Not 100% sure why I’m posting right now. :) I do…

April 4, 2007 by Mommy Zabs  
Filed under Entertainment, Family, Motherhood

Not 100% sure why I’m posting right now. :) I don’t really want to expose you to another rant on how hard it was to have an almost 3 year old today on our second day with out daddy. Or how my throat still hurts a bunch. Or how if Owen hits Lukas in the face one more time I may officially lose it (I’m trying so hard not to lose it!) Or how I am literally learning the “praying without ceasing” principle through my children. Though my prayers often resemble…”God Please help me”, “Jesus, what do I do?” or quoting to myself “slow to anger, abounding in love.”

I’m so completely blessed to have easily, and surprisingly gotton pregnant with 2 precious boys… and this fact makes any complaints about it seem…. I don’t know, shallow? I don’t want to be a negative person, let alone blog. But truely… I’m exhuasted.

I just don’t know how to get through to Owen. I know, consistancy. And I’m trying, I’m doing all I can to be consistant. Most of the time he acts like he doesn’t hear a word I say. He acts chipper and goes right along his disobedient way. And there is really no one else he does this too. When he is with other adults he is kind, respectful, and incredibly polite most the time. (which gives me hope!) But to me… he is constantly testing. Constantly. The thing is, he is SO me. I mean I can’t tell you how often he reacts how I feel like reacting. I feel like in ways I get him, because I was so much like him. For some reason this seems to make our relationship difficult, though I can’t make the connection as to why.

Anyway, other than that. The weather is nuts. It has been beautiful. My grass is green and lush, all my trees lining my lot are in full bloom. The daffodiles and tulips are up! And then… It’s FREEZING TODAY and it literally snow. I mean enough to accumulate in my flower beds. Oh spring please come back! I was ready to put the dreaded winter coats away!

On another note, my husband is IM’ing me some of the interesting Cuban Billboards… will post after this.

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3 Comments on "Not 100% sure why I’m posting right now. :) I do…"

  1. loving my life on Fri, 6th Apr 2007 8:28 am 

    Oh Elizabeth, I understand you are not shallow for being exhausted and close to losing it. You are just a mom who is doing alot with little or no help right now. Don’t worry you will be back to your old self soon and this will all pass… Prayers and love to you and yours…

  2. Christian Mom of 4 on Thu, 23rd Apr 2009 11:32 pm 

    I stumbled onto your blog while researching the hCG diet. I totally relate to your frustration. I have 3 boys and a little girl. I have a loving husband and obedient children, most of the time :-) I found a wonderful Christian book you might have already heard of called ‘To Train Up A Child’ By: Michael & Debie Pearl. It certainly isn’t a very popular “world” view on how to approach parenting but it is a Biblical one. I do not agree 100% with all of the views written by the Pearls but most of their material is very true. Here is the link to the book: <a href="http://www.gospeltruth.net/children/pearl_tuac.htm" title="To Train Up A Child">To Train Up A Child</a>
    The best thing I came away with from this book was to train and discipline in love. The world tells us to refrain from Godly parenting. The worlds tactics really just create anger and frustration in the parent. This frustration will inevitably lead to more abusive practices then just following the simple training that has been set up by God since the world began. The proof really is in the pudding and my children are not just well behaved but they bring me great delight! Proverbs 29:17

  3. bekplella on Thu, 23rd Apr 2009 11:55 pm 

    I’m the only one in this world. Can please someone join me in this life? Or maybe death…

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