Do you think about your life this way?
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Do you think about your life this way?
| Mon, 07-14-2003 - 12:27pm |
By this way.. I mean like we discuss it on this board. Do any of you honestly think about your lives in the context of it's "higher" meaning on a refular basis? I do this because it enriches my child's life, and he will become a better person because of it... Or am I the only one who thinks on a daily basis, getting all existential (sp?) is worthless? We make all our big decisions WRT child rearing and other life decisions as well informed as we can, but I don't find myself reflecting on it on a regular basis. (Except when I'm here) I just go through life one day at a time, and take it as it comes, and do what has to be done. Is that weird?
PS... like my morning sickness icon? LOL
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PS Bad morning sickness, huh? I never had it with either of my boys - I was very lucky!
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And I totally get the morning sickness icon, I was the queen of morning sickness.
We took Zak (6) to Pirates of the Carribean Sunday. I did not read studies about the effect of violence upon kids. I asked one of the workers earlier about what he thought of it and whether there was any cursing or sex. There was not. I took him. I have not spent a whole lot of time worrying about it.
Yeah, I have moments of self reflection and the greater good. I hope I am doing a good job parenting. I worry about the effect of my DH's cancer on my children. Zak goes to Gilda's (a cancer support club) every Thursday. We try to be open about DH's health. I have tried to read books on fatherless children and grief. I can't get through them. We will cross that bridge when we get to it (hopefully, never).
I usually make my parenting decisions based on common sense, advice, prayer and instinct. I do not read "experts." If I did, I would a withering, shivering mass of motherhood. Do I wear my baby? Do I let him cry it out? Do I homeschool or send to school? Do I let him watch TV? Do I get flashcards to teach him Spanish? I do not have the time nor the inclination. I do what I think is best and hope it works.
K
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As for me ... I pursue what I do because of existentialism ... this is my one life, too bad if I don't get it right the first time.
Linda
Linda - wife, mother, grandmum &nb
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My dd's caregiver said my dh was the first Dad she had seen cry. The first day he cried so hard when he dropped her off he couldn't talk. I cried so hard when I picked her up, I couldn't talk. She calls us the crying family, LOL. We stopped crying after a couple of days though. She still laughs at us and tells us we worry to much.
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