tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637135014554458663.post1254627458171851637..comments2023-03-30T04:36:28.849-07:00Comments on Good Mommy/Bad Mommy: Now for the Flabbergasted responseLa Yenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15044092297673361855noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637135014554458663.post-34814150019396617752009-12-29T21:43:52.730-08:002009-12-29T21:43:52.730-08:00Sometimes I think the girls have more to deal with...Sometimes I think the girls have more to deal with in their own homes than outside forces. ;-)<br /><br />Thanks Dalene!QueenScarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270993732115125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637135014554458663.post-35524837657809998912009-12-19T17:19:38.125-08:002009-12-19T17:19:38.125-08:00oh. my. gosh. sorry i am also late to the party, b...oh. my. gosh. sorry i am also late to the party, but bottom line: she's out of line. you are performing an act of service in your position as yw leader. there are many valuable lessons to be learned in how the activity did play out--especially that families are important and service in our families and our families does not have to be mutually exclusive and...well, you get the picture. <br /><br />i say good for the yw that they have already learned lessons of love and unselfishness in looking out after your girls and making sure everyone present at the activity felt included (including the yw leader who didn't bring a gift). <br /><br />obviously they are much more evolved than this particular mother.dalenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15554412622681665085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637135014554458663.post-10432780291338003692009-12-17T10:42:01.254-08:002009-12-17T10:42:01.254-08:00And... it's been nearly a week and a half... n...And... it's been nearly a week and a half... no response... so I believe she'll just passive-aggressive her anger towards me at Church. YAY!QueenScarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270993732115125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637135014554458663.post-65999018850626543472009-12-17T10:41:30.536-08:002009-12-17T10:41:30.536-08:00wendysue - I'm really not. More of a crabby b....wendysue - I'm really not. More of a crabby b. ;-)<br /><br />~j - I love that you do that... I need to be more direct in a calm, rational way... but darn it... I'm a Leo! ;-)<br /><br />Carina - had a lot of help from Cabesh... she is my zen.<br /><br />Lisa - there was plenty of angst that wasn't spilled out... well - spilled out here. ;-) THANK YOU... I agree... it's not like it's easy leaving my girls to help hers. I'd much rather hang with mine... ah well.QueenScarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270993732115125040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637135014554458663.post-34151064328446783882009-12-15T11:25:20.573-08:002009-12-15T11:25:20.573-08:00I'm sorry that I'm late to this conversati...I'm sorry that I'm late to this conversation, but I just wanted to mention one point that bothers me that nobody's brought up yet: the fact that you (and ahem, me, coincidentally) have to do a lot of these activities with our young children because we can't get babysitters that night and our spouses are gone. Where's the kindness and understanding at sacrificing time with our children to serve someone else's children? Where's THAT perspective? <br /><br />Your letter is nice. I would have had a little more twinge of martyrdom in it; hardship on my life to even have an activity, etc., but yours is more Christ-like, so, lesson learned.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246546379295509018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637135014554458663.post-74555275188946201592009-12-12T00:51:16.741-08:002009-12-12T00:51:16.741-08:00Well played, S.Well played, S.Carinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13859567470814286102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637135014554458663.post-7531389492469153452009-12-11T13:43:20.167-08:002009-12-11T13:43:20.167-08:00ps, I hope you'll let us know if there is a fo...ps, I hope you'll let us know if there is a follow-up! (if you work with cw, that's what's known as 'f/u')~j.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02959570365515658547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637135014554458663.post-39190204307183292032009-12-11T13:42:10.731-08:002009-12-11T13:42:10.731-08:00I'm disappointed that I've come to this la...I'm disappointed that I've come to this late in the game. I'm proud of you for standing up for yourself, for the activity. <br /><br />Years ago, I planned a combined YM/YW activity,and a day or so before the activity, a mother (wife of the YM pres at the time, mother to a YM and a YW) phoned to let me know that she felt that what we were doing was inappropriate. I asked, "Is that so?" (She's one of those inappropriately direct, socially-suffering sisters.) After she detailed, for a good six or seven minutes why it was such a bad idea, followed by suggestions as to what would be a better idea, I said to her: "Well, thank you for your opinion. You know I wouldn't deign tell you what to do with your calling in the RS presidency, and as such, I'm going to go ahead and go with what I've planned to do. We all have our callings for a reason."<br /><br />That night, following the activity, this woman's son and daughter ran to me to thank me for "The Funnest Activity EVER!" I told them to be sure to tell their mom how much fun they had.<br /><br />/narcissistic-but-relatable-story~j.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02959570365515658547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637135014554458663.post-13070380195280894202009-12-11T11:36:25.999-08:002009-12-11T11:36:25.999-08:00Wow. . .you're nice.
I want to read the let...Wow. . .you're nice. <br /><br />I want to read the letter you REALLY wanted to send. I think I'm like you, stuff like this drives me crazy! It's too bad that I'm sure this had nothing to do with the sweet beehive girl and everything to do with the mother (and maybe father.)wendysuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06972358449380700170noreply@blogger.com