tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post8398090582628187396..comments2023-03-27T04:59:07.801-06:00Comments on My Soul Delighteth: Seasons of WomanhoodBeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01667724269493668949noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-40477388423301239092012-04-16T22:28:19.865-06:002012-04-16T22:28:19.865-06:00Well, I guess I'm in the Summer, Spring and Fa...Well, I guess I'm in the Summer, Spring and Fall of my womanhood, having 9 kids ranging in age from 23 to 1. I have definitely enjoyed each 'season' but find that as I'm getting older I have less patience for the newborn/toddler stage. I think I'm just tired. That said, I'm so thankful that I still have some little ones around and will have for some time. They just bring joy into my life. <br />I am finding it very interesting to be the mother of adult children. It's hard to know when and how to step back and let them go. It's hard realizing that you just can't do much for them anymore. Except pray! But it's so rewarding to see them making good choices and making good lives for themselves. <br />Now I'm kind of anxiously waiting for the Grandma season!Kassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205977107298415198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-2116063392525100152012-04-16T22:21:32.641-06:002012-04-16T22:21:32.641-06:00I agree with Susan. I have had the best time with ...I agree with Susan. I have had the best time with my teenaged kids. They are so much fun. Of course, they have their moments, but so do we all.Kassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205977107298415198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-63208169891711015142012-04-15T21:18:38.839-06:002012-04-15T21:18:38.839-06:00This totally makes me think of a quote (that I can...This totally makes me think of a quote (that I can't remember who to attribute it to) that says, "You can do it all. You just can't do it all at once." I have reached a stage in mothering where I am starting to see that being fulfilled. Things I could not do when my children were very small suddenly become more possible. But even those opportunities provide the challenge of juggling and balancing correctly like you mentioned. Thanks for your sweet comment, by the way.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11486223394459963669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-14269033149765448612012-04-14T07:21:49.459-06:002012-04-14T07:21:49.459-06:00"Think about your particular assignment at th..."Think about your particular assignment at this time in your life. It may be to get an education, it may be to rear children, it may be to be a grandparent, it may be to care for and relieve the suffering of someone you love, it may be to do a job in the most excellent way possible...Our assignments are varied and they change from time to time. Don't take them lightly. Give them your full heart and energy. Do them with enthusiasm. Do whatever you have to do this week with your whole heart and soul." <br />— Marjorie Pay Hinckley<br /><br />I have this quote on my blog. It helps me to remember to enjoy the season of life that I am in, even when it is a tough on. Right now I am, like you, in a season of young kids and am realizing how much it is going to change when I have another child.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02309403980742488951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-73966794881529954482012-04-13T14:07:10.078-06:002012-04-13T14:07:10.078-06:00I have been talking with my mom lately and feeling...I have been talking with my mom lately and feeling discouraged at her generally pessimistic and judgmental view on life. This is not new, I knew this about her, she gets it from her mother and when I look at it that way, she really has improved on things. I guess what I'm noticing is how much she struggles with things not being as she planned them to be in this season of her life. She loves being a crafty homemaker and always thought that when her nest was empty, she would have time to quilt and craft and feather her nest for grandbabies. Instead, she is still working due to financial setbacks in earlier years and arthritis and other health difficulties have made it more difficult to craft in the time she does have. Looking at her, I am trying very hard not to like only the season when things go as I had planned them, especially because I have found nothing does. My youngest is 4, almost to all day school and I am beginning to see some breathing room in my day for the first time in 13 years, all the while wondering why only 5 children have come to us. But, my 13 year old daughter is difficult, so the times of breathing space are limited in other ways. I feel like I have done the work Susan mentions as best I could and I do strive for a good relationship with her, but she has never ever been an easy going kid and that continues today.<br /><br />I live in the desert, so spring and fall are my favorites, when it is neither too cold nor too hot and I can just open the windows and enjoy. I suppose those are the mini-seasons of life I enjoy most too: those breathing spaces, no matter how fleeting that refuel me in their easiness for the coming seasons of difficulty.Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04373394125196084799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-89662710771814887342012-04-13T13:06:18.375-06:002012-04-13T13:06:18.375-06:00Thanks so much for talking about the change in sea...Thanks so much for talking about the change in seasons! I didn't even think about that. (that is why I love comment sections - because what I have to say isn't nearly the whole picture).Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667724269493668949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-51185389771119160502012-04-13T10:36:07.111-06:002012-04-13T10:36:07.111-06:00I am happily suprised how much a I love the teenag...I am happily suprised how much a I love the teenage season. Don't anyone fool you into thinking it is all stress, and hard times. I Love the teenager stage. If you have done your work of teaching them the basics, and strive to have a good relationship...this stage can be very rewarding as a mother. It is for me anyway.<br /><br />My least favorite is any age where whining is at it's peak.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747725857827113065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-6716914781508658162012-04-13T09:44:39.707-06:002012-04-13T09:44:39.707-06:00I love the change of seasons almost more than any ...I love the change of seasons almost more than any one particular season, so I don't have any times that I dislike. For me, however, the hard part is the wilderness part of each season that comes without warning and lasts for however long it lasts. Winter days without light, spring that's too wet to get out when I need to work the ground, summer thunderstorms that wreak havoc with the trees and my roof, heavy days in fall. I initially like these interludes (because they're a change too!) and then when they linger I am discouraged. I'm in one of those wilderness times of my life right now, have been for a long time, and I'm ready for it to change. I have to learn to be patient with what it teaches me, because there is a time for this too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74864394654073513.post-20630094060835584622012-04-13T09:08:12.701-06:002012-04-13T09:08:12.701-06:00Right now I am in the season of Spring, I think. M...Right now I am in the season of Spring, I think. My DD is nearly two and we get to do a lot of stuff together. I really enjoy this time with her. I'm not sure it's my favorite though because I really have enjoyed every part of it. I often say, "I love this age!" about DD and my husband says, "You ALWAYS say that." So I guess I can't really pick a favorite. I loved her newborn stage. Maybe I didn't enjoy when she was about 3-6 months old because that's when I was trying to go back to teaching flute lessons and maybe was trying to put too much on my plate. Things got way better after that. They're great now, although we have NO money and THAT is a struggle too. I guess we're in the season of bringing our kids into our family and having no money, but once our babies get a little older, and we get more experienced, we won't struggle financially so much. Sorry for the ramble! I liked the post.Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13492520861444690519noreply@blogger.com