tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post1370954841497878161..comments2024-03-26T08:35:24.246-05:00Comments on That man Quilts?: A cautionary taleLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-50452624417598529412010-02-03T23:57:53.414-06:002010-02-03T23:57:53.414-06:00Oh Lane, can I hear what you're saying. I thin...Oh Lane, can I hear what you're saying. I think you are just the neatest man and I hope you can believe that too. I still let far too many people use me but it's more emotionly now that anything else. But I'm learning. I used to be very needy. Now I think I've gone too far in the other direction but I'm trying to find a happy medium.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15778110892578808447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-62027434660103213732010-02-03T22:13:23.487-06:002010-02-03T22:13:23.487-06:00Ah, memories. I've got the same memories wit...Ah, memories. I've got the same memories with different faces. I took a year off in 1998 from dating to figure out who I was when I was alone, and to identify what it was I should be looking for when I let myself look again. I bought a rocking chair and a cord of wood for my fireplace. I sat and rocked let my past catch up to me and I grieved. At the end of that year, I realised my friend Patrick would make a great husband. After 10 happy years, I'm glad to say I was right. I just wish I'd had the sense to take a year off decades earlier.lwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08731797783816953087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-35752717011465969612010-02-03T13:02:06.130-06:002010-02-03T13:02:06.130-06:00Great post...you really are the best!! Love ya'...Great post...you really are the best!! Love ya'......see you tomorrow!Coloradoladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16312809532968928183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-61255400948743544922010-02-03T11:48:34.963-06:002010-02-03T11:48:34.963-06:00Good Morning Lane and everyone else,
Unfortunately...Good Morning Lane and everyone else,<br />Unfortunately, like too many others, my childhood was a living nightmare. When I was pregnant with my firstborn I started counseling because I did not want to parent the way my folks raised me. I had the same lady counselor for over twenty years. She told me a few years ago that I should be grateful to my mother for providing me with the perfect example of what not to do as a parent.<br /><br />I believe as a mom it is my most important job to be my children's biggest fan. There is a whole big world out there full of mean, evil and nasty people quite willing to belittle, demean and knock others down.<br /><br />I wanted to post a chapter from "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family" by Richard Carlson Ph.D. here, but this comment window won't allow pasting. So I posted it on my blog, feel free to check it out.<br /><br />Have a super duper day all.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18053469261622557578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-21134651927104913422010-02-03T10:37:10.742-06:002010-02-03T10:37:10.742-06:00Imagine my surprise when a college roommate said a...Imagine my surprise when a college roommate said about me (10 years after college) "she is not the doormat she used to be..." Wow - that was a shock at first and then I realized how right she was and also glad I was able to change. I don't have to be "nice" to everyone and have learned that I can respect people w/o having to be everyone's friend. I spent many years coming to terms with that and am teaching my kids to respect others but you don't have to be their friends and to be confident in themselves. I hope that is something I can change with my parenting style because we are our parents in one way or another. Have a great day Lane! Lisaoldbatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100643015536283886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-29401230811896147322010-02-03T07:38:07.849-06:002010-02-03T07:38:07.849-06:00Amen Lane.
I find myself asking the same questio...Amen Lane. <br /><br />I find myself asking the same question while I raise my son. The last thing I want is for him to reach his 20s and feel and act as needy and starved for love as I did.<br /><br />I know exactly what you're talking about, but how is self worth, esteem, and confidence TAUGHT?<br /><br />Everyone has their own road so my best guess is just simply to be kind, respectful, and loving every single day as though every day will be remembered forever.<br /><br />After all, you never know what day might be.<br /><br />Thank you for sharing,<br /><br />Leah DayLeahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03674869334249298532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5259952795997957550.post-57052736991002860342010-02-03T06:59:20.096-06:002010-02-03T06:59:20.096-06:00Awesome. Love ya, Lane!Awesome. Love ya, Lane!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082295990536140884noreply@blogger.com