Comments on: Carry On Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:25:13 +0000

I'm so glad you enjoyed this one! Thanks for being a part of the tour.

By: Jeri

Jeri — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:15:06 +0000

Oh, nuts! Hikari whoever is my teenager. The above comment was made by Jeri

By: Hikari Ataeru

Hikari Ataeru — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:13:08 +0000

Loved that article, but I'll just check the book out of the library.

BUT, as I'm so proud of me for not having been found living under a rock, I was oblivious enough to not realize that there was a WHOLE ENTIRE BOOK! So. It's now on my reading list. Thanks.

Another really good one that maybe falls into this category is one that I did buy, "Growing Girls; The Mother of all Adventures" by Jeanne Marie Laskas. It is wet-your-pants funny and also profound. I've read it and read it, and now I only let myself read it on the elliptical machine, which is embarrassing because then I'm sweating along, chuckling nerdl-y to myself and then tearing up a minute later. I do get a lot of space at the rec center, though. And it distracts me as I pitifully try to get into some kind of shape. (Round is a shape, but…)

Anyway. I like to know that others struggle to be Christian, and to be parents, and I love it when someone can see the hilarious side of things.

Motherhood is full of guilt and irony, and if you squint and tilt your head a little, it turns from despair to humor in the blink of an eye. (Or the twitch, if I'm fully honest.)

Thanks for the review. And for having a place where a perfect stranger can throw in her two cents.

By: Life in the circus

Life in the circus — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:10:50 +0000

I have plenty of those moments! All of which make me feel like I'm not a very good mother. It's nice to know I'm not the only one that isn't in constant bliss being a mom. It's permission to be human. Trying to be super mom all the time (and failing miserably!) is exhausting!

By: Kristin

Kristin — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:34:40 +0000

Ooh, pickmepickmepickmepickme!!! I loved that article too!

By: Maddy

Maddy — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:32:14 +0000

PICK ME!!

By: Kerri

Kerri — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:32:08 +0000

Loved that post. I'd love to read her book.

By: Alanna

Alanna — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:29:09 +0000

I would love to win this book! I follow Glennon and Momastery on Facebook but don't have any extra funds right now to buy my own book. It's my birthday next week…I'm going to keep my fingers crossed that this is my gift. 🙂 Love wins!

By: The Atomic Mom

The Atomic Mom — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:36:50 +0000

I was living under a rock (new baby) last year, and I do not remember this essay at all….but the book looks interesting. I'll look for it.

By: queendeni

queendeni — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 02:24:59 +0000

Well, here I am, I think I want to read that book. I totally love the concept behind it.
But I will tell you, that your children are incredible human beings, being raised by incredible parents. I feel so at peace knowing who is raising these special spirits. They are wonderful, warts and all, as are you and your siblings, your dad, joel, and all those we come in contact with. Oh and please include MaryFran, whom truly exemplifies a daughter of God, a sister, and friend. Plus all of your other friends who invite me into their lives. You make my day brighter, oh so much brighter!