Showing posts with label love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label love. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Sleep, Parenting, and Love

TK is still not sleeping well, although it seems to be for different though still unknown reasons. He no longer wants to nurse all night, but now he doesn't want to sleep in his bed. I want to say I'm fine and confident that we're making all the right decisions and that things will be fine, but I'm not. I'm indecisive and wondering if I've been doing it wrong all along and what on earth I should do now. There are so many different schools of thought, and I'm not sure which is right for us at this stage. And while several tell you it's not your fault that your baby wakes up frequently, there are a few that have this attitude of "Well, if you'd listened to us, he wouldn't have sleep problems..." and it feels kinda snooty. That's what I don't like. Snootiness. I'm sure your method worked great for you and your babies, but you don't know anything about me and mine, so stop pretending you have a magic cure-all. Okay, now I'm rambling. Probably comes from not sleeping enough.


I love Tiernan. Deeply, strongly, fiercely. So much so, that as I think about the possibility of having future kids, questions burn in my mind: how could I possibly love another child the way I love Tiernan? I know favoritism is wrong, but could I avoid it? Is there room in my heart for another child?

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Refocus

God is love.
Whoever lives in love
lives in God,
and God in him.
:: 1 John 4:16 ::

Once again, I'm losing focus. It's not about getting this, that, and the other thing done. That's the old legalistic gotta-do-these-things mindset cropping up again. It's way simpler than that. It's abiding in God's love, and letting the rest of the world worry about its own problems. When I am dwelling in Christ, the messy bedroom doesn't bother me as much. Yes, I still need to clean it, but I don't need to feel guilty and like I'm a horrible wife for letting it get that way. When I am abiding in Christ, everything else will fall into place. Goal for the week: Love God. Love people. The End.

The only thing that counts is
faith expressing itself
through love.
:: Galatians 5:6 ::