tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074904356505215216.post5698359326493321920..comments2023-07-15T04:12:43.554-05:00Comments on We Band of Mothers: Parenting Without a NetMariannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509329937576764550noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074904356505215216.post-42931987630009015942013-11-02T19:00:35.847-05:002013-11-02T19:00:35.847-05:00Hey Marianne :) Boys huh - don't they realize ...Hey Marianne :) Boys huh - don't they realize we didn't spend nine months carrying them around and all those years feeding them and encouraging them to live a full life (and investing in our own support during our old age) to have it fall from the sky and splat on the ground?Julie Hutchinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583949969402695509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074904356505215216.post-34685656607844765912013-10-30T21:40:35.366-05:002013-10-30T21:40:35.366-05:00Brave choice. Not sure I would have let young one...Brave choice. Not sure I would have let young ones watch. I had trouble watching myself. Thank God the man is OK. Crazy, but OK. Marianne (Mare) Baker Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03663143060069193124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074904356505215216.post-15335337563674572522013-10-30T10:14:55.941-05:002013-10-30T10:14:55.941-05:00I fear you will soon be too famous to even be my f...I fear you will soon be too famous to even be my friend anymore. Your post reminded me of the Challenger space shuttle explosion. I remember I was in Elementary School and they had brought tvs in the classroom (a huge treat) for us to watch the launch. Clearly, no one knew that it would explode and as a grown up now I can only imagine what was going through the teachers' heads as they had to talk to all the kids about what happened.Dollops of Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972810307843283411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074904356505215216.post-54121899146191965182013-10-28T11:46:31.851-05:002013-10-28T11:46:31.851-05:00And knee pads! Don't forget the knee pads!And knee pads! Don't forget the knee pads!Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509329937576764550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074904356505215216.post-72132984420520865192013-10-28T11:46:17.053-05:002013-10-28T11:46:17.053-05:00How about my firstborn instead? ;) Thanks, Kari!...How about my firstborn instead? ;) Thanks, Kari!!Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509329937576764550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074904356505215216.post-13143391670669936372013-10-28T09:37:12.460-05:002013-10-28T09:37:12.460-05:00Congratulations on making the cover!
I am writing...Congratulations on making the cover!<br /><br />I am writing down "Put helmet on kid before duck-duck-goose starts."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06962091404264725580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074904356505215216.post-69712837562346708462013-10-28T07:51:23.969-05:002013-10-28T07:51:23.969-05:00Can I have your autograph?
So stinkin' excite...Can I have your autograph? <br />So stinkin' excited for you, my friend! Kari https://www.blogger.com/profile/02492014448139890827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074904356505215216.post-64154636048749449392013-10-27T18:13:33.116-05:002013-10-27T18:13:33.116-05:00Ha! I can send you Twinkies. Does that count?Ha! I can send you Twinkies. Does that count?Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509329937576764550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074904356505215216.post-24763540023369922192013-10-27T09:50:17.818-05:002013-10-27T09:50:17.818-05:00I didn't watch it, but I heard all about it. ...I didn't watch it, but I heard all about it. I guess the difference between you and me is that I'm too dense for it to have occurred to me that it might have been damaging to my kids if they'd seen him plummet to his death. Of course, my kids are in their 20s, but had they been children... Yeah, it still wouldn't have occurred to me.<br /><br />Now, where's my cake??<br /><br />-andiandi filantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00046051034556807447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074904356505215216.post-12286268773474381942013-10-26T21:34:05.345-05:002013-10-26T21:34:05.345-05:00Thanks, Betty! I know I'm making a lot of mis...Thanks, Betty! I know I'm making a lot of mistakes, but you are so right that admitting to mucking it up now and then is probably a smart move. I've got my go-to line ready for when they complain to me in adulthood: I did the best I could with what I had. Appreciate the comments!! xoxo mar Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509329937576764550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6074904356505215216.post-87578083142748328692013-10-26T21:09:15.771-05:002013-10-26T21:09:15.771-05:00I was riveted on the edge of my seat the whole tim...I was riveted on the edge of my seat the whole time too. I was thankful when you could see him getting closer and closer to being done. I did like how he prayed outloud to Jesus the whole way across, that was a nice testimony. And you are right, there is a lot of praying with parenting. I think though you do get safety nets and second chances. Your safety net is hopefully a group of friends/family that is doing life with you, they help hold you accountable and also you have someone you can sound things off to. And if you do mess up a bit on something with parenting, you can admit to your children that y ou might have made a mistake in allowing them to do something one time, but now that you reconsidered it, its not going to happen again. But I do get what you are saying Marianne. <br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.com