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LOL this is the funniest thing I have ever read!yep, birds and bees talks. They get very interesting sometimes.
Last week, our son, age 6, asked about our Dogs female parts when she was sitting down in a way for all to see.
So, I explained.
Then he wanted to know if the parts look the same on his sisters!
It was not helping that his sisters were rolling on the floor laughing hysterically during all of this!
I got through it by taking out a faithbased your-body-is-changing book that we have, but it was not the most composed of bird'n'bees talks that I have had with my kids.
What a wonderful way to look at it.Here is an even wilder concept. What if it does mean we lose ourselves on some level. What if that is part of our calling and vocation by God, to give part of ourselves to the people he gifts to us as family.
Our marriage and our children are people God chose for us, and entrusted us to nurture and care for...a living gift from him.
And on some level, yes, we all have to sacrifice and let go of who we are, BUT don't we BECOME someone new, redefined, and remolded by the experiences? Isn't the letting go of "seeing ourself as the CENTER", then, instead, "seeing ourselves as a PART-OF" exactly the kind of maturing of the soul that God asks of us to do to prepare for eternity with him?
Yep, I've lost a certain part of myself, but I don't know if I really want that part back. The talents and skills of my pre-family days are still there, but the need to use them for JUST ME is not a part of my make-up any longer.
Do I still need some sense of individuality and some down-time now and then? Yes, but keep me away from my family too long, and I get heart sick pretty quickly. I have been redefined.
IMHO.
will be praying for them for sure!Please pray for my family. My 15 month old has a fever today and has been quite clingy and fussy. My older daughter had a fever on Thursday too so something is going around. Other than being attached to me, they aren't doing anything out of character. Thanks everyone!
will be praying for them for sure!
What is everyone doing for Columbus Day? we're just staying home...i'm tired of running around!
whats columbus day?
is that like a day to celebrate christoper columbus?
sorry to hear people are sick today. i feel run down, but i think it's "that time of month" for me.we're all sick and I'm too tired to do anything but sit here and indeed, even that is taking more energy so sometimes i am laying down on the couch too :/
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