day there have been no more incidents. <br />Trust me, when motherhood involves puke it's one of my least favorite aspects. Okay, the WORST part of motherhood for me!!<br />I am going to try and rest in what God has planned this week and trust that He has me right where I need to be. <br /><br />Blessings on your Holy Week! Hope everyone stays healthy!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604810218733272554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056332983367489033.post-69642631559300401262010-03-29T17:29:13.286-05:002010-03-29T17:29:13.286-05:00Relating.
FIlled up with tears a bit too.
God s...Relating.<br /><br />FIlled up with tears a bit too.<br /><br />God sends us messages, doesn't He?!<br /><br />Think you're wonderful! <br /><br />Blessed Easter week, pray for my conversion and I will pray for yours...as you relate, it is ongoing.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056332983367489033.post-17758627898289395652010-03-29T15:48:21.082-05:002010-03-29T15:48:21.082-05:00Jamie, I know you are giving up reading blogs for ...Jamie, I know you are giving up reading blogs for Lent, but if you could read my post yesterday, you would be amazed that we had such similar situations. I didn't have a sick kid, but I struggled with my toddlers in Mass yesterday. And let's just say my Palm Sunday, beginning of Holy Week, wasn't how I had hoped. In my post, I wrote:<br /><br />"So, my Holy Week has not started off very prayerfully, with a poignant Mass experience. But I really have to fight to not let that ruin my Holy Week entirely. To let go of my expectations of how I want Holy Week to be. And surrender it all to Him. Walk with Him in my daily vocation. In the situation He has placed me in. Perhaps not having a perfectly prayerful and quiet and solemn Holy Week is the cross I must embrace. And when I do embrace my own cross, there is where I will meet Him. Along the way. Where He is waiting for me."<br /><br />There's more, but I think you can see how similar our expectations and realizations for Lent/Holy Week are!<br /><br />I pray that you have a very blessed and holy week, Jamie. May you encounter Jesus on His road to the cross, and may you encounter Him in the midst of your own little crosses this week.<br /><br />God bless you!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01530114345117741249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7056332983367489033.post-10826161973978126272010-03-29T15:27:42.024-05:002010-03-29T15:27:42.024-05:00Sounds like the circus was fun! However, after ci...Sounds like the circus was fun! However, after circus time not so fun.<br /><br />Great post. I get the..."WHY" part. <br /><br />This is where I am suppose to be. In the mess of it all. Yup...we all have our messes. It is crazy with a baby. I got the crazies at my house too.<br /><br />No puke though...that would be tough. Hang in there ((HUGS)) for you.<br /><br />Please call me anytime and rant!!! I will listen.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713312386803561115noreply@blogger.com