tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post4711516833407925988..comments2023-11-29T21:26:00.723+11:00Comments on Barefoot Magazine: On Feeling WelcomeBarefoot Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15047584729065001017noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-52288062657195475742015-10-30T00:14:35.208+11:002015-10-30T00:14:35.208+11:00Great blog love the post keep up the good work.......Great blog love the post keep up the good work.... I'll be back....<br /><br />Please check out my website for a great psychic reading.... <a href="http://www.psychicreadingrooms.com/" rel="nofollow">www.psychicreadingrooms.com/</a>simplypsychicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01380488276168778484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-80170013026668236802010-09-10T06:08:47.382+10:002010-09-10T06:08:47.382+10:00Thank you all for your thoughtful comments. You ha...Thank you all for your thoughtful comments. You have all reminded me of aspects of parenting that are 'hopeful'... that we are certainly not 'alone' in the way we feel, that our children are resilient, that we do the best with what we have, at the time. Tracy, I am certain that if my son and I were not co-sleeping, that this issue would have been a more 'damaging' time for him. Dovic, Thanks, and may more parents come to be mindful of this. Allison and Lisa, thank you for the reminder that this issue is not just when we are going through 'difficult times', but the business of everyday, mundane life and work. Kylie, just...thank you. Thank you for showing me everyday that we can find things to laugh at (mostly ourselves). Lorrie I am glad this has been a good reminder for you. Annie because your boys are older you always give me hope. <br />Jenny ChapmanBarefoot Magazinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15047584729065001017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-65273345231835577672010-09-09T21:48:09.923+10:002010-09-09T21:48:09.923+10:00So moving Jenny. I had a tear in my eye reading th...So moving Jenny. I had a tear in my eye reading that and felt like I was there with you. Took me back to a place where I'm sure my boys felt they didn't matter. Like you we worked through it and are as close as we could be now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-52566664439062765882010-09-08T22:22:47.325+10:002010-09-08T22:22:47.325+10:00Thankyou for sharing your experiences. It's so...Thankyou for sharing your experiences. It's something I needed to read and be reminded of, that in times of personal difficulties, we need to connect with our children, not push them away. They definitely MATTER. Thankyou.Lorrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771297235309171101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-65590682539118768882010-09-08T13:03:23.997+10:002010-09-08T13:03:23.997+10:00I could pretty much say word for word was Al has s...I could pretty much say word for word was Al has said in her comment above (although she is a far more eloquent writer than me!) - thanks for the timely reminder to go play with my kids :)LisaNReynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941768023438177690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-82079659176484335992010-09-08T11:07:26.384+10:002010-09-08T11:07:26.384+10:00So brave and so beautiful. Great writing. And hey-...So brave and so beautiful. Great writing. And hey- none of us are perfect parents. The most we can say is we're doing our best, and you certainly are. xxKyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440324206348141818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-32261890531041276712010-09-08T08:11:30.032+10:002010-09-08T08:11:30.032+10:00Jenny, I have not experienced what you have, yet y...Jenny, I have not experienced what you have, yet your words are still timely for me. As a work at home mum, I am often 'busy' and I know my kids find that frustrating. They are practically bouncing off the walls trying to get my attention some days. Your points about being welcoming and how much it matters are duly noted and taken on board. Am leaving computer now for some face-to-face time. Thank you.allison taithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762529258195877400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-33332208942428788622010-09-06T09:25:03.689+10:002010-09-06T09:25:03.689+10:00Jen, as a single mama with a small boy, this post ...Jen, as a single mama with a small boy, this post zinged home to me. <br /><br />Your experience mirrored much of my first year after I split from the boyo's father, where the two of us wallowed in shared and solitary hurt, confusion and depression, interspersed with anger and rejection. Thank goodness, I retained enough self-awareness to recognise where we were heading, to pull things up, to regularly apologise for my own behaviour, and draw our attention to the things that were happening in our heads and our hearts. <br /><br />I'm not proud of some of the things that happened in that rather dark time (discovering I was not the perfect parent was hard), but I am proud that it provided us opportunities to work together on our emotional intelligence. I know our relationship, already solid with years of breastfeeding and co-sleeping behind it, is the stronger for the experience.ruddygoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15869876730239753027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626770809682457528.post-33396535020136109912010-09-05T23:29:02.877+10:002010-09-05T23:29:02.877+10:00Beautiful blog.
Having spent time in the park ju...Beautiful blog. <br /><br />Having spent time in the park just today discussing this very thing cements to me (though I have always thought it) that there are many many women that need to read your post. And read that there is a light at the end of what may seem to be a dark tunnel. <br /><br />Thank you for your honesty, for that is what makes it beautiful. And I'm so happy to hear your intimacy with your son is back. And that he knows he matters. Lucky boy xxxDovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17980202430020255025noreply@blogger.com