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pinkbears

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7 years ago @ http://www.pinkbears.ca/ - Marching Forward · 0 replies · +1 points

Thank you for stopping by! I have been so sporadic on the blog, I haven't kept up with comments. It's so hard to deal with an illness or death in the family while parenting. Your child is usually the center of your world, and then suddenly they can't be! I think it's good for them, in the long run, even if it means that parenting is compromised for awhile.

7 years ago @ http://www.pinkbears.ca/ - I Won\'t Be Your Frien... · 0 replies · +1 points

Yup! I know what you mean - this is new to me too! I'm so grateful for friends who believe this, and who teach their children the same. It hasn't always been true that my friends have been willing to stick with me through disagreements (which honestly - are inevitable, aren't they?).

7 years ago @ http://www.pinkbears.ca/ - Overwhelmed by Illness · 0 replies · +1 points

Thanks, Renee! I just read this now - trying to actually manage this blog sometimes. :p I think I'm getting better!

7 years ago @ Nurse Loves Farmer - I Have Misophonia (And... · 0 replies · +1 points

Catching up on old posts... My husband AND my best friend have this! And evidently I eat loud - not that I smack my lips, or slurp, because I think I have relatively decent table manners, but supposedly the inside of my mouth creates a strange sort of echo noise when I chew (my husband and friend claim it isn't uncommon... they notice it often in people), but it still makes me feel totally gross! I try to eat quietly, but alas, it's really not something I can help. I have learned to not start a movie snack before the movie has very much started and masked the sound of my eating! It's a little hard not to take it personally sometimes, but I'm learning to get over it. :) It's become a bit of a joke with us. My best friend has mild autism (might compound it?) and she used to be much worse - says she used to have to take her meals to another room when she was a child so she could eat alone or she would lash out at her siblings. Thankfully she will now remain at the table with me. :)
My recent post I Won't Be Your Friend Anymore

8 years ago @ Nurse Loves Farmer - How To Surprise Your K... · 1 reply · +1 points

Hey, Sarah!! I love your 'kid posts'! :p Just sayin'... Not that I want to continue the trend that says the Paw Patrol theme song must be the theme song of our lives, but my kids love that show...

8 years ago @ Nurse Loves Farmer - Weathering the Storm o... · 1 reply · +1 points

Oh, Sarah... this made me cry. I have had two of these 'chemical pregnancies' - both before Clara was born, and both within a few days of that first faint pink line. We tried for years to have a baby before Clara was born, and so I was doing a lot of testing early! I had debated telling people because we weren't yet 'certain', and everyone says you should wait to tell others about a pregnancy 'just in case' - and maybe some women prefer to do it that way, but after I bled both of those times, all I felt was an inescapable loss that I didn't feel like I could share with anyone. I thought about those babies for years - I still do, although the chaos of living children has made me forget how old they would have been now... I wish now that I'd told people right away - so I could have shared the loss, and been comforted in my pain - but when people haven't heard about the baby yet, it's hard for them to understand that you were already thinking about names, and how the child will fit into your lives. It only takes seconds for that baby to become completely your child - and it is completely devastating to lose that, even though I know too that likely there was something wrong with both of those babies, and that God's plan is best somehow. I'm so sorry you experienced this. My prayers are with you - and maybe soon God will bless you with a child you now know you're excited for!

8 years ago @ Nurse Loves Farmer - Potty Training When Th... · 1 reply · +1 points

Sooo funny that you're posting this now. I just started with Audrey again yesterday, and it's going pretty much identically to how you described with Ethan - she can hold her bladder for long periods of time, but I'm in no rush this time so I'm not pushing it like I did with Clara, and we're putting her in diapers for night (her first was completely empty, though, so that's a good sign!). She's not super happy with the situation, but she's definitely getting it, which she didn't do when she was 22 months old, so I have much more hope this time! I'm being more laid back about it, and we're spending a lot of time outside - hoping it won't take long, though!!

8 years ago @ Nurse Loves Farmer - The Former Things Have... · 0 replies · +1 points

I'm so sorry for the things said to you surrounding your Dad's death. This June will be 3 years since my Dad passed away, and it brings up a lot of raw memories... Just yesterday an uncle of mine who hadn't spoken to his sister (except at funerals) in over a decade, offered to pick her up from the airport and took her out for lunch! I believe God is working in those relationships, among people who don't (yet) even know Him, and I'm praising Him for it! I like your blender analogy - it's so true - but I think the blenderizing is good for us, in the long run.

9 years ago @ Nurse Loves Farmer - When Something Has to ... · 0 replies · +1 points

We totally need to evaluate what we are capable of - and what we are capable of doing well. I saw an infographic once that said - Family, Friends, Career, Hobbies, Clean House, Exercise - pick 3. And I thought it over (angrily) and realized that although I TRIED to do all of it, I honestly wasn't able to do all of it well. And since I'm a stay at home Mom - I decided also that whatever else I do, I want to do the 'parent thing' WELL. It's really too bad that so many of us feel like we're somehow less adequate than other Moms based on our 'to do list', but the Moms I really look up to the most (sometimes) are the ones who seem to do nothing else but play with their kids - doing our own thing is good too, but we should totally not compare ourselves!

9 years ago @ Nurse Loves Farmer - The Potty Training Tha... · 1 reply · +1 points

I find it bizarre and hilarious that you and I experienced the same circumstance exactly. My parenting philosophy seems to be a lot like yours also, and it was a HUGE hit to my ego to 'give up' on potty training Audrey. I suspect God wants to chip away at this ego of mine... Anyway, I like how you wrote this. It's good for us to know we're not alone!