tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590678325114366518.post4864494674114662222..comments2023-08-14T07:45:03.526-07:00Comments on Just Plain Jayne.: Can I JUST sleep please?Jaynehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07821672995123678855noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590678325114366518.post-3931986653485588382011-01-16T18:53:30.423-08:002011-01-16T18:53:30.423-08:00Wow. I can relate.
I often have this same thought...Wow. I can relate.<br /><br />I often have this same thought: I doubt she started out her pregnancy thinking: "I'm going to make my daughter's life a living hell."<br /><br />So scary.Lizhttp://www.cleareyedsky.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590678325114366518.post-70154829703684954822011-01-16T16:11:09.578-08:002011-01-16T16:11:09.578-08:00Hello Jayne,
Stopping via Kris.
Your honesty is ...Hello Jayne, <br />Stopping via Kris. <br />Your honesty is powerful. <br />You can stop the cycle. <br />I hope your good days begin to outnumber the bad.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00955772837133239769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590678325114366518.post-55553758809986423732011-01-16T14:29:47.445-08:002011-01-16T14:29:47.445-08:00Hey Jayne!
Stopping by from Kris's place.
I ...Hey Jayne!<br /><br />Stopping by from Kris's place.<br /><br />I can so totally relate to this post, except that in my case it was my dad.<br /><br />I make a conscious effort every. single. day. to not be like him.<br /><br />I am a good parent.<br /><br />And you are too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590678325114366518.post-92131448366441678692010-10-15T10:04:10.702-07:002010-10-15T10:04:10.702-07:00Hey, you.
I waited a long time to have children b...Hey, you.<br /><br />I waited a long time to have children because I was afraid that I was so ruined by my own childhood that I would not be able to mother anyone. It felt like I should just stop the garbage with me . . . I was so afraid of repeating my experiences with my children. I felt doomed.<br /><br />Now?<br /><br />I have two daughters who are 9 and 11.<br /><br />And I do not suck at this parenting thing. I do not.<br /><br />I have issues. Crap left over from my childhood. My childhood made me who I am today . . . and it does not cease to exist in my memory, in my mind, or in my dreams.<br /><br />But to my children? I am just mom.<br /><br />And I am a good mom.<br /><br />As you are.<br /><br />And will be.<br /><br />It's hard.<br /><br />You can do it.krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15216357183896156044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590678325114366518.post-53665439097584861572010-03-17T11:03:36.986-07:002010-03-17T11:03:36.986-07:00I've deliberately waited to leave a comment on...I've deliberately waited to leave a comment on this post - for two reasons. 1) I wanted to try to choose the best words and 2) I didn't necessarily want a lot of other people reading my comment.<br /><br />I still don't have the best words, but I want to let you know that you're right - no child should ever have to experience that - or the doubt that follows for years afterwards.<br /><br />I know. I know because I was abused differently by a close family member. For years I didn't want kids at all - assuming that being a child was a very unsafe place to be.<br /><br />And what's more, I understand the complications of seeing that close family person in a mixture of good in there too.<br /><br />It complicates things, for sure.<br /><br />And it's still painful, although (for me) therapy has helped.<br /><br />Anyway, I just wanted to reach out and give you a virtual hug. You're going to be a great mom to O - you already are. And if you lose your temper, that's okay too...because that is a part of normal life too.Happy Fun Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16764438670187538319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5590678325114366518.post-62086473036375592772010-03-11T17:41:54.674-08:002010-03-11T17:41:54.674-08:00I find myself often saying to friends regularly (u...I find myself often saying to friends regularly (usually in the context of dating) that there is HISTORY and there is BAGGAGE. History is what's happened in your life that explains and makes you who you are. Baggage are the decisions you've made and actions you've taken that must carry with you as a burden into the future that someone else then has to accept and deal with in having relations with you. You have history, you don't have baggage and I hope you feel and realize the freedom in that and know what's in the past doesn't have to be part of the future.Erin 10:27https://www.blogger.com/profile/14655739425528499678noreply@blogger.com