tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381227518715081.post7617482683172633693..comments2024-03-28T16:54:49.395-04:00Comments on A Day in the Life: My Ideal LifeLeigh Anne Eckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03558611848583070310noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381227518715081.post-50785583093866340172015-11-04T10:15:21.622-05:002015-11-04T10:15:21.622-05:00It really is about stage of life and knowing where...It really is about stage of life and knowing where you are and appreciating it! A wise professor once told me a career is a very long thing… remember to make choices for now not 30 years from now. Thank you for sharing -- I am in the throws of adolescence so the guilt is always present!!<br />ClareClare Landriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413627163568088181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381227518715081.post-51723836056642972552015-11-04T06:30:22.976-05:002015-11-04T06:30:22.976-05:00Your reflection echoed some of the thinking I'...Your reflection echoed some of the thinking I've also been doing since becoming an empty nester this past summer. While my time can be dedicated to new or renewed pursuits, I want to be sure I strike a balance, but that balance definitely looks different now. I appreciated reading your thinking about this shift as our parenting responsibilities change. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. DalilaEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01012673921889575570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381227518715081.post-19416732255883058852015-11-04T00:12:36.626-05:002015-11-04T00:12:36.626-05:00Great insight here! I think it's interesting t...Great insight here! I think it's interesting that as moms we all feel guilt, no matter what stage of mothering we're in. Yours are almost grown, mine are just tinkering over the jr high and a jr in h.s. Some moms here may have toddlers or preschoolers at home. I like to think that I can teach my sons more by taking time for me and what fuels my personal achievements. We are moms, hear us roar!Mary Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06729559222307081988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381227518715081.post-83965230319363968002015-11-03T23:20:23.085-05:002015-11-03T23:20:23.085-05:00that is such a great insight to have, that one'...that is such a great insight to have, that one's ideal life changes as one's life changes. Not only is there no "one size fits all" ideal, there's no "one size fits all" for oneself through your own life. I wish you luck in your pursuit of your own desires, and I think your kids will learn that you are your own person as well as their mom, and that will be good for them, too. Red Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299303107846517662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381227518715081.post-77804552354464012192015-11-03T21:37:02.321-05:002015-11-03T21:37:02.321-05:00Ohmigosh, I love this. I have chills. Thank you fo...Ohmigosh, I love this. I have chills. Thank you for sharing your writing and your story! First of all, to have inspired you to think about this and to write just fills my heart. But after that, your words made me think. You are right, our ideal life does change. We have to ebb and and flow just as our life does. I think you've noticed how your life changed and how you have stretched with it. For me, I was pulled into different directions and I had lost sight of how to prioritize what I truly needed in my life to thrive. I needed to get closer to my ideal life. My youngest son is five now and in the last year or two I've had to get used to the fact that neither of my boys needs me the way they did when they were babies. It was such a different kind of life as a mom. Of course they still need me but it looks sooooo different now. I can see how then it was my turn to dote on them and give all my attention to them but also my turn to thrive on watching all their baby firsts. And now it's my turn to care for them in a different way. I listen to them tell me about their day, I ask them about what they are drawing or writing or making, I taxi them around. But I do also have more space for me. Oh, now you have me thinking! Isn't it interesting that now that they can really pay attention to the life we live - how we take are of ourselves and what we do with our lives - that we actually get a turn to have a little more ability to do just that? I'm writing so much more now and they get to see that. Your kids get a turn to see how you live and do what you need to do for yourself along with them. How cool is that? This is getting entirely too long...but thank you again! Jen Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05253968450319192514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381227518715081.post-71788992019837570822015-11-03T19:24:39.682-05:002015-11-03T19:24:39.682-05:00I really enjoyed your SOL. I like how you emphasiz...I really enjoyed your SOL. I like how you emphasized the word turn. The word works in so many ways. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04164145829543220628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381227518715081.post-33914164864696906182015-11-03T18:40:43.862-05:002015-11-03T18:40:43.862-05:00Good for you! Your life parallels mine a bit, alth...Good for you! Your life parallels mine a bit, although I'm older & now retired, Leigh Anne. I did stay home with my kids, taught early in marriage, then stayed home, returned to work when they were in middle & high school. I've been happy with all the decisions, & love what you said, know you are loving your teaching & doing so many new things because of it--your TURN!Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.com