tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.comments2023-05-09T21:30:06.656+12:00NZgirlMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08828826708064275040noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-14445987000331196882017-07-24T22:03:04.980+12:002017-07-24T22:03:04.980+12:00I so admire you Marion. I've always loved how ...I so admire you Marion. I've always loved how real you are and this shows through your writings (which by the way are so refreshing). I'm not a mum and don't have that extra layer of responsibility and pressure, but I can relate to a lot of what you shared as over the last 13 years I've had to learn to ask for and receive help too with my fibro. The sentence that really stood out Mirjamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-8573517295251263602017-07-02T11:57:43.268+12:002017-07-02T11:57:43.268+12:00Yay! I gathered you had moved to the Bay and were ...Yay! I gathered you had moved to the Bay and were happy about it, but I'm so glad to hear all the specifics. Good for you!Jacquiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245576095603713615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-86917141642216766202014-12-09T21:13:14.023+13:002014-12-09T21:13:14.023+13:00Please find a way to publish this, it resonates an...Please find a way to publish this, it resonates and echos and needs to be feltmum2fiveboyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569635858337816995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-56868074507894451882014-05-26T12:01:46.840+12:002014-05-26T12:01:46.840+12:00This is an amazing thing to read just now as I upd...This is an amazing thing to read just now as I update my blog after six months. A lot has happened, and there is a lot I want to share with the world - but I need to think about why I am doing it. I need to consider the privacy of my estranged husband, my current partner, my children - and all of them are so integral to the story, I'm not yet sure how to tackle this. You raised the issue Serendipity's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829763563092974390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-67244237532569901292014-05-23T10:06:20.456+12:002014-05-23T10:06:20.456+12:00Thank you for telling your stories. xtThank you for telling your stories. xtnot a wild herahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311729777454859703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-26665209848720080842014-01-23T21:31:30.745+13:002014-01-23T21:31:30.745+13:00All the very best with your plan. xoxAll the very best with your plan. xoxnot a wild herahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311729777454859703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-6208340629346638752013-12-29T23:18:49.597+13:002013-12-29T23:18:49.597+13:00Yes, yes and yes again. That's all the eloquen...Yes, yes and yes again. That's all the eloquence my late-night brain can muster, but I hope it's enough :-)Gretchenhttp://www.andersonz.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-53128444433258281952013-10-07T14:47:02.626+13:002013-10-07T14:47:02.626+13:00Great thoughts Marion. I think it's really goo...Great thoughts Marion. I think it's really good that you & hubby allow yourselves to step back and evaluate how things are going. That's really healthy. It's great that you can admit if things aren't working right now and take steps to change that. Good on you. More people need to be brave enough to do that. Live isn't always on even keel. It's not a straight road. We Tanya Howiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495590134533190669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-42774870780297062962013-10-07T11:47:20.320+13:002013-10-07T11:47:20.320+13:00Fantastic! I love your metaphor of "living i...Fantastic! I love your metaphor of "living in seasons". It's far more realistic and helpful than trying to achieve the ever-elusive balance. Balance with what, and of what? After all, a set of scales overloaded on both sides will still balance...Renee :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15537255874544108180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-43868758296942493742013-05-28T09:35:28.442+12:002013-05-28T09:35:28.442+12:00Hey Marion
I was touched by reading what you wrote...Hey Marion<br />I was touched by reading what you wrote about depression, and wanted to share with you from my personal journey with depression over the last 15 years or so, you can 'grow through' and be 'broken open' by it, and you don't have to be broken down or defeated by it. I think that is what you are talking about (the shit in the blender quote, we can rehash it any Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08542942785842081218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-47777324788132043152013-05-18T07:10:16.797+12:002013-05-18T07:10:16.797+12:00Hey Marion,
I love your blog and your honesty. I c...Hey Marion,<br />I love your blog and your honesty. I can identify with a few aspects of your experience. You are awesome and loved (though you might not believe it - I actually have to stop myself from arguing with my husband when he says stuff like that of me - we have different opinions!)