tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363247083579931414.post1464277625406388705..comments2023-10-12T08:23:58.713-04:00Comments on Lydia J Will: Worthless Worrying {Mindful Mothering Mondays}Lydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757769321436298177noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363247083579931414.post-30631486607853853572014-02-12T08:31:46.355-05:002014-02-12T08:31:46.355-05:00Thank you so much for this...I needed it this week...Thank you so much for this...I needed it this week! With the winter still bearing down on us, we are all starting to feel the grips of cabin fever. Your words were perfect for me today...today will be today, and I will cast away the worries of tomorrow. Have a great day!<br />(I accidentally left a link above...I didn't intend to. I was trying to leave a comment. Please disregard the link (or remove). It has nothing to do with mindful mothering.)Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757769321436298177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363247083579931414.post-89220380644002362772014-02-11T15:35:47.111-05:002014-02-11T15:35:47.111-05:00Oh, thank you! This pretty much sums up the way I...Oh, thank you! This pretty much sums up the way I've been feeling as of late with a 9, 7, 3 and 6 mo. old baby in the house! There are days when I feel like I'm just not "keeping up" but I try to remind myself that life isn't about "keeping up!" Like you said, life is about living, not lists...so true!!! :)Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757769321436298177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363247083579931414.post-22262679362096748972014-02-10T15:22:18.474-05:002014-02-10T15:22:18.474-05:00Honestly, you and I are living the same life. I f...Honestly, you and I are living the same life. I find courage in knowing that I am not alone in this trench. Thank you for sharing and for putting this crazy, wonderful journey to beautiful, true words.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757769321436298177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363247083579931414.post-59435578497551766512014-02-10T13:11:46.994-05:002014-02-10T13:11:46.994-05:00Abby and I sat down and watched some videos from h...Abby and I sat down and watched some videos from her first year of life. While watching those, it reminded me of how much more chaotic our house was with a 4 year old, 2 year old and 4 month old. Now they are 8 years, 6 years, and 4 years and there is much more calm, a little less of a mess, and infrequent sticky hands and spilled milk (and no diapers - hallelujah!). It's a brave, new world here, but the list STILL doesn't get finished and it threatens to do me in as it does you, Lydia. Don't be discouraged - life is changing and it goes quickly, but each, new stage still demands our attention. The house can wait and the cheerios can still live under the couch. When the kids are gone and you finally get to vacuuming under there, it will be funny and a great reminder of these times.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757769321436298177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363247083579931414.post-15641827350338878862014-02-10T12:13:33.189-05:002014-02-10T12:13:33.189-05:00Ahhhh, yes. Thank you for the encouragement. I p...Ahhhh, yes. Thank you for the encouragement. I pick up toys and crumbs and clothes and something that looks like a dried up booger, on a daily basis and yet the next day, it is all still there just in different corners and such. It can feel overwhelming and I do try to remind myself the very real truth that we are "living" here. We live in this house and life is messy. I spend most of my time enjoying my kids and breaking up fights and learning and teaching and cooking and doing dishes and doing laundry....a small amount of my time goes to sweeping, dusting, straightening, fretting if my home is "show ready"...I am actually grateful that I cannot keep a show ready home and homeschool and have little ones and have a life. It has taught me that some things just really are not important and some things are very important. My children, our relationship, their relationship with others and the Lord....that stuff is the real stuff, stuff worth living for, stuff worth spending time on. The sweeping, the dusting...it has its place but it is not important.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757769321436298177noreply@blogger.com