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Thanks for being in my lifeboat

I’ve been rowing upstream for weeks, working long hours and rushing around. A few days ago, I whispered “Good morning” to Mae to wake her up, but it wasn’t working. So, I climbed into her bunk bed to give her a string of good morning kisses. It worked.

The only problem was, as I rushed back down her ladder, I slipped. Ouch.

It looked much worse than it felt: a long red Frankenstein scratch down the middle of my forehead. (For those of you who were at Friday’s Young Adult Dinner for Singles discussion I led, did you wonder why I was wearing that huge headband across my forehead?)

This weekend, Mae was super cranky, and I was sure all that Hannah Montana had turned her into a sassy back-talker. I vowed to set more limits, calmly and lovingly. But I was spent. As it turns out, she wasn’t feeling well.

When my dad picked Mae up from school today, he called my cell. “She says that she doesn’t feel well,” he said. “She doesn’t want to go to Hip Hop.”

So, Grandpa took her home, and when I got back, her little body was burning.

Surely, you’ve had those frazzled days, too. Thank you, to all of you, for your comments. They keep me afloat.

So, how do you hold it all together and just keep rowing?

Who do you lean on? What are your resources?

by Rachel-Sarah 179 Posts

Posted on 2/13/2008 8:19 AM

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"...hold it all together..." - Adversity is something that we all deal with in different doses. In general, I marvel at how women can deal with so many issues and so much more than men; although, I work best when I have too many elements around me that need resolution. I personally thrive on chaos but I do not like to be the source of the shifting sands. I am a problem solver including identifying myself as a part of the problem and recommending my removal from a particular project, at least in the world of business. Juggling your personal life and your professional life is an act that we all attempt in one way or another but full-time motherhood with staying at home responsibilities?. Nope, not for me, this is one tough job. Single parenting without the balance of another? It is tough but doable. Sorry to hear about your boo-boo... And, I hope it does not leave a lasting scar.

by bp 1239 Posts
Posted on 2/17/2008 6:31 PM

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