Even Supermoms Have Limits

So, out of concern that perhaps you won’t “listen” to me anymore if I keep talking about listening, I will make this my last post in this vein (for now, anyway).  And I’ll work on the bad jokes too.

Writing about listening to our limits yesterday, and realizing how little I listen to mine, made me realize that acknowledging our limits doesn’t always mean saying “no.”

Sometimes, it means saying YES.

From elleelleeye.blogspot.com

Running on Empty

"Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels

I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels...

Running on, running on empty,

Running on, running blind,

Running on, running into the sun

But I'm running behind."

--"Running on Empty", Jackson Browne

Anna has one of those drawing pads with the special pen where you draw a picture or write something and then you can slide a little bar across the bottom, erase it, and start over.

You too can own this doodle pad

That’s a good metaphor for my to-do list.  Just when I have that feeling of accomplishment, having finished a project or task, it seems to get wiped out and immediately replaced by something else. Sometimes, it’s nearly impossible to keep up with it.

I Love Holidays!

Hi everyone!  A series of circumstances conspired to keep me away from my computer for a couple of days, but I've missed writing and am glad to be back blogging. Don't you hate it when work gets in the way of your fun?!

Under Pressure

In case you were wondering, I hadn’t planned on using song titles for every post in this series about parenting skills….but I’m enjoying it, so now I just might try!

In any event, according to the article we introduced on Monday, the second most important ability that we need to have as parents is effective stress management.  By this, the researchers mean that we should take care to properly manage our child’s stress and our own, relax and keep a positive outlook.  Easy, right?  Sure.