Comments on: The Intensity of Motherhood and a Blogging Hiatus https://lucindajkinsinger.com/the-intensity-of-motherhood-and-a-blogging-hiatus/ Movement, Color, Sound, Story Mon, 12 Jul 2021 21:35:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Judy Roth https://lucindajkinsinger.com/the-intensity-of-motherhood-and-a-blogging-hiatus/#comment-6559 Mon, 12 Jul 2021 21:35:28 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20361#comment-6559 I’d like to recommend that every new mother turn in their ‘Perfect Parent Card’ right off the bat…save themselves a lot of anxiety and over-effort, and save their child the effects of it….but there I go, giving new parents another thing to try to avoid…..oh bother…

]]> By: Linda https://lucindajkinsinger.com/the-intensity-of-motherhood-and-a-blogging-hiatus/#comment-6542 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 08:06:53 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20361#comment-6542 Enjoy Motherhood, your choosing wisely. We’ll enjoy whatever crumbs come from your table when you return. ~ Blessings on your new journey ~ Linda

]]> By: Sarah Fetterman https://lucindajkinsinger.com/the-intensity-of-motherhood-and-a-blogging-hiatus/#comment-6538 Sat, 03 Jul 2021 00:20:42 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20361#comment-6538 ]]> Thank you for sharing this, Luci. I relate to do much of what you wrote here! Prayers for you and your family. 💜

]]> By: Karen https://lucindajkinsinger.com/the-intensity-of-motherhood-and-a-blogging-hiatus/#comment-6537 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 23:48:29 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20361#comment-6537 ]]> Hugs, Luci. 💞

]]> By: Phoebe https://lucindajkinsinger.com/the-intensity-of-motherhood-and-a-blogging-hiatus/#comment-6536 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 23:07:19 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20361#comment-6536 I am so glad you are taking the time to settle into motherhood and taking a hiatus from things that can wait. I remember so well the exhaustion and the ready tears I felt in the first weeks of motherhood, though it’s been over 56 years, Cherish it all.

]]> By: Katrina Lee https://lucindajkinsinger.com/the-intensity-of-motherhood-and-a-blogging-hiatus/#comment-6535 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 23:07:18 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20361#comment-6535 What a beautiful post, one I can relate to! And, we have the exact same infant scale! Lol.

]]> By: William https://lucindajkinsinger.com/the-intensity-of-motherhood-and-a-blogging-hiatus/#comment-6534 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 19:55:56 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20361#comment-6534 As a school teacher I can totally relate with the part of not wanting my children to make the same mistakes and have the same hurts that I made and had. During my time teaching I realized that the best I could do was to “know the way, go the way and show the way” and if they knew I was there to help them and that I had confidence that they could do it, they usually did well. No one is perfect, so there was obviously many mistakes that I made, as well as them. Don’t beat yourself for the mistakes; learn from them and do your best not to repeat them. There’s a struggle that every child has to go through to learn academically, socially, mentally, spiritually, as well as physically. In my observation the best way to work with it is to make sure that our children know that we love them and are there to support them and also that they are capable of winning whatever they are facing because God is with them. Maybe it sounds hard-core but I remember resenting too much protection and at other times (specifically spiritual things) desiring more support. All this said being said, I know there is something totally normal and good in many women that makes them hate seeing others suffer, especially those they love most. There is something very beautiful in seeing the way a mom protects and cares for her baby with love while at the same time she realizes that this child is only hers for short time and will grow up faster than she wants, yet she goes with the child, not hindering him/her or trying to slow him/her down in anyway, only giving him/her what he/she needs and encouraging him/her to keep on and never give up, because God is ALWAYS there walking with us.

All this being said in about 2 weeks, Lord willing, I’ll get to hold my own son and I will realize how many misconceptions of parenthood I have.

Ultimately only God is the perfect parent. May God bless you and Ivan in your journey of being Mamá & Papá.

]]> By: Mary Jane Bates https://lucindajkinsinger.com/the-intensity-of-motherhood-and-a-blogging-hiatus/#comment-6533 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 18:15:19 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20361#comment-6533 Congratulations. I love this post I just had my first baby at age 30. And you summed things up so well.
I cried most of the first 2 weeks because I knew my son would get hurt in this cruel world someday.
A “neighbor in WV”

]]> By: Faye Pais https://lucindajkinsinger.com/the-intensity-of-motherhood-and-a-blogging-hiatus/#comment-6532 Fri, 02 Jul 2021 17:54:13 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=20361#comment-6532 Luci, your words are beautiful and wise and heartfelt and heartbreaking, as always.
You so perfectly describe the enormity of loving a child…enjoy every cherished precious amazing moment. And try to rest when you can.
Love to you!!!
Faye

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