<br />One thing I have to rememember (you may do too?) and has your other poster has alluded to, is that Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397997168105084465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-49524205745048826952013-05-01T21:04:17.120+12:002013-05-01T21:04:17.120+12:00This is such a wonderful post Marion, and I hope y...This is such a wonderful post Marion, and I hope you find the right combination of help and maintenance this time round. I've suffered with a bit of postnatal depression, but I don't think I have anything to add that you don't already know. Apart from the reassurance that mental health is just like any other chronic illness. Even at your lowest and darkness, try to remember that you&#Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05133846478697344765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-48094645677326299712013-04-19T23:24:17.360+12:002013-04-19T23:24:17.360+12:00Wonderful post, thank you. Keen to hear more, mayb...Wonderful post, thank you. Keen to hear more, maybe interview you on Sacraparental? Xoxnot a wild herahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311729777454859703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-54604242142923745962013-04-19T23:18:11.708+12:002013-04-19T23:18:11.708+12:00Xox Xox not a wild herahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311729777454859703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-31838431999652875002013-04-07T16:29:42.883+12:002013-04-07T16:29:42.883+12:00Oh Marion :( you're not broken. Or we all are ...Oh Marion :( you're not broken. Or we all are broken. I don't have the right words except to agree wholeheartedly with your final sentence, and say that Jesus is in this with you, in you, in your heart, your dreams, your fears, your passions, and though it makes no sense and doesn't make it any better- this is your story and there is incredible beauty in the broken places. Especially Sarah silvesterhttp://laughter-redemption.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-4147773299058351792013-04-06T21:42:08.630+13:002013-04-06T21:42:08.630+13:00Feeling broken and faulty is horrible. I love you ...Feeling broken and faulty is horrible. I love you when you feel broken, faulty, angry, happy, sad, hurt, stressed, glad or mad. And when you feel like you have scrabbled back out I will love you then too. We're playing the long game babe. Big hugs. Kylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918256148413044940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-48821592191016684842013-04-06T20:59:06.322+13:002013-04-06T20:59:06.322+13:00ah Marion, you put it so well. It really is the wo...ah Marion, you put it so well. It really is the worst. Total shit. :( The thought of coming off my drugs makes me feel ill with anxiety!!! xoxoxoxoxoxo Rachel Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927377988184622887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-89788028896976242112013-03-31T18:19:58.347+13:002013-03-31T18:19:58.347+13:00I have exactly the same issue with holidays, and y...I have exactly the same issue with holidays, and yes I get so disappointed, depressed, and stressed by all the chaos and mess from me taking a holiday! One day when we are old and our kids have left home???Rachel Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927377988184622887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-20667467362602248192013-03-30T09:14:16.328+13:002013-03-30T09:14:16.328+13:00Wishing you the best of good luck with the process...Wishing you the best of good luck with the process! JodyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-49450836832750830962013-03-24T21:52:57.974+13:002013-03-24T21:52:57.974+13:00"So that is up to me, both the decisions and ..."So that is up to me, both the decisions and the gold star."<br />Love it, so true. Admittedly Matt and I are champion at awarding ourselves parenting gold stars, claiming 'nurture'; and then finding out it was 'nature' and nature has moved on... Stupid child development stages. Jacquie Batesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-29468451662042230522013-03-18T11:31:54.537+13:002013-03-18T11:31:54.537+13:00It's so true Marion. I too have been trying to...It's so true Marion. I too have been trying to live more in the moment, and to only worry about the moment - not all the unknowns in the future. And I've felt it helpful to not have Facebook for the last 2 weeks on holiday too. I can get easily overwhelmed and it was really adding to that. But I do miss hearing about my friends from out of town, so love your blog! :-) hugs xxSarah Silvesterhttp://laughter-redemption.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-22272599645649173862013-03-16T15:12:36.399+13:002013-03-16T15:12:36.399+13:00Thank you for this insightful post. More, please!
...Thank you for this insightful post. More, please!<br /><br />More people need to praise young mums who really are doing their best, and call out the effect of the poverty their kids live in. Thank you.not a wild herahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311729777454859703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-55658106940247207972013-02-07T22:10:27.537+13:002013-02-07T22:10:27.537+13:00Very good points.. There is the saying "no gr...Very good points.. There is the saying "no great man [probably not that gender specific] was without his enemies". The more passionate you are about a subject the more you are going to "offend" people who disagree. But on the other hand you may help more people by becoming an expert. <br />Catch-22.<br />This society has become expert at trying not to offend. Has it meant thatBennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-73199673968805349082013-01-11T21:45:31.381+13:002013-01-11T21:45:31.381+13:00Funny that you picked Anne of Green Gables - she w...Funny that you picked Anne of Green Gables - she would have been on my list of characters to relate to as well (even though I didn't live in the country). Her, or one of the Babysitter Club/SaddleClub girls (definitely not Sweet Valley Twins/High). <br /><br />I was quite down the tomboy spectrum - loved blocks, lego, etc and also fell into the awkward-about-looks-as-a-teen category (not cre8dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00054196854520554846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6126075.post-58443799488124260762013-01-09T00:29:07.588+13:002013-01-09T00:29:07.588+13:00oh darling, I totally get it. I think feeding our ...oh darling, I totally get it. I think feeding our children is our number one job somehow, in terms of emotional intensity etc. Right from the beginning, how and what we feed them seems to be SO HUGE! I know that I try not to think about possible reasons behind stuff, because I don't have time for it; like any of us mums have TIME for a freaking food intolerance? My thoughts are with you. And Rachel Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927377988184622887noreply@blogger.com