Sahm I Am - By Meredith Efken Page 0,27
a point to tell both parents—no matter who is or isn’t staying at home—that they MUST take time for themselves. This season of parenting doesn’t last forever, and if we don’t continue to grow as individuals, we’ll get to the end of this phase and not know how to move to the next one.
So, Phyllis, you may not be able to start a doctoral program at this point, but you can write, read, and research the areas you are interested in. Brenna, you could probably find correspondence courses in image consulting and start your own business in Oklahoma! Dulcie, I’ve been telling you for a while now to do interior design from your home. Why not? God gave you these talents and interests, ladies. He isn’t some big Cosmic Tease. Our husbands find a way to be both father and career-guy. There’s got to be a way for us to be good moms and also pursue our dreams.
Okay, gotta run. Cassia has dance class tonight….
Love,
Jocelyn
P.S. I don’t want to hear a SINGLE WORD from either Connie or Rosalyn. We all know how you two feel about this subject. And I say that with love.:)
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From:
VIM
To:
Rosalyn Ebberly
Subject:
Re: Mom and Dad
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Rosalyn, I did NOT schedule Stanley’s party on purpose to conflict with Suzannah’s tea. I’m fit to be tied about it myself! But before you go pitching a hissy fit, I don’t think it’s fair to blame ME for Mama and Daddy’s choices. It’s a far enough piece from Chicago to Houston, but Hibiscus is a whole nuther thing. And you’re not the only one with grandkids now, so you can’t expect to have Mama and Daddy all the time. My kids are in much greater need of grandparents than y’all’s. Don’t Chad’s folks live in Seattle? Besides, I’m sure if you simply communicated to them how important it is for them to come to something, instead of getting all het up about it, they’d do their best to make it. I’ve learned in the business world how necessary it is to state your needs and wants clearly, without apologizing or being hesitant. I know it’s easy for you, being home all the time, to get into the habit of expecting everyone else to read your mind, but the real world just doesn’t work that way. There ya go. Just talk to them next time, okay?
Ronnie
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From:
Rosalyn Ebberly
To:
SAHM I Am
Subject:
[SAHM I AM] TOTW November 15: Good Family Communication
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Competent Conversationalists,
This week’s topic comes from a discussion I had yesterday with my sweetheart Chad. We were discussing on the way home from church why the subject of communication skills comes up so frequently in our couples’ Sunday school class. After all the books written about communication, after all the teaching done on it, why is it still such a difficult skill for most people to master? Chad and I don’t have a problem with it, of course, but we thought maybe the rest of you could help us understand why it’s a struggle for you.
So, please, let’s communicate about…COMMUNICATION!
Yours in humility,
Rosalyn Ebberly
SAHM I Am Loop Moderator
“She looks well to the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness.”
Proverbs 31:27 (NASB)
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From:
Dulcie Huckleberry
To:
Thomas Huckleberry
Subject:
Next Weekend?
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Darling,
Why did your mother just call me and ask if you were coming to Branson this weekend to help her install her new computer and e-mail for her?
Dulcie
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From:
Zelia Muzuwa
To:
“Green Eggs and Ham”
Subject:
Bad fight…
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Tristan’s never been so mad at me before, and I’m not even sure what I did, exactly. He came home from work today and the children were doing interest projects—Seamus was looking at a piece of his scab under the microscope in the kitchen, Cosette was painting the alphabet in animal shapes on butcher paper in the dining room, and Griffith was building a fort with wooden blocks in the living room.
When Tristan walked into the house he looked a little grouchy, but he didn’t say anything—at all,