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f you are familiar with me, and my story, you probably know that I was in major survival mode for a few years. I was living my life fifteen minutes at a time, telling myself moment by moment I can make it through the next fifteen minutes. As I tried to regroup after trauma and recover from depression I was simply in a state of being.
This was a very strange indeed, because I have always been one to have big plans, big goals, big dreams. Ive always been the type A personality that is driven to succeed. And suddenly I found myself without any plans. I couldnt see myself in the future because my past was projected into the future, and that just seemed to painful. It was a very scary place to be and one that can be dangerous for some people. I had lost hope.
I survived because Im not a quitter. Nearly one year ago I was looking back at the lost years with regret. I regretted the wasted time. I regretted the quality time I missed with my children. My years were wasted, or so I thought.
But then God spoke to my heart. His voice was loud and clear. He asked me this question
Does the newborn baby regret growing?
I reflected
Does the newborn baby regret growing?
Does the newborn baby regret growing?
As I pondered I realized that a newborn baby simply is a wonderful creation. The newborn baby cant regret growing. How can that even be possible?
That baby has been brought forth to a new life. True getting here was likely a struggle. After all being wrapped in a warm cocoon of love, and then suddenly being shoved down a birth canal and into a bright and cold room isnt a walk in the park. But that process brought forth an opportunity for growth in a new environment. It is a necessary part of our journey in life.
Once she arrives she spends the next six months simply being. The baby doesnt have a choice. She may be ready to tackle the world. She may have big plans. But that little body simply cant do it all yet. That baby brought forth to new life is a human being and not a human doing.
It provided an opportunity for growth in a new environment.
So thank you God for pointing out to me that my soul was being born anew. That I was going through a birthing process and that once here I needed to simply be for some time. I was giving birth to a new life, giving birth to a new souls reflection.
Posted Under Believe ......Leisa Watkins
This was a very strange indeed, because I have always been one to have big plans, big goals, big dreams. Ive always been the type A personality that is driven to succeed. And suddenly I found myself without any plans. I couldnt see myself in the future because my past was projected into the future, and that just seemed to painful. It was a very scary place to be and one that can be dangerous for some people. I had lost hope.
I survived because Im not a quitter. Nearly one year ago I was looking back at the lost years with regret. I regretted the wasted time. I regretted the quality time I missed with my children. My years were wasted, or so I thought.
But then God spoke to my heart. His voice was loud and clear. He asked me this question
Does the newborn baby regret growing?
I reflected
Does the newborn baby regret growing?
Does the newborn baby regret growing?
As I pondered I realized that a newborn baby simply is a wonderful creation. The newborn baby cant regret growing. How can that even be possible?
That baby has been brought forth to a new life. True getting here was likely a struggle. After all being wrapped in a warm cocoon of love, and then suddenly being shoved down a birth canal and into a bright and cold room isnt a walk in the park. But that process brought forth an opportunity for growth in a new environment. It is a necessary part of our journey in life.
Once she arrives she spends the next six months simply being. The baby doesnt have a choice. She may be ready to tackle the world. She may have big plans. But that little body simply cant do it all yet. That baby brought forth to new life is a human being and not a human doing.
It provided an opportunity for growth in a new environment.
So thank you God for pointing out to me that my soul was being born anew. That I was going through a birthing process and that once here I needed to simply be for some time. I was giving birth to a new life, giving birth to a new souls reflection.
Posted Under Believe ......Leisa Watkins
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My 6mo twin DD's are EBF and just started rice cereal on the first. Everything has been going fine except this morning one of them had a diaper rash (lots of redness around her anus). I read this as one of the signs of an allergy. BUT I did just buy a different brand diaper yesterday (which they have used randomly before w/no issues). Do you think its the cereal or the diaper? Im ready to start...
Billy
"Weeelll," said friend Bob in his Texas twang, "isn't it a fact that when you were born the first time, you were bare-assed, empty-handed, puking and incoherent?"
"I really don't remember a thing about it," I replied. "But that seems to be the condition in which new babies generally arrive."
"So," said he, "what kind of shape were you in when you got to AA?"
"About the same," I said.