It's Wednesday once again and Jamie over at jamieridlerstudios.ca asks, "How Do You Wish To Be Loved?"
This week's question is actually really difficult for me to write about, which probably means I really need to write about it. I am extremely lucky with love. I have a great family, both my own and my in-laws. We have our ups and downs, just like pretty much everyone, but we are always there for each other. I have a fabulous husband who absolutely loves me unconditionally and I have 3 beautiful children who also love me unconditionally (even though as I sit here and write, my daughter screams because she is at the point of fighting her naps, but truly needs them!).
How do I wish to be loved? I wish to love myself unconditionally. I have a feeling that this is something most people struggle with, but it is something I really need to work on. What more can I say about this except that I have to try to remember to be good to myself and not be so critical about myself!
I wish to love me!
Amy
I am sure that I could be more descriptive with this post, but I am not sure that i am really ready to write about everything. I just really need to stop being critical about myself, be happy with who I am, and truly love me!
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Wishcasting Wednesday
This week, Jamie Ridler at http://jamieridlerstudios.ca/wishcasting-wednesday-november-25, asks "What steps do you wish to take?"
After reading a couple of other people's wishes, I realized that I have recently started taking steps to become a healthier me and hopefully a healthier family. So far they have really only been small steps, but baby steps get you to where you want to be. I have started cooking more at home instead of getting take out. Don't get me wrong, we still get take out and we still have way too much junk food, but like last night we had salmon, broccoli rabe, and roasted yukon gold dreamer potatoes. I am so not a fish eater, but I know salmon is much healthier than the red meat that I love to eat and I know that my husband really likes salmon and wants to start eating it more often and my 20 1/2 month old really ate great at dinner last night. I think I may be cooking Indian Dal (lentils) for dinner tonight. This is another dish that my husband really likes and it's a great dinner for the whole family to be able to eat including my 10 month old twins. I also want to eat at our kitchen table, not in front of the TV. This means keeping the kitchen clean so that I can cook and we can eat at the table!
Along with eating healthier, we really need to start exercising more. My husband plans to set up his bike in the basement once his brother leaves Friday. I plan to walk more often. Even though it is getting cold, and I unfortunately didn't take advantage of the mild fall we have had here in MA, I plan to get out with the kids and just keep them bundled. It won;t hurt them to be out in the cold weather as long as I have them bundled warm enough, plus it will be good for them to be outside.
Another way for me to be healthier is to make sure that I try to be creative every day. I get on a roll, but then I tend to stop. I think it is better for me to do small projects rather than large ones because with 3 kids completing large projects takes so much out of me. I also need to be better at time management. I can't not wait to the last minute to complete things, like I have done in the past! This just ends up causing more stress and I don't enjoy being creative.
The last way that I want to be healthier is by journaling. I love my blogs and Jamie has given me lots to think about. I love blogging at thiscrazylife-amy.blogspot.com, since it is about my life with my family. I do want to continue to journal in a paper journal though, because I believe that, at least for me, hand writing my thoughts and feelings on paper feels much better sometimes than blogging and it is much more personal.
What steps do you wish to take?
Amy
After reading a couple of other people's wishes, I realized that I have recently started taking steps to become a healthier me and hopefully a healthier family. So far they have really only been small steps, but baby steps get you to where you want to be. I have started cooking more at home instead of getting take out. Don't get me wrong, we still get take out and we still have way too much junk food, but like last night we had salmon, broccoli rabe, and roasted yukon gold dreamer potatoes. I am so not a fish eater, but I know salmon is much healthier than the red meat that I love to eat and I know that my husband really likes salmon and wants to start eating it more often and my 20 1/2 month old really ate great at dinner last night. I think I may be cooking Indian Dal (lentils) for dinner tonight. This is another dish that my husband really likes and it's a great dinner for the whole family to be able to eat including my 10 month old twins. I also want to eat at our kitchen table, not in front of the TV. This means keeping the kitchen clean so that I can cook and we can eat at the table!
Along with eating healthier, we really need to start exercising more. My husband plans to set up his bike in the basement once his brother leaves Friday. I plan to walk more often. Even though it is getting cold, and I unfortunately didn't take advantage of the mild fall we have had here in MA, I plan to get out with the kids and just keep them bundled. It won;t hurt them to be out in the cold weather as long as I have them bundled warm enough, plus it will be good for them to be outside.
Another way for me to be healthier is to make sure that I try to be creative every day. I get on a roll, but then I tend to stop. I think it is better for me to do small projects rather than large ones because with 3 kids completing large projects takes so much out of me. I also need to be better at time management. I can't not wait to the last minute to complete things, like I have done in the past! This just ends up causing more stress and I don't enjoy being creative.
The last way that I want to be healthier is by journaling. I love my blogs and Jamie has given me lots to think about. I love blogging at thiscrazylife-amy.blogspot.com, since it is about my life with my family. I do want to continue to journal in a paper journal though, because I believe that, at least for me, hand writing my thoughts and feelings on paper feels much better sometimes than blogging and it is much more personal.
