tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748179198768535574.post1713312940957942230..comments2023-03-31T06:31:01.370-07:00Comments on The Lioness at the Gate: New NormalEmilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11450808986911204788noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748179198768535574.post-13215926906198343502012-07-22T18:33:43.041-07:002012-07-22T18:33:43.041-07:00Thanks, Alicia. I think I need it today, too!!Thanks, Alicia. I think I need it today, too!!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11450808986911204788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748179198768535574.post-62115840934422457912012-07-22T07:53:51.085-07:002012-07-22T07:53:51.085-07:00I'm so glad I stumbled onto this post this mor...I'm so glad I stumbled onto this post this morning -I really needed it. I "pinned" this article so I can come back and read it when I'm having those adapting to the new normal kind of days :)<br />Thanks for your words.Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314209074027936843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748179198768535574.post-82344975526918537822012-07-16T18:28:32.265-07:002012-07-16T18:28:32.265-07:00"it just got different hard."
Bonnie, I..."it just got different hard."<br /><br />Bonnie, I love that!Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667724269493668949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748179198768535574.post-80654731814717193932012-07-03T21:06:46.678-07:002012-07-03T21:06:46.678-07:00Emily, a few months ago Virginia Hinckley Pearce g...Emily, a few months ago Virginia Hinckley Pearce gave a fireside in our stake. She talked about thinking at one time in her life that it would get easier. Then one day not long ago she was going through her dead husband's stuff, and her dead parents' stuff, and her dead in-laws' stuff and she was overwhelmed. It didn't get easier; it just got different hard.<br /><br />I've found this true in my life. I'm 45. I spent my teens schooling and in my first marriage, which ended when I was 20. I was a single working parent for 5 years, then spent the next decade having 5 kids in 5 years and being divorced and alone again. Everything was hard. Everything crashed around my head at one time or another. I felt that helicopter many times.<br /><br />Now, it's hard again, differently. I have come to embrace letting go of my expectations. Every blasted one of them. Each new day is a new day to learn something, to serve someone, to be quiet and loving. Attachment is the root of all sorrow.<br /><br />I don't think it's about appreciating that someone else's hard is harder, because that's competitive. I think it's about appreciating that right where you are is exactly where you're supposed to be, and breathing with that. Hang in there. You don't need a helicopter. Just wave it off and the nightmare will go away.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191017963027895446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748179198768535574.post-7551598615016908882012-07-02T23:22:01.202-07:002012-07-02T23:22:01.202-07:00We must be on the same wavelength lately. This pos...We must be on the same wavelength lately. This post fit perfectly with what I've been feeling today! I woke up this morning worried about my kids who are entering Young Adulthood, about my shortcomings, and wondering if I will ever be able to do anything right. <br /><br />But I'm realizing that I'm just in the middle of another Transition, a new season of life! And while that's not easy or fun, it will become the "New Normal."<br /><br />THANK YOU for helping me put that into words today. I think I'll sleep better tonight, seeing this time of life with new eyes.<br /><br />Hugs,<br />RachelRachel Keppnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193834789450018423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748179198768535574.post-24620962658109636632012-07-02T14:00:25.503-07:002012-07-02T14:00:25.503-07:00I'm working to find that new normal, too... I ...I'm working to find that new normal, too... I think it's a constant growth/change thing! Just like the seasons of the year change, and there's something great about every single one, right? (Of course, there's also something realistically dreadful about every season, too.... :D )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748179198768535574.post-3618959499860778092012-07-02T12:41:35.343-07:002012-07-02T12:41:35.343-07:00And this one was great, too! http://www.huffingto...And this one was great, too! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/glennon-melton/dont-carpe-diem_b_1206346.htmlEmilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11450808986911204788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-748179198768535574.post-88032395835166341022012-07-02T12:33:48.950-07:002012-07-02T12:33:48.950-07:00Has Segullah been reading my blog? http://segulla...Has Segullah been reading my blog? http://segullah.org/daily-special/supposed-to-be-hard/Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11450808986911204788noreply@blogger.com