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My favorite people...Skip, Zeb, Langley and Wit
Finding the woman in "mommy"
The Source of Snot and Kisses
My favorite people...Skip, Zeb, Langley and Wit
Finding the Woman in "Mommy"
Wiping noses and bottoms, doing dishes and laundry, making beds and lunches and endless meals...I have lost the woman inside me. I pray this blog will help me find myself again in the midst of the mundane tasks of mommyhood. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE being a mommy and wife...with all my heart. It is better than I ever imagined, but the endless work has snuffed out some of my joy. My sister-friend says to "savor every moment." So here is my attempt to live to the fullest during this stage of life.
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10 comments:
oh Janelle. I love you. For so many reasons. ;)
Janelle, thank you, thank you. Everyone on Facebook keeps writing about how clean their house is & how productive they've been... my house exploded in disasters this week! Again, THANK YOU!
Love you so much!
Girl ...what you're living is called real life! I sure think you're great!
My house looks Iike that too, and we're having a party Sunday! Yikes!
People are lying through their teeth on Facebook!!!
Man, my house has been TERRIBLE this week. And I feel like all I do is follow along after the MESS MAKERS (all 3--oops! Did I really say that???) and pick up after them. :-)
I LOVE that you keep it real!
Its bad over here too. Real bad. And honestly, there is no end in sight and I am okay with that. I cannot remember the last time my house was cleaned all in one day. I mean, if the bathrooms are actually clean, then wood has not been dusted. If the floors are moped, then the toilets are dirty.
my house currently looks like that and i live in california.
What MK said...see I told you!
And Dawn, I feel you so very much on that...maybe we could write a "If you give a mouse a cookie" book on the subject. "If you give the toilet a swish..."
It is funny how similar our posts were yesterday...we are kindred spirits for a reason...love you dearly.
these pictures say to me that you lived life with your kids on the snow day. you enjoyed time together eating, baking, watching movies, playing games... and memories were created. the dishes will be there tomorrow when the kids are back at school. this is joyful!
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