Tag: Modern parenting

• Q-

  Parenting a mentally ill young adult can be hard and good by turns. Critical advise abounds. Thankful for advice and graciously kind is appropriate, but you are the parent in the end. Follow your gut.  Stand your ground.

  strawberry0043

  February 21, 2022

  bipolar disorder, parenting

  bi-polar 2, bipolar disorder, Modern parenting, parenting adult kids, parenting mental illness, parenting millineals, parenting special needs and mentally ill

• Life with Q

  

  I wish I didn’t have to watch him suffer, but I don’t want an easy life for my kids–I want them to be people of character, right?

  strawberry0043

  February 13, 2022

  mental health recovery, parenting, recovery

  alternative medicine, Anxiety, Christian life, chronic illness, Disabled and mentally ill, Modern parenting, parenting mental illness

• Regretfully yours 💐

  Change the way I think, and I change the way I act and feel.

  strawberry0043

  January 23, 2022

  guilt, shame, rejection, recovery, S.R.A. And D.I.D. Recovery

  Be kind to yourself, be the thing I want to find, Beauty, millennial parenting, Modern parenting, parenting a prodigal, parenting adult kids, parenting after blowing it, Parenting mistakes

• Christmas 🎄 sucks sometimes

  Well….Christmas is over Some of our kids didn’t call. No grandkid came. Three family fights. One major meltdown. Resentful sullen offspring. We got through it, glory to God. The thing about having kids is:Once you give birth, your heart is now OUTSIDE your body. God knows this. Look at what he said to Mary.  Through…

  strawberry0043

  December 26, 2021

  parenting, recovery

  DID or PTSD, dysfunctional family; Nitty-gritty, Modern parenting, parenting adult kids, parenting after blowing it, parenting millineals, Parenting mistakes, parenting prodigals

• Rough Season– don’t you think?

  

   I’m surprised we’re still here, aren’t you? I have now listened to the Ps 121, Ps 37, Ps 18 and\or Rick Warren, Joyce Meyer, Beth Moore, RT Kendall, Steven Furtick and a bunch of other sermons and scripture. Roughly 32 billion times. Conclusion…we are going to make it guys.  strengthandcourage.That is what I am talking…

  strawberry0043

  April 4, 2021

  attitude, Christian life

  12 steps, 2021, Accepting tragedy, amends, attitude adjustment, Autoimmune stuff, be the thing I want to find, Bible, Bible trials, child abuse, Childhood trauma, church hurts and healing, coping, Coronavirus, counseling, courage, dealing with tragedy, death of it prodigal child, death of or prodigal child, depression, Difficult marriage, Dysfunctional families, dysfunctional family; Nitty-gritty, encouraging mySELF, faith, family, Family ostracism, forgiving an offender, forgiving myself, grief, Guilty, healing, hearing 👂from God, heart problems, hope, interrupted, issues, Jesus is a boss, learning to be kind to myself, life as it is, loneliness, longing, loss, love, Low self-esteem, making peace; dysfunctional family; grief;rejection;fear, Mental illness, mercy, midlife issues, millennial issues, millennial parenting, Modern parenting, mothering issues, mothering mistakes, MS; making peace; dysfunctional family; grief; terminal illness;rejection;fear, negative experiences, neglect or abuse, One income in a two income economy, overachiever, pacemaker, parenting adult kids, parenting after blowing it, parenting millineals, perfectionism, personality types, Philippians 2, Philippians 4:8, prodigals, quarantine, racial tension, rape, Recovery thankful renew your mind, refreshment, religious abuse, renew your mind, Repentance

• Fear-less

  I was thinking How often do I parent out of fear? They will work it out. Just listen. How often do I think about my rebuttal instead of understanding where my hubby or teenager is at? I will get my chance. Just listen for a pair of minutes. Give the gift of quiet. Be a…

  strawberry0043

  July 20, 2020

  recovery

  Anxiety, attitude, Christian life, conflicts, family, Modern parenting, parenting, Recovery thankful renew your mind

• ER trip

  

  Oh my socks you guys!  I just finally GOT something! Know what I mean?Happy dance inside.  Grin. Let me set this up: I had to take my adult special needs daughter to the ER today for a possible fracture. She fell off her scooter. Hurt her leg badly. ER visit. Drama. Exhausted. Long waits. You…

  strawberry0043

  July 12, 2020

  modern life, parenting, recovery

  12 steps, attitude, Christian life, coping, Disappointment with God, Jesus is a boss, Modern parenting

• Reboot my heart.

  Amelia Peabody novels baking lasagna eating lasagna Depression Era cake recipe crunchy granola bars Crunchy gravel under my tennies Crunchy peanutbutter Falling water Little sparkly bits in a handful of sand Birthday candles Stove popped corn with honey and cinnamon butter Cups of fragrant steaming tea New book. Old sweats. Easy chair. Thankful.

  strawberry0043

  January 18, 2018

  modern life, parenting, recovery

  Modern parenting, Recovery thankful renew your mind