Comments on: this tuesday. unwrap.

By: patty

patty — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:11:01 +0000

i never dream about what’s to come, but we love to chat about what has been. i’m all sentimental like that, too. thanks again, for hosting. love it.
patty´s last [type] ..diptych {water}

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:06:40 +0000

You so perfectly capture my almost daily struggle. I try to remind myself that in a few years I will be looking back at THIS time in my life RIGHT NOW, wishing I had lived in the moment more. So now’s the time to stop the vicious cycle! And of course there is such great comfort in knowing I’m not the only one.

Great words! Thank you.
Ashley´s last [type] ..Life is a hotdog

By: maggie

maggie — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:58:50 +0000

I have been living most of my life this way. I remember mourning my childhood, and I was still living it. I especially feel it now with my baby boys. What you wrote will live in my heart always. You opened your self and let me in and I found something familiar. Something like fear and and overwhelming love. I hope you don’t mind if I print this post and save it in my journal.
thank you for saying what I have been feeling.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:19:35 +0000

I can just imagine how hard this is for a mother’s heart. Beautiful post Emily!
Jennifer´s last [type] ..hand in hand

By: Tammy@If Meadows Speak...

Tammy@If Meadows Speak... — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:34:28 +0000

Out of my soon-to-be 21 yr old, oh the rememberance of wild, wacky toddler fun, I too get caught up in the days gone past. And the void of regrets can pull and I’m so thankful He is able to turn it all for good. I love what you said: “We are given this day to live and breathe and move around in. Grace is lavished. Mercy overwhelms. Love holds us together. Today.” Grace and mercy, yes even for myself.
Tammy@If Meadows Speak…´s last [type] ..The Exodus Life–When Freedom Is A Journey

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:27:49 +0000

Oh, it is so easy to get all goopy and sentimental and forget what joy and gifts we have today. This unwrapping, for me, is a reminder to pull myself forward, into this very moment, today, with boys and girl all much bigger than is possible, and find the joy. This is the gift you give me each week.
Erin´s last [type] ..Of Father’s Day, Failure, and Front Teeth

By: Sissy

Sissy — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:29:14 +0000

You totally need to take the time to read my post. It will make you laugh and everyone can use a laugh!

Hope the kids enjoyed Phoebe yesterday and all her kisses! It was good to see you and I hope the next week or two brings you some rest.

By: angie w

angie w — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:50:50 +0000

i am right there also. sometimes the feelings of not having been “enough” is overwhelming. thanks for stating it so well.

By: JoAnn

JoAnn — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:09:45 +0000

As a mother of a two year old and a one year old, I SO appreciate this post and yesterday’s post (which made me cry). Thank you for keeping it real. Sometimes people act like I should be wrapping every second with these little people in gold and bronzing their old toothbrushes and dirty diapers. So maybe I should? But maybe I should be living in the NOW.
LOVE IT! You’ve helped me through my case of the mondays!

By: misty

misty — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:34:34 +0000

I REALLY appreciate this post. I am guilty of looking at my kids and remembering their little days. I see the more grown up problems they have now and it saddens me. But this post, honestly, I’d never thought of it way…
misty´s last [type] ..Summer, Summer, Summer-TIME…