Comments on: The Value of X http://segullah.org/daily-special/the-value-of-x/ Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured Thu, 24 May 2012 01:42:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: kannie http://segullah.org/daily-special/the-value-of-x/#comment-119531 kannie Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:17:38 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1650#comment-119531 Amen!!! Just a mom to a 2 1/2-year-old right now, but I LOVE seeing him learn to do things. It even makes the messes more bearable when I can see the underlying learning and the wheels turning... and it's as inspiring as it is frequently frustrating. I am SO looking forward to the next few years!!! Amen!!! Just a mom to a 2 1/2-year-old right now, but I LOVE seeing him learn to do things. It even makes the messes more bearable when I can see the underlying learning and the wheels turning… and it’s as inspiring as it is frequently frustrating. I am SO looking forward to the next few years!!!

]]> By: mormonhermitmom http://segullah.org/daily-special/the-value-of-x/#comment-119207 mormonhermitmom Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:25:29 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1650#comment-119207 Love it. Not there yet, but looking forward to it. Love it. Not there yet, but looking forward to it.

]]> By: Raschel http://segullah.org/daily-special/the-value-of-x/#comment-119205 Raschel Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:51:34 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1650#comment-119205 I still have the kiddies who like to nuzzle... I can't even imagine them doing algebra but at least I know that I have something good to look forward to! Thanks for the insite into the future of my motherhood. I still have the kiddies who like to nuzzle… I can’t even imagine them doing algebra but at least I know that I have something good to look forward to! Thanks for the insite into the future of my motherhood.

]]> By: justine http://segullah.org/daily-special/the-value-of-x/#comment-119166 justine Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:39:45 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1650#comment-119166 I have long known that I am intuitively a mother of older children. While a love my little ones, my calmness and confidence as a parent has come with my older kids. I still feel like a fish out of water when I'm parenting my little tiny ones. "Words, little one! Use words!" "And what you're saying isn't rational at all!" My little ones are so beautiful, but so mysterious and confounding. I have long known that I am intuitively a mother of older children. While a love my little ones, my calmness and confidence as a parent has come with my older kids. I still feel like a fish out of water when I’m parenting my little tiny ones.

“Words, little one! Use words!” “And what you’re saying isn’t rational at all!” My little ones are so beautiful, but so mysterious and confounding.

]]> By: wendy http://segullah.org/daily-special/the-value-of-x/#comment-119156 wendy Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:12:36 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1650#comment-119156 I just noticed, and think it's cute, that on the side bar, this post is listed as "The Value of X(8)" (depending how many comments). I love math, but will definitely need a brush up on trig and calc. I just noticed, and think it’s cute, that on the side bar, this post is listed as “The Value of X(8)” (depending how many comments).

I love math, but will definitely need a brush up on trig and calc.

]]> By: Michelle L. http://segullah.org/daily-special/the-value-of-x/#comment-119093 Michelle L. Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:39:00 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1650#comment-119093 beautifully written. I love my teenagers. They constantly surprise me! beautifully written. I love my teenagers. They constantly surprise me!

]]> By: wendy http://segullah.org/daily-special/the-value-of-x/#comment-119056 wendy Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:48:19 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1650#comment-119056 Beautiful, Justine. And your dear son . . . he's pretty remarkable, isn't he? Beautiful, Justine. And your dear son . . . he’s pretty remarkable, isn’t he?

]]> By: m&m http://segullah.org/daily-special/the-value-of-x/#comment-119052 m&m Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:54:18 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1650#comment-119052 What an awesome post. I'm loving watching my kids grow. This suggests I have lots more to enjoy. :) What an awesome post. I’m loving watching my kids grow. This suggests I have lots more to enjoy. :)

]]> By: Leslie R http://segullah.org/daily-special/the-value-of-x/#comment-119021 Leslie R Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:35:45 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1650#comment-119021 Justine, what a great post. I love these lines: "The baby I took care of was a collectable. He was my possession in many ways. I was in total control of his physical safety and existence. His thoughts mirrored my own, his actions followed in step with mine. He was still mine." They are so personal and yet so universal to my world as well. Thank you for putting words to some of the exact pieces of life that I am also experiencing. There are days when I love that the apples in my orchard don't fall too far from the tree-ME. And then there are days when I want the apples to fall far away from the branches that I bare, so that my girls can create their own orchard. The other day I took our youngest (age 5) to the doctor to have growth on her lip biopsied. The doctor kept shooting the growth with a needle to numb her, and all I could do was just hold her hand and stroke her forehead, when truly, I just wanted to say, "Here, take me. Put the needle in my mouth." Strong lessons and pain come with parenting, but so do blessings and brightness. I think doing homework, particularly math, has been the metaphor for me learning about parenting with our oldest daughter (11). I can pull up an entire fleet of tutors for her, but in the end, it is standing on the sidelines doing everything I can to make her goals attainable and if she falls or fails, I will be there to tell her that I love her. Thank you for reminding me how great it is to be a mother. I won't take it for granted today because of your words and thoughts. Justine, what a great post. I love these lines:

“The baby I took care of was a collectable. He was my possession in many ways. I was in total control of his physical safety and existence. His thoughts mirrored my own, his actions followed in step with mine. He was still mine.”

They are so personal and yet so universal to my world as well. Thank you for putting words to some of the exact pieces of life that I am also experiencing. There are days when I love that the apples in my orchard don’t fall too far from the tree-ME. And then there are days when I want the apples to fall far away from the branches that I bare, so that my girls can create their own orchard.

The other day I took our youngest (age 5) to the doctor to have growth on her lip biopsied. The doctor kept shooting the growth with a needle to numb her, and all I could do was just hold her hand and stroke her forehead, when truly, I just wanted to say, “Here, take me. Put the needle in my mouth.” Strong lessons and pain come with parenting, but so do blessings and brightness.
I think doing homework, particularly math, has been the metaphor for me learning about parenting with our oldest daughter (11). I can pull up an entire fleet of tutors for her, but in the end, it is standing on the sidelines doing everything I can to make her goals attainable and if she falls or fails, I will be there to tell her that I love her.
Thank you for reminding me how great it is to be a mother. I won’t take it for granted today because of your words and thoughts.

]]> By: Melissa http://segullah.org/daily-special/the-value-of-x/#comment-119019 Melissa Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:15:17 +0000 http://segullah.org/?p=1650#comment-119019 Justine, you are an awesome mom. I loved reading this. Justine, you are an awesome mom. I loved reading this.

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