Very true on that one. +1000000000 On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Scott Stewart <webmas...@sstwebworks.com> wrote: > > I get it... > > No matter what's going on, all Mackenna needs to do is smile, and it's all > in perspective.... > > Even her last time in the Hospital, when I was at the end of my rope, she'd > smile as if to say "Daddy I'm happy, it's gonna be OK" > > -----Original Message----- > From: denstar [mailto:valliants...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 3:47 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: so much crying. > > > I have enjoyed every moment, even if some of the moments haven't been > super-cool. > > Even in the hospital, time and again, I was like, "how freaking lucky I am". > > But I can rationalize like crazy, so it's easy for me to think, "it > can always be worse". > > Thus I'm always grateful, even when things suck. Not that it doesn't > make things not-suck, but still, it helps. Takes the edge off, I > guess. > > Really tho, I look back at myself holding my wee one on the hospital > bed, she being near death, and me being pretty happy (or something > like that... "happy" doesn't quite convey it), even so. > > Emotion is such an interesting deal. > > :Den > > -- > He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a > monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore > ourselves? > Friedrich Nietzsche > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 8:12 AM, G Money wrote: >> >> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Sisk, Kris wrote: >> >>> >>> I dunno about that. That phase where they decide to test their limits >>> constantly is the most trying in my opinion. It usually happens between >>> the time they turn 2 and 4ish. Newborns require a lot of attention, but >>> a toddler who's learned 'No' is truly a horrific thing. >>> >> >> Not for my money. It's going to depend on the person, probably. >> >> My kid has started testing his limits and I LOVE this phase compared to > the >> first year. I feel like a parent now, actually teaching and molding him. I >> much prefer telling him "NO" 100 times as opposed to just sitting there >> while he cries in his rocking chair for no apparent reason. >> >> "Testing limits phase" is heaven, as far as i'm concerned. >> >> -- >> Glittering prizes and endless compromises >> Shatter the illusion of integrity >> >> >> > > > >
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328466 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
