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crystalkei
05 July 2009 @ 08:02 pm
possibly going crazy  




Have you ever gone crazy from being a mommy? My friend, who I thought was the most perfect mommy, told me the other day she wanted to put her running shoes on and never come back. This just reiterated to me the fact that we all go crazy, more often for some, from being mommy.

I was whining to my own mommy about how I was so frustrated with Ainsley and I wanted to know what the heck Heavenly Father wanted me to learn from this. She gave me a gem of insight. She said, "Maybe you are supposed to learn to be happy no matter how awful your children are." At the time I replied with something like, "says the grandma who is 6000 miles away." but since then her words have crept into my mind when having hard moments with Ainsley. This is the same concept as finding joy in the journey. Guess I'm not doing so well at that and I need practice. Hopefully I can grasp it soon so my lovely, fun child can return instead of this vengeance demon.
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Celtic Flicka: facepalm![info]celtic_flicka on July 5th, 2009 01:06 pm (UTC)
Hopefully I can grasp it soon so my lovely, fun child can return instead of this vengeance demon.

Heh heh heh. I totally know exactly how you feel!
(Anonymous) on July 5th, 2009 01:33 pm (UTC)
I'm so with you right now. And I'll have to take your mom's advice and try to learn to be happy no matter how awful my child is. I need to learn to not let my emotions get tied to her behavior because this is going to get VERY old if I don't. Great advice Crystal's mommy! It's funny that you posted this right now--I have a similar post about going crazy, and from the responses I got, I guess it's rampant.
Shilae
(Anonymous) on July 5th, 2009 04:16 pm (UTC)
Yes, you are definately not ALONE! Kaden is going through this stage where he whines all of the time and asks the question, "why" to everything. And, we never seem to be able to make through a playdate without one of them crying the WHOLE time!

-Alexis
acinogan: weezy mad[info]acinogan on July 5th, 2009 04:55 pm (UTC)
i think we would be lying if we told ourselves our children were perfect all the time and we were happy with them all the time. my own child (she is 4) just today took a squirt bottle that had some juice in it and very deliberately turned it upside down and squirted it onto my bed. needless to say, i was not really happy with that. moments like those definitely make it a challenge to find the joy :) but then there are also the really nice moments, thankfully.
[info]samlindsaffam.blogspot.com on July 5th, 2009 07:16 pm (UTC)
Oh, Crystal. I am there very often. There are times I joke with Sam (okay sometimes I'm kind of serious) if I can hang my children by their toes [because we know that will help SO much if I hang them by their toes]. The evilness doesn't last forever, but it is ANNOYING when it does happen (to say the least). I wonder what on earth I missed about parenting at times and wonder if I'm a bad mom because my kids are NUTS. I don't think this about other moms, so don't ask where I get this double standard from. My kids have good and bad days (and so do I).
(Anonymous) on July 5th, 2009 09:56 pm (UTC)
I totally get it. Feel for you. Wish we were there to doom and gloom the days away :)
(Anonymous) on July 6th, 2009 02:17 am (UTC)
I have the answer...
Ainsley needs to come and play at our house...perhaps the insanity here and the insanity she'd bring would cancel each other out...or cause some kind of rip in the space-time continuum...either way, it'd get you out of the house! :-) Seriously, what do say...Tuesday? We miss you guys...and I'd really like to offer some words of comfort, but I got nothing here...crazy mommys rule!
(Anonymous) on July 6th, 2009 08:54 am (UTC)
Monique says, "My favorite thing to do is to write 'CHOICE SPIRIT' on my kid's forehead to help remind me not to throw them out the window. I've only done it once. . . promise. NOT thrown them out the window, silly. And it was even a washable marker. I'm sure I will have to write it in permanent marker one of these days."
(Anonymous) on July 8th, 2009 03:19 am (UTC)
Great picture! And the Costco story, I can relate. It seems crazyness like that creeps up now and again. Take care, and I hope you've figured out your sleeping arrangements!
(Anonymous) on July 8th, 2009 03:21 am (UTC)
the last comment was from me, I didn't realize it would post anonymous

Lindsay ;)