tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26403825.post89959332733171209..comments2023-10-29T08:18:05.845-07:00Comments on To live or not to live...: The bane of my existence lately...Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426965891801882709noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26403825.post-4052333136448534712010-04-06T16:44:17.056-07:002010-04-06T16:44:17.056-07:00I've been trying to think about whether I gave...I've been trying to think about whether I gave lots of options, including a plain 'ol friend birthday party. Did my "force my ideas on other people" create my problem to a certain extent? We could have just had friend parties on the weekend before and after... I think I will be more of a stickler about when the celebration is, too, because it's not really as fun when your day finally comes and it feels like more of an afterthought...<br /><br />Fairness. It's over rated. It has been refreshing to have Ella over over the past few years because she never cared that her cup wasn't the same size or color as everyone else's at the table.:)<br /><br />Sometimes I feel like I want everyone to have the best life possible and if that means spending a few extra bucks so everyone can have candy on our movie night, then I do it. Even if I didn't necessarily want everyone to have candy in the first place. I'm going to start trying to think through these situations because I am personally having a problem with allowing things to happen in my life that I don't feel good about afterwards and I'm having to ask myself why. Perhaps my children will be better stronger people if, in their own family life, they have learned to deal with not receiving something when other people are. I thought I was providing balance but perhaps I'm distorting and delaying a painful reality that they will have to learn in life.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00426965891801882709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26403825.post-78355806694127634912010-04-06T14:23:19.836-07:002010-04-06T14:23:19.836-07:00man! I'm tired for you! We're just getti...man! I'm tired for you! We're just getting into this battle with our kiddos... Sutton's not old enough to care, but Darby.... oh my! If he gets anything at all, a drink of water, a hug, a high five- she must have one too! If you ever figure it all out let me know! :):):)Martahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14858561910752413029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26403825.post-52950502745564289532010-04-06T12:18:14.532-07:002010-04-06T12:18:14.532-07:00What the? I commented on this yesterday... Where d...What the? I commented on this yesterday... Where did it go?<br />Anyway...<br />HOLY CRAP. I'm feeling so overwhelmed from just reading that post. Un. Freaking. Real. And for that reason I have now decided we will never celebrate birthday's. Ever.Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820555950707808783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26403825.post-44342804250677817782010-04-06T07:21:32.827-07:002010-04-06T07:21:32.827-07:00A friend of mine not only tells her kids that thin...A friend of mine not only tells her kids that things aren't always going to be fair, she offers to make them "fair" by enforcing the same life of rules and habits and routines on her five year old son that she does on her nine year old daughter. <br /><br />You could offer next year to take Aiden to the tea house with one friend since Izzy got to. Talk about fair. There ya go! <br /><br />I'm so sorry for your pain. Honestly. It's nothing I want to experience. You made me hyperventilate just reading about it!Chelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08900299080640131864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26403825.post-48672566900698985842010-04-05T18:57:17.132-07:002010-04-05T18:57:17.132-07:00Just reading this makes me want to poke my eyes ou...Just reading this makes me want to poke my eyes out!! <br />Since my only two children have their birthdays only 1 week apart...is this what my future will hold??Jessnoreply@blogger.com