I went to a moms day today at our old neighbors’ house. Though I found that I believed rather fundamentally differently on many matters around health, well-being, and child-rearing from the other moms, it was still nice to have somewhere where I was welcomed and able to do whatever I needed to do for myself and my child. It definitely encouraged me and left me feeling like I’m not doing near so terribly a job as I have felt like I have been doing as a mom and as a wife. However, it made me want to find another group of moms who do align more fundamentally on things, because, as nice as it was to connect and belong, I think it would be all the nicer to have more to discuss, more on which to collaborate, and more on which to commiserate. I don’t have a lot of the struggles these moms are facing, mostly because of our different viewpoints and approaches. It would be both comforting and, likely, helpful to be with a group who have more similar approaches to my own.
Also, it would be much less overwhelming in such a setting. The noise volume was not merely because toddlers were present, but because the toddlers were given noise-making devices, which added to the noise-making devices (television and a very loud sound machine for a baby who was not at all showing signs of tiredness) the moms had. But yeah… more moms with babies, in hopes of finding ones with similar mindsets to my own. That’s the hope and possible goal now.
Thank you, God for today. Thank you for my family. Thank you for the love in my life. Help me to be the person you call me to be. Make my husband and my daughter and me well, please, and keep us safe. Grant Grandma clarity and ease, please. Help us all to be loving always. Thank you for our home. Help my husband to find the work he’s been needing. In your name, I pray. Amen.
Post-a-day 2025
P.S. We watched a movie together tonight, my husband and I (and the baby a bit, too, I guess). It was Days of Thunder, with Tom Cruise. I was all hung up on how the one young guy has to be Cary Elwes. Somehow, I completely missed the part where the adorable doctor lady is Nicole Kidman. I said immediately, once I saw her name in the credits, that she very clearly has had work done, because I didn’t even recognize her. My mom and others have always commented about it, and I never noticed much of a difference in her face… until I saw how her face was in 1990. She was absolutely gorgeous and adorable. She didn’t need to change anything. Much like Jennifer Grey said about her own nose job – she became someone who looked a lot like that girl in Dirty Dancing – Nicole Kidman became someone who looked a lot like that girl in Days of Thunder. Anyway, that’s all on that for now!
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