tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386103698962783890.post1290358487151707768..comments2023-10-29T07:59:32.147-07:00Comments on Mrs. Mike: { I've been quiet... }Nikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02227591186996624142noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386103698962783890.post-3652149100318270572011-03-26T17:07:12.409-07:002011-03-26T17:07:12.409-07:00@Melody--so good to hear from you! Noah is such a ...@Melody--so good to hear from you! Noah is such a cutie, love the vids on FB. You're so right, there are MUCH worse things out there than having to work when your children are young. Lately it's been terribly easy for me to be bitter and discouraged about my specific circumstances. It's a fine line to walk: striving to do what you believe God's called you to do, without idolizing the goal and being discontent during the journey to that goal. Since we don't have kids yet, we still have flexibility/time to work toward our dream...but I want to be there already!!<br />And no matter what "job" I have, I think I'll always envy your summers off! :-)Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02227591186996624142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386103698962783890.post-57385256857643396282011-03-26T11:25:05.740-07:002011-03-26T11:25:05.740-07:00Well, I know how you feel. I have to work full t...Well, I know how you feel. I have to work full time while Michael stays home with Noah. It was really hard when Noah was a baby and I was having to get up three times in the middle of the night and still go to work full time. It was hard not to get bitter sometimes. <br />It's taken me awhile, but I've made peace with the fact that I'm probably never going to get to be a stay at home mom. <br />It's not always easy, but so many people have it worse than me--single mothers, people who don't get summers off like I do. <br />So my new mantra is "Look for the good". I am trying to find all the things in my job that I enjoy and appreciate. <br />But anyway, if you never get to stay at home, I will commiserate with you. I know how you feel.Melody Crawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386103698962783890.post-31182335021281221262011-03-14T22:25:08.161-07:002011-03-14T22:25:08.161-07:00I am just reading this post now for the first time...I am just reading this post now for the first time, with tears...as I hear the brave + beautiful ache in your voice and heart, and in your written out thoughts...and I want to reach over and hug you up and pray over you...that you wouldn't lose heart in the face of all of this. That God would pour His tender grace all over you, especially in the middle of those lost hopes. And that he would give you, in His perfect wisdom, the very desires of your heart. xoChellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380504004257948038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386103698962783890.post-45287583500766654202011-03-09T23:34:18.637-08:002011-03-09T23:34:18.637-08:00Oh, sweet friend, your honesty + vunerability here...Oh, sweet friend, your honesty + vunerability here are so so beautiful. <br /><br />Your words in the post right above this: "Letting people see that I don't have it all together is a really frightening thing to me. But then you end up isolated, feeling alone and not known or understood...also not where I want to be." really really struck me. Oh, how I can relate to that so much.<br /><br />Really really praying for you. That God gives you so much peace + comfort and that you really feel Him meeting you where you are. I know those longings to be a mother- so so well. In the years before we had Audrey, I remember just aching for a baby so much. God knows the desires of your heart, dear friend. Each and every one. And He knows how badly you want to be at home with your little ones when they arrive. I know it is so hard to trust + have faith when you cannot see what is ahead, and I know it is such a huge cliche, but His timing + His way are so perfect. <br /><br />I love you! <br />xoAndi Maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781123413341494058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386103698962783890.post-52933266868722154702011-03-06T19:50:09.730-08:002011-03-06T19:50:09.730-08:00Sooo with you on this my dear ((hugs)). Love your ...Sooo with you on this my dear ((hugs)). Love your new banner and I've missed you around blog-land! Life is full of un-expected twists and turns but it's hard to be stuck in a place you can't see your way out of. Praying for peace for you :)Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16103947009005304814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386103698962783890.post-25561318332350198722011-03-06T15:39:13.333-08:002011-03-06T15:39:13.333-08:00Oh friend...I love this post...you sharing what is...Oh friend...I love this post...you sharing what is real and hard but that you serve a really good God who does care about these things. I could totally echo the first comment on here. When I had my first and wanted to stay home it was on faith too. We shouldn't have been able to do it but God provided. Don't give up hope...we always have hope. And God works in wonderful and mysterious ways! love you and missed you at Chelle's shower yesterday!Cottage Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371107327269866980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386103698962783890.post-34098814058187947642011-03-06T11:03:56.780-08:002011-03-06T11:03:56.780-08:00Love, love, love your transparency here!
Yes we ...Love, love, love your transparency here!<br /><br /> Yes we want blogs to be a place where we can be happy and see pretties, BUT - I for one get frustrated when that is all that blog authors "put out there". I want real. And this is oh-so-real. I actually have alot to say about this. Maybe more than should be on a blog comment, so perhaps I should email you sometime. :) <br />I just think you are a wonderful lady - and I know that God has amazing things in store for you and Mike!!!Wendi@EveryDayMiracleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02726898493426028276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1386103698962783890.post-55547836270606962092011-03-05T22:28:24.428-08:002011-03-05T22:28:24.428-08:00Hi Nikki, Tonya from 4 little Fergusons here. :) I...Hi Nikki, Tonya from 4 little Fergusons here. :) I know we have not officially "met", but you commented on my blog, and I am commenting on yours, sooo in cyberspace does that make us friends?! :) I just had to come here and encourage you about this subject, one I hold near and dear to my heart! First of all you MUST start speaking positively, believing IN FAITH that God knows your hearts desires and ALL things are possible for those who love Him. Financially there was noooo stinkin' way I should've been able to get to stay home. First of all, our first baby came 15 months after we got married, what a great surprise, but there went our "4 year plan" so I could stay home. We barely made $17k a year and needed my income to "make it". God said, "Nope, trust Me." Guess who made it day after day, month after month, year after year even though the numbers NEVER added up. Not once! We took a HUUUUGE leap of faith, cut out extras and watched our Father's miraculous provision ever single time, and in ways that only He can. From my reading tonight on here, I didn't see any babies yet and I don't know your "plan" for this. Regardless, the time to start believing and praying for this dream to come to fruitation is now. God knows your heart and He wants to give you your very own dream come true. TRUST HIM, then LEAP! Hugs~ TonyaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com