tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241703702485132991.post3697837210743168302..comments2023-04-02T02:34:26.581-06:00Comments on IRL*in real life with Jamie Jo: Introspective Mini-FunkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241703702485132991.post-79538036094431903122010-12-03T08:03:53.371-07:002010-12-03T08:03:53.371-07:00Marilyn, some people just sail through these chang...Marilyn, some people just sail through these changes and feel very little sadness. Others feel it more acutely. Actually I am fine on a daily basis. My four older kids are exactly where they should be, and I don't necessarily long to be there, since my place is here. For me it's been a gradual adjustment. Only the holidays hit me hard.Jamie Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04168408977811339924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241703702485132991.post-76176486273317941692010-12-01T16:01:35.897-07:002010-12-01T16:01:35.897-07:00Thanks, Jamie. I was talking with someone recentl...Thanks, Jamie. I was talking with someone recently and we agreed that being a missionary is harder now that two of my kids are studying in the US. Half of me feels like it should be somewhere else. And I still have 4 at home! What will it be like when #3, then #4, etc. leave???Marilynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241703702485132991.post-89449711739401574952010-12-01T08:30:02.354-07:002010-12-01T08:30:02.354-07:00Yes, Faith, a bit sad, but the sequel White Bird F...Yes, Faith, a bit sad, but the sequel White Bird Flying (I think that's the title) picks up where the first one ends, and it is very encouraging. I just like that she writes prose like it's poetry.<br /><br />P.S. You're not old (yet).Jamie Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04168408977811339924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241703702485132991.post-26886219919432151432010-12-01T07:47:20.125-07:002010-12-01T07:47:20.125-07:00ACK!!! I can tell it's coming...mostly when I...ACK!!! I can tell it's coming...mostly when I see other friends with l.i.t.t.l.e.s. and I use the phrase, "when mine were that young" - instantly my brain slaps me and I gasp for breath thinking DANG - we're all old now!!!<br /><br />Sigh. <br /><br />I hope the end of year is sweet in it's own NEW way and the jet lag isn't too horrid. <br /><br />THAT BOOK WAS SOOOOOO SAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The Hayes Zoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08158104679563247695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241703702485132991.post-28585602196164422752010-12-01T06:25:34.393-07:002010-12-01T06:25:34.393-07:00Back at ya, Susan! Grace upon grace. I like that...Back at ya, Susan! Grace upon grace. I like that.Jamie Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04168408977811339924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241703702485132991.post-17975199791067509822010-12-01T04:21:01.252-07:002010-12-01T04:21:01.252-07:00I hear the clock ticking as well.
It ticks so loud...I hear the clock ticking as well.<br />It ticks so loudly at this point, with a 13 year old for a baby!<br /><br />*hug*<br /><br />May your December be filled with grace upon grace!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08139599163464020063noreply@blogger.com