tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422204905533590601.post763304331016906081..comments2023-05-13T04:23:19.481-05:00Comments on Born of the Heart: Respiteborn of the hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10367667507927113483noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3422204905533590601.post-91503705580557865252008-07-29T08:47:00.000-05:002008-07-29T08:47:00.000-05:00when i read your posts it just cracks me up that y...when i read your posts it just cracks me up that you actually have a 4 yr. old and 2 3 yr olds just like me. and those aren't our only children. i know how narrow minded it is to think no one else on earth knows what this is like. but i do occasionally get sucked into satan's lie that i am very much alone. i get tickled at some of the things you say because they have either come out of my own mouth at one time, or you articulate even better something i've not been able say so well. not to mention the sheer joy of knowing someone really "gets" me. ;) i, too, once knew it all, since even neglected and abused children would obviously thrive in a home where they are loved hard enough, held tight enough, prayed for enough. i think that was my hardest lesson. we are surrounded by "jerry springer" as you say. a place where love isn't always enough, yet it's all we have and what we'll continue to do.<BR/><BR/>we have not yet tried actual respite care, but we do have excellent supportive friends and family who offer some respite service! ;)Sugar-n-Spicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846247502276445342noreply@blogger.com