tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283131424571053024.post7178617497566478054..comments2023-03-30T16:47:45.087-07:00Comments on Adventures in the real world...: I refuse to feel guilty.Samuel S. Grummonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10903198753809105016noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283131424571053024.post-62051772423065581472011-12-29T13:50:08.483-08:002011-12-29T13:50:08.483-08:00Thank you for this post, I still to this day feel ...Thank you for this post, I still to this day feel guilty but am letting go little by little. This helps me...get my priorities straight... ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283131424571053024.post-70888085853420189052011-12-02T20:12:18.303-08:002011-12-02T20:12:18.303-08:00You know, I was that Mom and wife with the impossi...You know, I was that Mom and wife with the impossible, self imposing standards, always judging myself by what were the "right priorities." I even tried holding my family to my standards until one day James told me that it was not important. He wanted me to sit with him on the couch and watch TV because he did not care what the house looked like. The kids wanted their mommy on the couch watching TV, too, and they did not care that the house was messy. It was me, all me! I do think that was my aha moment. I realized that my precious little time with my family is just that, precious, and my deploying husband and school age children did not need to remember every waking moment at home with me yelling at them to clean, clean, clean! So I am getting over my insecurities and owning my feelings, as hard as it is, and being a little more reasonable about what are priorities. After all, won't the laundry, dishes, and toys find their way back to my cleaning list tomorrow anyway?! Sometimes it can wait! I don't feel guilty... as much as I did before, anyway! Thank you, Carrie, for your post!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00444273396385483351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3283131424571053024.post-59322199912569139162011-12-02T17:12:11.727-08:002011-12-02T17:12:11.727-08:00I am so privileged to be your "dear friend&qu...I am so privileged to be your "dear friend" whose time with you today was worth much more than my planned trip to the gym, and organizing and filing, and certainly worth more than cleaning! Those things have not near the value as filling up our friendship tank. Love you Carrie!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com