Comments on: Becoming a Joyful Mother of Children

By: Mendel Markel, www.classicalvocals.com

Mendel Markel, www.classicalvocals.com — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:56:07 +0000

I can see the paranoia setting in now. Every time I have to discipline my kids in a public place I'll start snapping at random passers by "What are YOU looking at! What you think you're a better father?" lol

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:44:02 +0000

Sort of makes you wonder what people think when they are watching you, hu? I am going to be a little paranoid now. :) But really, that was probably a tiny bit of a tender mercy for you. An eye opener. And reading about it was for me to. It is so easy to be that mom. And so hard to be the engaged mother who enjoys being a mother all the time. I am going to work on that more too. Thanks for they eye opener!

By: mCat

mCat — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:47:23 +0000

How I wish I could have embraced being a joyful mother more when I was raising the boys. The bad news – there are no do-overs
THe good news – they still turn out okay and love you.

I'll be anxious to see the goals, I could use something to focus on right now other than running my guts out

By: LisAway

LisAway — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:44:44 +0000

Oh sheesh, Lara. I read this and thought, "but wait, I wasn't on a train in Chicago lately…" Seriously. I KNOW I'm like this a lot. I read it thinking, "that time of the month, kids who misbehaved all day, migraine etc." Any of those factors (and others) could cause me to be almost nothing but annoyed with my kids. I hate that. I'm going to join you on your journey.

By: Erin

Erin — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:08:56 +0000

It is difficult to always be "on" as a good mother. I have a lot of patience, but I don't engage with my children as often as I would like to. This is a good reminder to me to work on that.

By: Mendel Markel, www.classicalvocals.com

Mendel Markel, www.classicalvocals.com — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:12:52 +0000

Great post. My Rabbi told me years ago "I bless you that you should enjoy your children, because if you enjoy them you will find that they too will enjoy you". I still find the truth in that and I'm glad to say we do enjoy our children and they in turn enjoy us as well. But still, sometimes we have our days, them as well as us. But I think ultimately kids will remember the overall feeling and won't hold it against us for being sometimes human 🙂

By: That Girl

That Girl — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:45:25 +0000

Love it.

"A Joyful Mother of Children" is my favorite book by Linda Eyre!

By: The Ginter Family

The Ginter Family — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:51:08 +0000

Thank you for sharing. It gave me the boost I needed today. Keep being a great mom!

By: Hilary

Hilary — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:20:42 +0000

I must say that I'm excited that my kids get out a good 2 hours apart from each other. This is going to allow me to give each one some attention when they get home.

We set the tone, how annoying is that?

By: Lacy@uphillandsmiling

Lacy@uphillandsmiling — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:44:33 +0000

I love this post and I really needed to read it today. Thank you.

Sometimes it takes a bad example to show us how NOT to be. I've had very similar experiences with other mothers.

I would love to be a more joyful mother:)