Comments on: Identity Crisis

By: Mother Bear Tamed « So much to say, so little time

Mother Bear Tamed « So much to say, so little time — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:42:37 +0000

[...] my soul, so to speak, until they have come to define my parenthood. And not just my parenthood as Julianna’s mom, but as parent, protector and defender of all my [...]

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:26:37 +0000

This was so sweet and Julianna is beautiful. I’m visiting from We Believe blogs!

By: Kim@SoManyKids

Kim@SoManyKids — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:29:10 +0000

Oh my gosh… seriously I am misty-eyed reading this! Great, heartfelt post. Love it.

By: pixiedreams8

pixiedreams8 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:24:19 +0000

Julianna is lucky to have you as her momma! I feel the exact same way, so I don’t think you are alone. Although I know I don’t fit in because I am not the religious preference of the 90% of the parents in this town and that is the club I will gladly not belong to. And I will chose comfort in who I am over ‘trying to fit in’ any day of the week.

By: Elizabeth Esther

Elizabeth Esther — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:26:35 +0000

You are Julianna’s mom. And you are beautiful. You are an inspiration to me. p.s. I’m one of those moms who shows up in sweats and T-shirts almost every day.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:04:28 +0000

I can relate with the identity thing. I have been in many situations that I don’t feel like I fit in and it’s quite humiliating but humility is a good thing , so we don’t become like pompous asses right? Anyway I thought having down syndrome was so that we could become more compassionate and caring and hopefully it would lead us to love and that is a good thing also! Love and humility are the keys to christian unity and we must all possess these virtues if we are to be true christians .

By: The Saturday Evening Blog Post « So much to say, so little time

The Saturday Evening Blog Post « So much to say, so little time — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:53:32 +0000

[...] It’s the first Saturday of the month, when bloggers gather to showcase our most profound, humorous, controversial (you get the idea) post of the last month. This month, I chose “Identity Crisis.” [...]

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 21:20:39 +0000

It’s evident to me that they come in looking relaxed because they have been relaxing all day. You, on the other hand are a crusader! A go-getter! A writer! A composer! I love you for it!

By: Rae

Rae — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:39:24 +0000

And, as stressful as it is, you have something of great value to reflect on when you wonder why it is that you do not fit in with these women. It seems highly likely that many of them share your feeling of not fitting in, but they just have to put more effort into “looking the part” since they do not have the blessing of something more important to focus on.

Obviously I do not really know what I am talking about, but humans (and women in particular) seem inherently insecure and uncertain about where we fit in with others.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:33:59 +0000

I think when we have these moments it’s always a stop and look at your life kind of moment; a survey the choices you have made and where they have landed you kind of moment. And then when you understand that, you get to decide, is it OK with me to not fit in, or is there something I ought to change?

For me, that “aha” moment was Julianna. Other people will have other explanations just as valid.

I have hopes that someday I’ll get everything under control enough to be able to start exploring some of the fashion-lack and makeup-lack that makes me feel conspicuous. Sometime AFTER I’m done nursing (for good), getting spit up on, and having snot rubbed on my clothes without warning (at least, on a regular basis!). When all my kids get a little bigger, start sleeping through the night and letting ME sleep through the night, yada yada yada.