In my conversations with people, one of the recurring unspoken sentiments I hear is a request for permission to be themselves. No one actually says it in quite those words, of course, but under the surface, the question often is, “Am I ok (especially if I’m not like others)?”
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“After the baby came, I haven’t had time to pray, read the Bible, journal, go to church, or attend small group. In fact, I barely have enough time to shower, let alone think about God!”
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Just read this insightful quote by Tim Keller in his book “The Meaning of Marriage”.
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Brightening a new mom’s day can be quite simple. As I’ve gone through the experience of having a baby and the fogginess that accompanies it, there have been several things that people have done that have blessed my heart. I thought it might be good to share these things since many of our friends are either expecting, are new parents or know someone who is one of the above. Want to bless a new mom? Read on.
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This is a preview of a guest post I wrote for my friend Daisy Go‘s blog: My Journey Into Motherhood.
Living life with an infant, I feel like I am learning afresh that love is often a discipline. The word “discipline” might come as a surprise to you. But what I mean is that love is made up of all the little choices I make throughout the day. Some of these choices are easy (like dropping everything to play with my smiling baby) but many times the choices require more effort.
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[Finding My Voice is a series of blog posts on key decisions I made in my 20s.]
Defining decision: Travel while I was single
I heard it said once that the decade of one’s 20s was for personal and career exploration, one’s 30s for development, one’s 40s for establishment, one’s 50s as the prime years and one’s 60s and beyond were for passing on the wisdom to those who were younger. This made sense to me, so in my 20s, I took what opportunities I could to explore more of who I was. Part of this exploration included travelling.
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It’s been almost two months since Alena was born so I thought I’d write a little review of how the cloth diapering service from Happy Nappy is working out for us (initial introduction of the service can be found here). [Update: As of Feb 2013, in the Vancouver Lower Mainland, this diaper service company is now called Happy Baby Cheeks. There is no more Happy Nappy in Vancouver. Most of the below still applies but there have also been some changes. You can read the Happy Baby Cheeks review. We’ve also written a review for Toronto-based BabyDue Cloth Diaper Service, which we used during our 3 week visit to Toronto.] Read More