tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166202068598455178.post7206878758180074866..comments2023-03-31T04:39:59.121-06:00Comments on the little gunnell family : The Woman Problem: Fixing the IndividualAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06678783071971458324noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166202068598455178.post-24389053481929409872015-06-16T09:53:10.237-06:002015-06-16T09:53:10.237-06:00I completely agree with you! I love being at home ...I completely agree with you! I love being at home but I feel that same guilt at times that I don't contribute financially. I'm always trying to think of ways I can do something I love to make a little money from home. It is hard not feeling valued by society and I definitely relate to you. I think the best thing we can do for ourselves and our families is focus on what we do well and continue to try and improve. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678783071971458324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166202068598455178.post-48116085618583835612015-06-16T00:26:40.038-06:002015-06-16T00:26:40.038-06:00Dear Olivia, I liked your post a lot. I loved that...Dear Olivia, I liked your post a lot. I loved that you could be critical with yourself and reflect your believes! I loved your thoughts on motherhood! I have the same strong feelings about being a mom. I want to raise my kids and help them to develop to the best version of themselves! And that should be highly recognized in our western modern world, where we have less and less kids and need more and more workers (I am European...), but it is very hard. And a lot of times I find myself feeling guilty that my husband needs to do all the work in financing our family and that I can simply always do what I love - being a mom. (these thoughts aren't coming from him, he is cool :), that's simply my impression and the impression that society makes me feel). Don't you ever experience these feelings? <br />Greetings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166202068598455178.post-74519389060534112142015-06-15T20:41:23.625-06:002015-06-15T20:41:23.625-06:00I LOVED that, Lynna! It's so true, it should n...I LOVED that, Lynna! It's so true, it should never be "just a mom." And you are absolutely right about Mary. She still raised Jesus Christ to be a man and what could be more important than teaching and raising the next generation to be the best possible people? I love how you quoted me "I could do anything I wanted to do"--it's so true, and I chose to be a mom. That should tell people how very serious I take my role and how important it is to me. Thanks for your great comment! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06678783071971458324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166202068598455178.post-61383188036422811332015-06-15T18:16:01.810-06:002015-06-15T18:16:01.810-06:00I don't have any comments about much of the pa...I don't have any comments about much of the page, but one part of it hit me. I'm not grown up and when people ask me "What will you do for college" or "what will be your career" I say, "well, I'm looking into English or photography" when what I really mean is that I'm going to be a mom, and I'm going to write about and for my kids and I'm going to take photos of them and that's all I want to be. And while reading this I realized that I've stopped saying "a mom" because people give me this weird look like "yeah, of course you want to be a mom, but what do you want to DO?" and I've always thought, well, it's enough to be a mom. It's what I've wanted to be my whole life. And that's going to be my career, hopefully. As you said, "I could do anything I wanted to do." But what on earth is wrong with being a mom? I almost wrote "just a mom" there and caught myself in time-I'll never put that. It's not being "just a mom" it's being a mom. And that's enough to be. And I mean, look at Mary. She was "just a mom" but SO much more. (I'm Catholic which is why I say that...I know you're Mormon and I don't know what you believe about Mary, but for me she is very much what I want to become in my life :) ). Sorry for ranting! Your paragraph just really hit home for everything I experience too. Madelyn Kirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06227538073969935234noreply@blogger.com