What steps do you wish to take?
Amy
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Wishcasting Wednesday
Jamie Ridler from http://jamieridlerstudios.ca/wishcasting-wednesday-november-11-2009 asks what do you wish to dare.
I wish to dare trusting myself. Mainly this has to do with being a mom. I have 3 kids, a 20 month old boy and 9 1/2 month old girl/boy twins. It's amazing how things change when you go from 1 child to 3 in under a year. With my older son. I pretty much did what I felt was right. I did succumb to trying out others suggestions, even though I knew that it wouldn't work for me and my situation. But, ultimately I did what I thought was best. Now with 3, I seem to be looking everywhere but within me for the answers to caring for my kids. I belong to a twins group and as helpful as they have been, they are not the be all and end all to taking care of children. Sometimes I remember to trust myself, but not always and unfortunately more often than not I tend not to trust my instincts. Fortunately when it matters, I do trust my instincts, like when my 2 weeks old premature son was sick I knew something was wrong and he ended up in the NICU at Children's Hospital Boston, then a week later my daughter started to experience the same symptoms, my husband and I knew that she needed to be admitted also. Both were extremely sick and all the nurses and doctors praised us for trusting to know when our children were sick. As crazy as it sounds, sometimes it's tough to know these things. So I wish to trust my maternal instincts, listen to others advice, but only take what I need and not accept that everything everyone tells me is gospel.
On the same vein, I also wish to dare trusting my judgement when it comes to choosing my career path. 2 years ago, I got my MSW and now I am thinking of doing something different. Something more creative. I have thought about going back to school for a certificate in art therapy, but with 3 kids that may not be so doable.
I really wish to dare to trust myself in all aspects of my life!
Amy
I wish to dare trusting myself. Mainly this has to do with being a mom. I have 3 kids, a 20 month old boy and 9 1/2 month old girl/boy twins. It's amazing how things change when you go from 1 child to 3 in under a year. With my older son. I pretty much did what I felt was right. I did succumb to trying out others suggestions, even though I knew that it wouldn't work for me and my situation. But, ultimately I did what I thought was best. Now with 3, I seem to be looking everywhere but within me for the answers to caring for my kids. I belong to a twins group and as helpful as they have been, they are not the be all and end all to taking care of children. Sometimes I remember to trust myself, but not always and unfortunately more often than not I tend not to trust my instincts. Fortunately when it matters, I do trust my instincts, like when my 2 weeks old premature son was sick I knew something was wrong and he ended up in the NICU at Children's Hospital Boston, then a week later my daughter started to experience the same symptoms, my husband and I knew that she needed to be admitted also. Both were extremely sick and all the nurses and doctors praised us for trusting to know when our children were sick. As crazy as it sounds, sometimes it's tough to know these things. So I wish to trust my maternal instincts, listen to others advice, but only take what I need and not accept that everything everyone tells me is gospel.
On the same vein, I also wish to dare trusting my judgement when it comes to choosing my career path. 2 years ago, I got my MSW and now I am thinking of doing something different. Something more creative. I have thought about going back to school for a certificate in art therapy, but with 3 kids that may not be so doable.
I really wish to dare to trust myself in all aspects of my life!
Amy
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Wishcasting Wednesday
Jamie at www.jamieridlerstudios.ca/experiencewish asks what you wish to experience.
I wish to experience my dreams. I dream of traveling around the United States with my husband and children. 6 years ago, my husband, who was then my boyfriend, and I traveled cross country all the way to Oregon. It was the best trip of my life. I wish I had been able to spend more time in many of the places we stopped and even to get to travel to places that we didn't on that trip. With in this wish I wish to experience the beauty, peace, and wonderment of our beautiful country!
The other dream I have is to use my creativity as a way to provide for my family. Right now, I just don't have time with having 3 kids 19 1/2 months and 9 month old twins. I have ideas on how to do this. Maybe go back to school to be an expressive arts therapist, maybe just sell things that I create, maybe learn ore about aromatherapy and create a line of natural body and cleansing products. So many ideas, so much fear of failure and so much procrastination.
Thanks to Jamie for helping all of us think about things for ourselves!
Amy
I wish to experience my dreams. I dream of traveling around the United States with my husband and children. 6 years ago, my husband, who was then my boyfriend, and I traveled cross country all the way to Oregon. It was the best trip of my life. I wish I had been able to spend more time in many of the places we stopped and even to get to travel to places that we didn't on that trip. With in this wish I wish to experience the beauty, peace, and wonderment of our beautiful country!
The other dream I have is to use my creativity as a way to provide for my family. Right now, I just don't have time with having 3 kids 19 1/2 months and 9 month old twins. I have ideas on how to do this. Maybe go back to school to be an expressive arts therapist, maybe just sell things that I create, maybe learn ore about aromatherapy and create a line of natural body and cleansing products. So many ideas, so much fear of failure and so much procrastination.
Thanks to Jamie for helping all of us think about things for ourselves!
Amy
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