Comments on: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/08/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times/ Blogger, mother, dreamer, swimmer, biker, runner, coffee-drinking mistress of silliness... all in exciting Kitsap County! Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:40:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC3 By: jubilee http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/08/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times/#comment-67946 jubilee Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:03:05 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1349#comment-67946 I, too, get so worn out over being the referee. It seems to be the most difficult part for me. And the times where I blow it the most often. Pink fluffy hearts and butterfly kisses help make it better, but in the back of my head I am fearful of what the future therapy sessions will reveal! Maybe I should start a fund too. Great post. I, too, get so worn out over being the referee. It seems to be the most difficult part for me. And the times where I blow it the most often.

Pink fluffy hearts and butterfly kisses help make it better, but in the back of my head I am fearful of what the future therapy sessions will reveal! Maybe I should start a fund too.

Great post.

]]> By: Jenny86753oh9 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/08/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times/#comment-67901 Jenny86753oh9 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:31:20 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1349#comment-67901 Wow...how did you do that?? Really? While your chest was twisting, you were rockin' the descriptive adjectives! That was dead on. Too bad I couldn't have read it prior to birthing my boys. Then again, I would've said, "Not gonna happen to me...I'll be the best mom in the world and my kids will rise and call me Blessed!" Yea...I was that naive. Wow…how did you do that?? Really? While your chest was twisting, you were rockin’ the descriptive adjectives! That was dead on. Too bad I couldn’t have read it prior to birthing my boys. Then again, I would’ve said, “Not gonna happen to me…I’ll be the best mom in the world and my kids will rise and call me Blessed!”

Yea…I was that naive.

]]> By: Kathleen http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/08/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times/#comment-67893 Kathleen Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:16:05 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1349#comment-67893 You my friend have a serious gift with words...keep on writing! You my friend have a serious gift with words…keep on writing!

]]> By: Stacey http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/08/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times/#comment-67890 Stacey Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:29:41 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1349#comment-67890 Wow, very good post. I think the old woman is probably like me...she might not have heeded that warning herself until it was all gone. I would love to take my oldest children and go back in time, let them have play doh all the time, let them paint everywhere, let them stay up from naptime....all things I needed to control when they were younger. Wow, very good post. I think the old woman is probably like me…she might not have heeded that warning herself until it was all gone. I would love to take my oldest children and go back in time, let them have play doh all the time, let them paint everywhere, let them stay up from naptime….all things I needed to control when they were younger.

]]> By: Lizulfisa http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/08/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times/#comment-67887 Lizulfisa Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:09:38 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1349#comment-67887 Girl, with what you have written, it is obvious that you "got" what 70something gym lady was talking about. Kids.. they suck the joy out of your life, only to be the ones to pour it back in. Little buggers. Love you. Girl, with what you have written, it is obvious that you “got” what 70something gym lady was talking about. Kids.. they suck the joy out of your life, only to be the ones to pour it back in. Little buggers. Love you.

]]> By: Jen http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/08/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times/#comment-67886 Jen Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:04:56 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1349#comment-67886 LOVE this. My little one is still very young, but I'm always afraid I'll look back and feel that I didn't slow down enough to savor these precious and fleeting months. You captured it all so perfectly. I love your writing style and I will most definitely be coming back for more. LOVE this. My little one is still very young, but I’m always afraid I’ll look back and feel that I didn’t slow down enough to savor these precious and fleeting months. You captured it all so perfectly. I love your writing style and I will most definitely be coming back for more.

]]> By: Bubba's Sis http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/08/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times/#comment-67885 Bubba's Sis Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:51:13 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1349#comment-67885 Gosh, I wish I had written this. I mean, I probably COULD have written it, adapted to my family, because it's much of the same around here. But you captured it so beautifully. I'm jealous of your mad writing skillz. Gosh, I wish I had written this. I mean, I probably COULD have written it, adapted to my family, because it’s much of the same around here. But you captured it so beautifully. I’m jealous of your mad writing skillz.

]]> By: myra http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/08/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times/#comment-67882 myra Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:09:40 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1349#comment-67882 You are such a gifted writer. So many quotables here, but I think my favorite is "pink puffy hearts blow from my every breath." Where do you get this stuff? I have one child. It's a different kind of madness, but I have a deep appreciation for your pain. I have a feeling you're kicking butt on the winning team of moms. You are such a gifted writer. So many quotables here, but I think my favorite is “pink puffy hearts blow from my every breath.” Where do you get this stuff?

I have one child. It’s a different kind of madness, but I have a deep appreciation for your pain. I have a feeling you’re kicking butt on the winning team of moms.

]]> By: Kate http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/08/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times/#comment-67881 Kate Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:35:07 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1349#comment-67881 Jenny; This is such a beautifully written post; thoughtful, musing, insightful, questioning, wise and on and on. You are so correct that parenting is just like Dickens described; "the best of times and the worst of times". As the parent of "children" now in their early 20's I know that time passes quickly. I also know that those kids nearly drove us nuts bickering, fighting, and complicating almost everything we tried to do as a family. Somehow, the love we have for our children defies all understanding; such is the protectiveness and intensity of the emotion we have for them. It never ends either... Gorgeously written. Jenny;
This is such a beautifully written post; thoughtful, musing, insightful, questioning, wise and on and on.

You are so correct that parenting is just like Dickens described; “the best of times and the worst of times”. As the parent of “children” now in their early 20’s I know that time passes quickly. I also know that those kids nearly drove us nuts bickering, fighting, and complicating almost everything we tried to do as a family. Somehow, the love we have for our children defies all understanding; such is the protectiveness and intensity of the emotion we have for them. It never ends either…

Gorgeously written.

]]> By: D... http://www.jennyonthespot.com/2008/08/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-worst-of-times/#comment-67879 D... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:02:56 +0000 http://www.jennyonthespot.com/?p=1349#comment-67879 Such a great post you wrote! Ah, motherhood, it definitely isn't easy, especially when you give your firstborn a sibling. Such a great post you wrote! Ah, motherhood, it definitely isn’t easy, especially when you give your firstborn a sibling.

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