tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632274.post4411008489734519647..comments2023-05-13T09:03:01.132-05:00Comments on NilsenLife: Being a Haterkirstenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833274360880170296noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632274.post-602027319568371342010-10-27T21:24:14.665-05:002010-10-27T21:24:14.665-05:00Yep, this "mom" thing goes on forever......Yep, this "mom" thing goes on forever... my daughter is 41, and I still cringe over certain memories of my less-than-perfect parenting.... But glad God is bigger...caryjohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01488368153291827383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632274.post-41954293341491625172010-10-23T13:21:07.049-05:002010-10-23T13:21:07.049-05:00Condemnation is the absence of compassion.
I sort...Condemnation is the absence of compassion.<br /><br />I sort of wrote in this direction as well. Without compassion, there is condemnation!<br /><br />Thanks for these wonderful thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632274.post-53993222882168751862010-10-20T20:44:51.211-05:002010-10-20T20:44:51.211-05:00It's interesting, I have never once had a frie...It's interesting, I have never once had a friend or family member criticize my parenting, but I have seen endless and unbelievably harsh criticism via the internet. It saddens me. And yet, the very worst of what the haters say doesn't even begin to compare to what I say to myself. I would never take it from someone else but I chew on my doubts, internalize them. I wish I could figure out how not to listen to the ugly voices.CaraBeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04614627167922944626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632274.post-84569700741116119582010-10-20T15:59:29.725-05:002010-10-20T15:59:29.725-05:00PHEW! For a second I thought you were talking abou...PHEW! For a second I thought you were talking about me! ;)<br /><br />We are all the hardest on ourselves. And it's also toughest to forgive ourselves. Because we expect better. Perfection, no less. So, yes, it's very tough to be kind to ourselves. But it's necessary.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025221975648580117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632274.post-87687714931194356332010-10-19T21:19:37.030-05:002010-10-19T21:19:37.030-05:00How true it is to hurt from careless words spoken ...How true it is to hurt from careless words spoken from those who are, (in their opinion) better, mom's, writers, or persons than they think we are!<br /><br />Some memories of my early days as a mom, cause me to cringe in condemnation because I now know that I was not always the perfect mother. But God is Faithful and He loves me and that is all that matters!Hazel I. Moonhttp://www.hazel-moon-blog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14632274.post-15417999633405971792010-10-19T21:19:35.868-05:002010-10-19T21:19:35.868-05:00How true it is to hurt from careless words spoken ...How true it is to hurt from careless words spoken from those who are, (in their opinion) better, mom's, writers, or persons than they think we are!<br /><br />Some memories of my early days as a mom, cause me to cringe in condemnation because I now know that I was not always the perfect mother. But God is Faithful and He loves me and that is all that matters!Hazel I. Moonhttp://www.hazel-moon-blog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com