Comments on: Did anyone see any fish? http://erika.haub.net/did-anyone-see-any-fish/04/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:14:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: --julie http://erika.haub.net/did-anyone-see-any-fish/04/#comment-142092 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:42:18 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/did-anyone-see-any-fish/04/#comment-142092 Erica, You have a great perspective for this season that you're in. I marvel at how much easier it is to get the whole family out the door now...our kids are 11,9, and 6 now...It does change! I heard a mentor mom at a MOPS group once talk about the time "aura" around every task. Things would take however long they took to do and then there was all the other stuff around that task--the putting on the shoes, the potty, all of that. And it would all feel like it was taking away from what you wanted to do (seeing the fish, for example) but all that "aura" stuff is where you are living our your call as a mom. It is a season, and it passes quickly (well, the years go fast, the hours not so much!) and then you find yourself in a different season, with a different set of expectations. What a blessing to be noticing where you are now and enjoying it. Erica,
You have a great perspective for this season that you’re in. I marvel at how much easier it is to get the whole family out the door now…our kids are 11,9, and 6 now…It does change!

I heard a mentor mom at a MOPS group once talk about the time “aura” around every task. Things would take however long they took to do and then there was all the other stuff around that task–the putting on the shoes, the potty, all of that. And it would all feel like it was taking away from what you wanted to do (seeing the fish, for example) but all that “aura” stuff is where you are living our your call as a mom.
It is a season, and it passes quickly (well, the years go fast, the hours not so much!) and then you find yourself in a different season, with a different set of expectations. What a blessing to be noticing where you are now and enjoying it.

]]> by: Ali BG http://erika.haub.net/did-anyone-see-any-fish/04/#comment-142063 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:06:48 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/did-anyone-see-any-fish/04/#comment-142063 Thank you. This is something I need to know in my bones. We're making the transition from a couple to a family and it's been hard to watch so many friends drift away because there is less we can "do" together. You've offered a really helpful paradigm for thinking about that. Thank you. This is something I need to know in my bones. We’re making the transition from a couple to a family and it’s been hard to watch so many friends drift away because there is less we can “do” together. You’ve offered a really helpful paradigm for thinking about that.

]]> by: Maria Dodson http://erika.haub.net/did-anyone-see-any-fish/04/#comment-141232 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:42:34 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/did-anyone-see-any-fish/04/#comment-141232 well said. a good lesson for all of us. well said. a good lesson for all of us.

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