tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post1675106426435603871..comments2023-04-14T09:00:44.879-06:00Comments on Happy and Free: December 6Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06646398396834008698noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-20202049985178884092007-12-08T09:21:00.000-07:002007-12-08T09:21:00.000-07:00I hate that commercial too. Yuck.I hate that commercial too. Yuck.Lenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577434952571039680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-9015964005288508332007-12-07T22:40:00.000-07:002007-12-07T22:40:00.000-07:00Thanks, M!I think for me judging and labeling dif...Thanks, M!<BR/>I think for me judging and labeling differ in that "judging" to me means grading it as equal to, inferior to, or superior to something else.<BR/>Labeling just means a description, for me. Like red. Or blue. Or chocolatey. Or cold. Sunny.<BR/>It just seems "it is what it is", and a judgment appears just that, a thing that is Judged, and is more subjective.<BR/> I read quite a Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646398396834008698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-33207745513250366492007-12-07T22:19:00.000-07:002007-12-07T22:19:00.000-07:00I don't know how NOT to feel superior sometimes. S...I don't know how NOT to feel superior sometimes. Something to work on I know, and probably something will happen to help me figure it out...but I feel like yelling out sometimes "LIFE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY! YOU COULD BE ENJOYING YOUR KIDS!" <BR/><BR/>Because I LOVE that our lives are more joyful and happy and fun now that we are on this gentle parenting and respectful living ride. I want toKMDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192746631875517201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-58511399439839589262007-12-07T08:17:00.000-07:002007-12-07T08:17:00.000-07:00One other thing - when I said there was a "resulti...One other thing - <BR/>when I said there was a "resulting post" I didn't mean that she was writing to me. I just meant that after I wrote there were a few others, too, and hers was just a result of those posts.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646398396834008698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-75028955812546259142007-12-07T08:12:00.000-07:002007-12-07T08:12:00.000-07:00MP - well thank you, Ma'am! :)"I wonder if it woul...MP - well thank you, Ma'am! :)<BR/>"I wonder if it would be so happy for moms who have control issues".<BR/>I think that's the greatest thing about it (and hardest) for me.<BR/>When I have a need for that control IT controls ME. I have to fight my way through my days. <BR/>It's an amazing secret, I think, that in letting go of that need, you are not actually "giving up" yourself or your power, Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646398396834008698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-22221967532596668372007-12-07T08:06:00.000-07:002007-12-07T08:06:00.000-07:00Hi there Carri."Dealing with our own issues" is ex...Hi there Carri.<BR/>"Dealing with our own issues" is exactly right.<BR/>It's sort of strange that she wouldn't take that into account. Like if we accept an idea we automatically are able to follow it, immediately shedding the patterns and pains that were developed in our own childhoods. <BR/>I wish!!<BR/>:)<BR/>I'm glad to know that you read the blogs - I'll be sure to jet over and visit yours Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06646398396834008698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-30770038042156933552007-12-07T07:02:00.000-07:002007-12-07T07:02:00.000-07:00First, I have to say, I love getting up in the mor...First, I have to say, I love getting up in the morning and reading these posts of yours! <BR/><BR/>Second, I have had similar issues. My child is young (3) and we've always unschooled, even before she was a twinkle, because it is how we live. When I post at my local HS or parenting boards about such issues I also get the brush off OR the"your child must be a superhero" or "you must do nothing Mama Podkaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17426961183153387383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248960025880732886.post-61324483795378272072007-12-07T05:07:00.000-07:002007-12-07T05:07:00.000-07:00Hi Stephanie, I have been reading your blogs for a...Hi Stephanie, I have been reading your blogs for a little while. I found you through Evie. I really enjoy reading what you have to say.<BR/><BR/>This post is great. It amazes me how labels can create certain impressions on people. The fact of the matter is that even though there are many of us RU's out there, we are still individuals who are dealing with our own issues. I do think that with carrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05021071410789165309noreply@blogger.com