Comments for Tiny Blue Lines

Comment on The Dreaded Afternoon Slump by Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:29:09 +0000

YES. YES. YES!!!!

If your kids won’t nap, maybe you can get them just to play quietly in their rooms for a while. My daughter Rosie has gotten her kids to do that, which I think is absolutely wonderful. I wish we had gotten our kids to do it!

Comment on Are Young Moms To Blame For “Letting” Themselves Get Pregnant? by Kristy Johnson

Kristy Johnson — Sat, 18 May 2013 08:53:56 +0000

I like a though which Michelle has mentioned above, i.e. ” If you are a young couple raising a family and you know you are working hard and doing all you can then raise your head high and ignore all the comments and stereotypes.” This is very rare but true as you have to make yourself the support of your family not the others. So you have to take the prior decisions on how you can life and make your future bright for your children’s. Good thinking guys.

Comment on From The Mouth of Babes by Denise @The Soul Stepford

Denise @The Soul Stepford — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:47:42 +0000

Ha! I feel everything in this post. Of course she’ll be fine. We’re currently going through the same thing with our soon-to-be 5yo. Next week’s kindergarten visit at a potential school has me biting my nails. We can do this!

Comment on How Did Your Faith Affect Your Pregnancy? by Tiny Blue Lines

Tiny Blue Lines — Tue, 14 May 2013 02:49:29 +0000

Lisa, thank you so much for sharing this. Just made me cry and I love hearing stories that are so similar to mine–it always feels like an affirmation that talking about these issues IS important. Thank you thank you!!

Comment on How Did Your Faith Affect Your Pregnancy? by Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 14 May 2013 01:44:03 +0000

I realize this is an older post, but I HAD to comment because this is my story, too. Almost every single detail… I was 21 years old, a lifelong Christian, newly engaged, heading into the summer before my senior year of college, and was emotionally destroyed when I found out I was pregnant. My mother shamed me, and my father cried when we told them. It was awful. We planned a wedding, got married, and it wasn’t until about a month or so before my son was due that I finally found joy in the whole thing. I was about to have a BABY – about to become a MOTHER! A role I always knew I wanted, and with the husband of my dreams. And it was the people of the church who showered me with extra love (and baby shower gifts!) and celebrated my little boy with me. It has taken years to come to terms with how it all went down, and how it affected my self-worth, which affected (and still occasionally affects) my marriage. But today, as the wife of a youth minister and the mother of two spectacularly crazy boys, I can say with so much certainty: it was all meant to be. My son was meant to enter this world the way he did, when he did, and God has an incredible plan for his life – I can already see it unfolding at just 6 years old! And God has used this story to minister to many teenage girls already – and will continue to over the next several years! How could I ever regret this wonderful life?

Comment on My Story: What If? by Lynn

Lynn — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:24:57 +0000

Great post and thank you for sharing! As for the fear of telling your daughter how she came into the world…. I had a dear college friend whose eyes sparkled when she talked about her very, very young parents, and that she was the product of pure love. She was a lovely and well adjusted person (and I have every reason to believe that she still is). Even though there was not a plan in place when she was conceived, she was adored and that is what really mattered.

Comment on Keep Calm and Carry On by Tiny Blue Lines

Tiny Blue Lines — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:11:27 +0000

Thank you for those words, Anne. I thought it was just me, honestly!! I am so grateful for all the healthcare workers out there, it is such a hard job!!

Comment on Keep Calm and Carry On by Anne Tourney

Anne Tourney — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:07:35 +0000

Hi Chaunie!

Hospital nursing is often portrayed as the “ne plus ultra” of the profession, but the fact is, it’s not for everyone. I know what you mean about wanting to excel as a hospital nurse, but I’ve finally accepted that I’ll never feel at home in that environment.

Isn’t it funny how we feel guilty about doing the work we love? I feel guilty about being a long-term care nurse because some people don’t consider it to be “real” nursing. Even though my typical shift involves caring for 30 elderly, frail and confused people, I still feel inadequate somehow because I’m not working in an acute care setting.

Self-acceptance is hard, but at the age of 46, I’ve finally accepted that there are nurses who love working in hospitals, and nurses who love working in clinics, and nurses who love public health, and nurses who love long-term care. And there are nurses who love to provide care and support to others through their writing gifts. Maybe that’s you .

Thank you for your warm and wonderful blog — I always enjoy checking in to see how you and your family are doing.

~ Anne

Comment on Keep Calm and Carry On by Jennice

Jennice — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:17:17 +0000

I too sometimes feel guilty for wantimg just to blog and not have an outside job but i’m learning to accept that my heart is into blogging and I,shouldn’t feel guilty for that. Other people around me want me to,go back to work but it didn’t make me happy. I am also learning to,ignore other people because this is my life and only I can live it.

Comment on Does Sex = Babies? by Tiny Blue Lines

Tiny Blue Lines — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:27:46 +0000

“One fun afternoon later..” LOL Shannon! Yes, we’re just not sure how we feel about vasectomies! Just the finality of it all is scary to me!