Comments on: A Lazy Sunday afternoon http://whmoms.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-lazy-sunday-afternoon/ Contemplations on the fine art of mothering. Sat, 31 May 2008 13:34:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tarheel Mama http://whmoms.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-lazy-sunday-afternoon/#comment-250 Tarheel Mama Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:07:49 +0000 http://whmoms.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-lazy-sunday-afternoon/#comment-250 I am curious about that booklist, of course! Thank you for your continual encouragment and reality check! I am curious about that booklist, of course! Thank you for your continual encouragment and reality check!

]]> By: Julie B. http://whmoms.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-lazy-sunday-afternoon/#comment-155 Julie B. Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:27:37 +0000 http://whmoms.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-lazy-sunday-afternoon/#comment-155 When you mentioned music... I thought of the Sovereign Grace Ministries CD, "Valley of Vision" featuring Josh Harris's wife (I can't remember her first name!) Don't know if you've heard the CD but it is wonderful... and so Christ-centered!!! I think you can take a listen at http://sovereigngraceministries.org In Him, Julie When you mentioned music… I thought of the Sovereign Grace Ministries CD, “Valley of Vision” featuring Josh Harris’s wife (I can’t remember her first name!) Don’t know if you’ve heard the CD but it is wonderful… and so Christ-centered!!!

I think you can take a listen at http://sovereigngraceministries.org

In Him,
Julie

]]> By: Angie http://whmoms.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-lazy-sunday-afternoon/#comment-153 Angie Wed, 19 Sep 2007 05:06:49 +0000 http://whmoms.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-lazy-sunday-afternoon/#comment-153 Wow!! As a mother of 11 children (two bio, 5 adopted and 4 foster---ages 8 month twins to 17 years) I can definitely relate to cheaper by the dozen...but that is where the comparison from my Sunday to yours stops! Yes, our lives (my husbands and I) were much simpler when it was just the "four" of us but truly, our house is so rambunctious and full that right now I can't imagine it any other way. Our Sunday's are our day to sleep in, fix a HUGE breakfast, make a total mess of our kitchen and dining room, afterwards everyone running around getting ready for a swim (yes, here in the Southwest we are still swimming outdoors). I truly hope one of these Sunday's I can just enjoy being relaxed and not listening out for the one child who inevitably gets his toe stuck in the Tonka Truck, or the other child who comes running thru the door with a stick (literally) stuck in his ear...E.R.!!!!...the sound of the skateboard's slamming on the concrete outside (or in the bedroom for that matter!)...the doorbell constantly ringing and even MORE kids coming over (yes, I have the kool-aid house on the block)...let's see, there's the lactose intolerant 2 year-old who just won't stay away from cheese, she sneaks it every chance she gets...the 3 year-old boy who had on his cleats, my knee-hi's and wearing a bandana...and NOTHING ELSE!!! hmmm...the 5 and 9 year-old tree and fence climbers...the 13-year-old jock who MUST get full-uniform dressed for whatever sport he feel like practicing--sometimes more than one sport within an hour... my 14 year-old son's friends who seem to come over Friday and are still around, actually calling me mom and wondering if there will be any lunch...my 11 year-old daughter who constantly jabbers to herself and claims she's rehearsing her lines of her imaginary play... And just like you said...my 17 year-old son is the one who comes to me the most for relaxing and reading together on any given day. Perhaps it's because he's more mature, perhaps he feels "impending adulthood" settling in, for sure he knows what the younger ones don't...snuggle with mom when there's a chance for the day's are short and responsibilities loom! (he actually said that when he read your post). My younger ones snuggle up at night time only because the day belongs to them!! Sally, you are truly a blessing...I really hope that one day when we finally grow up, we can be just like you... until then, I will dream about quiet Sunday evenings to relax and actually not feel like a tornado is about come thru. You give me so much hope!!! Thank you for being you, and I thank the Lord for blessing you with words and wisdom that you can impart on my harried head! Love ya!! Wow!! As a mother of 11 children (two bio, 5 adopted and 4 foster—ages 8 month twins to 17 years) I can definitely relate to cheaper by the dozen…but that is where the comparison from my Sunday to yours stops! Yes, our lives (my husbands and I) were much simpler when it was just the “four” of us but truly, our house is so rambunctious and full that right now I can’t imagine it any other way. Our Sunday’s are our day to sleep in, fix a HUGE breakfast, make a total mess of our kitchen and dining room, afterwards everyone running around getting ready for a swim (yes, here in the Southwest we are still swimming outdoors). I truly hope one of these Sunday’s I can just enjoy being relaxed and not listening out for the one child who inevitably gets his toe stuck in the Tonka Truck, or the other child who comes running thru the door with a stick (literally) stuck in his ear…E.R.!!!!…the sound of the skateboard’s slamming on the concrete outside (or in the bedroom for that matter!)…the doorbell constantly ringing and even MORE kids coming over (yes, I have the kool-aid house on the block)…let’s see, there’s the lactose intolerant 2 year-old who just won’t stay away from cheese, she sneaks it every chance she gets…the 3 year-old boy who had on his cleats, my knee-hi’s and wearing a bandana…and NOTHING ELSE!!! hmmm…the 5 and 9 year-old tree and fence climbers…the 13-year-old jock who MUST get full-uniform dressed for whatever sport he feel like practicing–sometimes more than one sport within an hour… my 14 year-old son’s friends who seem to come over Friday and are still around, actually calling me mom and wondering if there will be any lunch…my 11 year-old daughter who constantly jabbers to herself and claims she’s rehearsing her lines of her imaginary play… And just like you said…my 17 year-old son is the one who comes to me the most for relaxing and reading together on any given day. Perhaps it’s because he’s more mature, perhaps he feels “impending adulthood” settling in, for sure he knows what the younger ones don’t…snuggle with mom when there’s a chance for the day’s are short and responsibilities loom! (he actually said that when he read your post). My younger ones snuggle up at night time only because the day belongs to them!! Sally, you are truly a blessing…I really hope that one day when we finally grow up, we can be just like you… until then, I will dream about quiet Sunday evenings to relax and actually not feel like a tornado is about come thru. You give me so much hope!!! Thank you for being you, and I thank the Lord for blessing you with words and wisdom that you can impart on my harried head! Love ya!!

]]> By: Jodie R http://whmoms.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-lazy-sunday-afternoon/#comment-152 Jodie R Mon, 17 Sep 2007 07:28:36 +0000 http://whmoms.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/a-lazy-sunday-afternoon/#comment-152 What a lovely Sunday! The more things you write about, the more I see the Lord created us with a LOT of similarities. The Fernando Ortega and Chris Rice piano collections are two of my favorites! :-) Sally, I pray that the Lord enables me to be half the blessing to my family that you have been to yours. That I can teach them what really matters. Thanks for your continued example, for sharing your heart. Blessings to you in Christ! ~Jodie What a lovely Sunday! The more things you write about, the more I see the Lord created us with a LOT of similarities. The Fernando Ortega and Chris Rice piano collections are two of my favorites! :-) Sally, I pray that the Lord enables me to be half the blessing to my family that you have been to yours. That I can teach them what really matters. Thanks for your continued example, for sharing your heart. Blessings to you in Christ! ~Jodie

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