sing, o barren one who did not bear; burst into song and shout, you who have not been in labor! for the children of the desolate woman will be more than the children of her that is married, says the lord. enlarge the site of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. for you will spread out to the right and to the left... and your decendants will settle the desolate towns. isaiah 54:1-3
the three hardest things i've ever experienced in my life, in order:
posted by mamamarta @ 10:53 AM
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ooooh....most excellent thought provoking post.
I'll be responding - I'm on my way out the door but stay tuned ;)
#2, #3 and some family of origin stuff
Yeah, number 3, definitely.
Along with that I'd say struggling with the fact that parenting is not nearly as cut-and-dried as my mother always made it out to be. She is a follower of James Dobson, who makes it sound so easy--just follow the law of God and everything will be fine. I struggled with everything being so hard to figure out and then just finally realized that parenting is supposed to be hard and difficult to figure out. If you're not struggling, you're not doing it right.
The third on my list would be the very difficult depression I went through in my early 20s. The only good thing about it was that I'd dealt with it, mostly, by the time I had children. I don't know how I would have done with depression and children at the same time--not to the extent that I suffered with it.
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