tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post2095936150077450732..comments2024-01-02T13:03:28.273-07:00Comments on Cookie's Chronicles: My Life Without KidsCookie’s Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539520794775363132noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-48632393114731867032011-06-14T14:58:34.680-06:002011-06-14T14:58:34.680-06:00Thanks for visiting, EJ! Followed you back. Great ...Thanks for visiting, EJ! Followed you back. Great concept and great blog!Cookie’s Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539520794775363132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-86545038033408757382011-06-14T14:41:01.259-06:002011-06-14T14:41:01.259-06:00Hi! Visiting you from the weekend blog hop - great...Hi! Visiting you from the weekend blog hop - great posts :-) Please like/join/follow me back at www.fourlittlemonsters.com - keep up the great blog!EJhttp://www.fourlittlemonsters.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-64707653858409271902011-06-12T12:35:11.129-06:002011-06-12T12:35:11.129-06:00Thank-you so much, and thanks for the follow back!...Thank-you so much, and thanks for the follow back!Cookie’s Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539520794775363132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-18195024845799208372011-06-12T11:50:44.996-06:002011-06-12T11:50:44.996-06:00Well said! Thanks for stopping by whiteheads mont...Well said! Thanks for stopping by whiteheads monthly menu. I'm here to follow you back and so happy I stopped in. I enjoyed this post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782910977253852857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-32449418561622154592011-06-12T06:34:25.023-06:002011-06-12T06:34:25.023-06:00Deborah, thanks as always for sharing so openly. Y...Deborah, thanks as always for sharing so openly. Your points are so important for us moms to keep in mind. As we face various decisions about career and other interests, it helps to remember the 'death bed' question: <br /><br />When I am breathing my last breath, what is it that I may regret? What is it that I will be most proud of? What will I be the most thankful for? <br /><br />For certain, we will think back on our relationships and the lives of those that we have loved. If we can keep the nurturing of this love as our priority through life, then, not only will we reap the rewards during our lifetime (I believe that the more we love, the more that love comes back to us), we will also have no regrets at the end.Cookie’s Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539520794775363132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-72795308470438000722011-06-12T06:26:52.196-06:002011-06-12T06:26:52.196-06:00Blogger seems to have lost my previous comments. S...Blogger seems to have lost my previous comments. Sigh.<br /><br />@Kimberly, thanks so much! I think that's why the job is so much harder too. We appreciate and want those rewards and we work hard to get them!<br /><br />@Nina, thanks for stopping by. I am also enjoying my 'second childhood'!Cookie’s Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539520794775363132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-33560944774815403192011-06-10T11:39:09.718-06:002011-06-10T11:39:09.718-06:00My daily life is just as busy as it was before I h...<i>My daily life is just as busy as it was before I had kids. The difference is that, despite how mundane or insignificant my daily tasks may seem, I feel like I have accomplished so much more than in my pre-kid days.</i><br /><br />A girlfriend and I were just talking about this! Her eldest is three weeks younger than my 20-month-old son, and her youngest is seven weeks old. We were ushering them around the playground when I asked, "Do you ever look back on your pre-parent life and wonder what the heck you did with all that spare time?" We agreed that, new into parenting, we lamented how little time we left . . . but now look at how things used to be and feel that, for all the busyness, our lives were comparatively empty.<br /><br />I got one email asking me about my decision to have children in the face of mental illness. I haven't had a chance to reply in full yet, but I sent her a picture of my mom holding my son on my mom's deathbed and remember how he was the only painkiller she wanted. There's always a risk, that I might follow my mom's footsteps to schizophrenia or cancer. But the thing about parenthood is . . . a single day (even one of the bad ones!) of being blessed to usher a little person through life would be worth it. I didn't see it when I found out I was pregnant, but I sure as heck see it now! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-82643791770517549692011-06-10T06:13:45.690-06:002011-06-10T06:13:45.690-06:00It's funny, there are many activities that I ...It's funny, there are many activities that I have now done because of my kids. When I take them out I always - as far as possible - join in. So for example, going ice-skating, fruit picking were all because of my children. blog hop friday!<br />Nina<br />www.ninalazina.infoninalazinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00617849558407790959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-51705122591970265112011-06-10T00:46:38.715-06:002011-06-10T00:46:38.715-06:00Great post! I'm still busy as a mom, but it...Great post! I'm still busy as a mom, but it's much more rewarding and fulfilling!Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13034271381748240025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-65660234558059951462011-06-09T21:01:33.398-06:002011-06-09T21:01:33.398-06:00Yes, can relate to this heartwarming one too.Yes, can relate to this heartwarming one too.Kristy Prowsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955912299442971932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-74972676844271634192011-06-09T20:23:38.879-06:002011-06-09T20:23:38.879-06:00I agree with feeling like I've accomplished mo...I agree with feeling like I've accomplished more. I go to bed bone-tired, but satisfied.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-54190991613692203592011-06-09T13:19:04.762-06:002011-06-09T13:19:04.762-06:00Hi Greta. Mommyhood is definitely the most rewardi...Hi Greta. Mommyhood is definitely the most rewarding thing I have experienced. We have different kinds of fun now. We miss the adult fun we used to have, but it will be back someday... right? For now we get to have 'kid fun' - playing in the sandbox, skipping stones and painting faces fun!Cookie’s Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539520794775363132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-61434604316698730732011-06-09T13:14:05.890-06:002011-06-09T13:14:05.890-06:00D, thanks for your comments and thanks for visitin...D, thanks for your comments and thanks for visiting! Good luck next year. I hope things work out for you!Cookie’s Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539520794775363132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-11115996088006368392011-06-09T11:53:44.088-06:002011-06-09T11:53:44.088-06:00So true. Things may have been more "fun"...So true. Things may have been more "fun" before kids, but they certainly weren't more rewarding!!Greta @gfunkifiedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03533837096223094349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3670299088597355474.post-88319206105763553782011-06-09T11:14:10.700-06:002011-06-09T11:14:10.700-06:00Lovely post ... I'm not a mommy yet (we're...Lovely post ... I'm not a mommy yet (we're hoping to start trying next spring), but I understand that feeling of incompleteness.. <br />Stopped in from MKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com