tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134844337638432219.post6656089815022240833..comments2023-05-18T09:33:41.623-04:00Comments on The Story of Us: Anger.timandlaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999815231602554821noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134844337638432219.post-61499644193309940262012-09-27T23:10:07.430-04:002012-09-27T23:10:07.430-04:00Oh, and SO true about sleep effecting how you resp...Oh, and SO true about sleep effecting how you respond to situations the next day. So so true!timandlaurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999815231602554821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134844337638432219.post-68346036247369522112012-09-27T22:39:27.664-04:002012-09-27T22:39:27.664-04:00Laurel - thank you too for your encouragement. As ...Laurel - thank you too for your encouragement. As a mother of twins, I'm sure you could also share some wise council on feeling overwhelmed at times. I am realizing that the only way to overcome my issue with anger, in my moments of greatest need for a "held" tongue and a patient heart, is to ask the Holy Spirit to give me a greater measure of those things. It's also helped, as I mentioned, to have mothers around me who understand but who also hold me accountable. Love to you and your boys!timandlaurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999815231602554821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134844337638432219.post-57695798941455537132012-09-27T22:39:02.196-04:002012-09-27T22:39:02.196-04:00Hey Mike (and Michelle)! Good to hear from you :) ...Hey Mike (and Michelle)! Good to hear from you :) And thank you for sharing your similar struggle. It was hard for me to be transparent in this post - I think we'd all prefer to convey a rosier image. But I've also met a handful of mothers who share my feelings, and its encouraging to know I'm not alone, and that we all are striving to become better parents. Love to you both and thank you for the prayers!timandlaurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11999815231602554821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134844337638432219.post-77531161576948079422012-09-27T21:56:09.693-04:002012-09-27T21:56:09.693-04:00Even though this post probably never came to your ...Even though this post probably never came to your mind as 'wise council,' that is how I am reading it. This has given me a taste of the reality of raising kids and the hopeful reminder of the patient God we serve and his deep desire for reconciliation. This is a beautiful struggle in that you are walking out in God's will for your life; to be transformed into his image. you are a wonderful mama and i am so blessed by your humility and desire to honor God. your babies are loved SO well.King Huckleberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15900538090104204376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134844337638432219.post-66579795472676041102012-09-27T20:15:49.992-04:002012-09-27T20:15:49.992-04:00It's so true. Michelle & I have both been...It's so true. Michelle & I have both been so much more angry as parents than we ever were before. I wish I had great words of wisdom about anger. I don't really. We're still battling it. It's horrible. I feel I'm teaching our children all the wrong things.<br /><br />What I did realize a couple months back (sadly, that's 4 years into Alex's life) is that anger is a choice. Our kids may not be doing what we want, but responding with anger (as opposed to just firmness, stubbornness, or just letting it go) is actually a choice. I wish that realization cured all our ills, but of course it didn't. But it has helped.<br /><br />And sleep. Oh my word. Our ability to make the above choice is so tied to how much sleep we get. You can predict how tomorrow goes not by how much sleep the children get, but by how much sleep we get. 8 hours? Great. 6-7? Normal struggling day. Less than 6? Mount St. Helens. <br /><br />Michelle's advice, "pray often, and this too shall pass." Good luck, Lauren. There's no easy way through that we found. You'll be in our prayers, too.Mike Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06279519667020445898noreply@blogger.com