tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994205462075967000.post5733605803595318081..comments2023-03-25T05:41:32.948-04:00Comments on It's raining in Baltimore, baby...but everything else is the same: The song that doesn't end.SJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14174193133138897712noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994205462075967000.post-37325337826154931852010-05-16T21:07:19.340-04:002010-05-16T21:07:19.340-04:00All -thank you for your sweetness. And Jucie -tha...All -thank you for your sweetness. And Jucie -that's a great quote!<br /><br />KM -yes. You said just what I truly NEEDED to hear. Thank you so much. It honestly did make me feel better and I'm so glad that you are reading.SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14174193133138897712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994205462075967000.post-38888825702049477242010-05-16T09:33:30.195-04:002010-05-16T09:33:30.195-04:00NEVER say that you shouldn't feel something or...NEVER say that you shouldn't feel something or express it on YOUR blog. What IS the good of living without feeling and embracing those feelings (even when they suck)? And what it is the point in blogging if you can't get it all out every once in a while?<br /><br />I wasn't kidding earlier today. I just want to sit with you on a blanket in the sunshine and share our souls. And maybe let you know that (I think)this is all normal. And if the tables were turned, you might be feeling the exact same way. I love my husband & children, but I feel a restlessness about a career or adventure that I might have missed. It's in our nature to be restless. We were made for something more.<br /><br />I'm beginning to feel that my restlessness actually comes from that Guy. You know, the One whose eyes you don't want to meet? I've been avoiding Him too. Afraid He doesn't care as much as I once thought. Or that the answers to all of those questions I have might be hard to hear. Or that I'm just going to invest more of my time into something that doesn't always seem to pay off in the end. How's that for bloggy honesty?<br /><br />No, careers & adventures don't take away the restlessness. But babies & husbands don't either. At least for me. And since you & I seem to share the same heart about a lot of things, well, who knows?<br /><br />Keep sharing your heart on your blog, friend. Because I love it. (your heart. well, and your blog too...)Kaolinmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03529275916649494966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994205462075967000.post-61458979450807029452010-05-16T08:03:23.438-04:002010-05-16T08:03:23.438-04:00I heard Maya Angelou speak at a conference more th...I heard Maya Angelou speak at a conference more than a decade ago. She said that her grandmother had told her that it takes a mighty good man to be better than no man at all. I truly believe that. Society puts such pressure on us to go along a certain path - school, career, family. Some of us need to learn to live before we can learn how to share our lives with a mate. I am 48 now and married 11 years to "a mighty good man." Our life together was definitely worth the time spent living by myself.Juciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14089545246366825601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994205462075967000.post-20227739245053304162010-05-15T23:04:32.710-04:002010-05-15T23:04:32.710-04:00I'm not going to tell you that you shouldn'...I'm not going to tell you that you shouldn't be feeling what you are for any reason. You ARE feeling those things and there IS a reason and that's okay, baby doll. <br />Feel away and let your feelings tell you where you need to take your next steps. And keep wading in the creek and rivers, too, should you get the chance. <br />I am sending you love and wishing I could send you reassurance, peace, dreams come true.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994205462075967000.post-89291410530856105192010-05-15T22:43:03.580-04:002010-05-15T22:43:03.580-04:00Oh SJ. I'm sorry you're feeling all this. ...Oh SJ. I'm sorry you're feeling all this. You know what though, you are just beginning. You are becoming yourself. You have not sacrificed anything. You will have all those things you want, of course you will. I don't believe the platitudes either. I believe in keeping on, searching, hoping, working, growing, moving, learning, like you are.<br />I feel that way too a lot, like an outsider looking in, in regards to husbands, children etc...<br />I think it's amazing that you know you want children. Of course you will have them. <br />Go easy young friend. <br />You are doing exactly what you should be doing. <br />Wishing you more blue skies and cool creek days.Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510823788662848522noreply@blogger.com