tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19164011.post5666043294422622998..comments2023-04-02T17:22:03.285-06:00Comments on mad4books: Law and sausage.mad4bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11450865329559877893noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19164011.post-74761077210652382302009-07-15T12:11:07.827-05:002009-07-15T12:11:07.827-05:00Wow--thank you, Kristy, for the encouragement. I ...Wow--thank you, Kristy, for the encouragement. I so needed that. I feel my hands slipping from the plow, exhausted, calloused and burnt. I used to be so fired up in my beliefs in how children should be raised, and "fired up" fizzled into "burned out" a long time ago. I try to keep going in the same direction, relying on the memories of how it used to feel, but when the heart isn't in it, it loses its effect. I still love my children with a grizzly-like ferocity, but I need to get a firm grip on the plow again.<br /><br />Mom, I agree wholeheartedly. There's no doubt in my mind about Kristy having a divine gift of encouragement. I've been telling her that for years. Whenever I feel myself "going under," I go to her in tears of worry and depression, and by the end of the conversation with her, I'm usually in tears of laughter, with a fresh plan of attack on the circumstances which threatened to do me in. I'm so blessed to have her.<br /><br />KarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19164011.post-14757489680210058592009-07-13T23:17:06.731-05:002009-07-13T23:17:06.731-05:00That's HIGH praise, coming from Kristy, for he...That's HIGH praise, coming from Kristy, for her father's dog training tactics (hrrmph, the same training tactics he perfected in training her) and for her sister's parenting skills. Maybe Kristy needs to reassess her spiritual gift--instead of shopping, perhaps it is encouragement.<br /><br />I'm sure it is music to Tom's and Karen's ears to hear Kristy say such kind things. <br /><br />I'm proud of all of you!Bluebonnetgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510463853675879493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19164011.post-25237723980436347672009-07-13T21:13:07.281-05:002009-07-13T21:13:07.281-05:00The way that dove was flying, he might've beat...The way that dove was flying, he might've beaten you to that mojito.<br /><br />Love you back!Steelerfan06https://www.blogger.com/profile/06231705241793077834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19164011.post-87315825005597510532009-07-13T14:29:29.274-05:002009-07-13T14:29:29.274-05:00HA! I'll *gladly* toast that dove's health...HA! I'll *gladly* toast that dove's health with a frosty mojito!<br /><br />LOVE you, Bro!mad4bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11450865329559877893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19164011.post-28658964995059104482009-07-13T10:42:11.517-05:002009-07-13T10:42:11.517-05:00Now there's a blog entry that really ran the g...Now there's a blog entry that really ran the gamut of topics. Started out with sausage and laws, moved to Karen and single mothers, then to Germans and God, then drifted a bit to dove poo and dead cockroaches.<br /><br />May I suggest a motto for your blog? "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be enlightened, and you'll be disgusted all in one day. Mojito, anyone?"Steelerfan06https://www.blogger.com/profile/06231705241793077834noreply@blogger.com