tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post6428545282294662871..comments2023-11-03T03:53:55.052-06:00Comments on unfolding: Mentoring seriesLeslie @ top of the pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003880675646742286noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-60019661115241742362011-12-21T00:16:33.447-07:002011-12-21T00:16:33.447-07:00Leslie, I found your blog over at Casey's and ...Leslie, I found your blog over at Casey's and I am so glad I did! You have such a sweet spirit and your words are so encouraging and inspiring. This post really make me realize how much I need to find a group like this in my own life. After moving across country so many times (over 9 to be exact), I loose those friends and support systems each time. Next week we are moving yet again, but once we are settled in I will be on a look out for MOPS groups in our area, or even just some toddler playdates. Thanks for the awesome advice!Lisa @ MMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06617606838791780591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-11204939240897147932011-12-20T21:45:16.892-07:002011-12-20T21:45:16.892-07:00Such good advice. It is so important to have frie...Such good advice. It is so important to have friends that understand our child rearing seasons... they laugh and cry with us. They are Jesus' hands to guide us through.Linda Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12738531888976872731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-64368003953759905052011-12-18T23:34:42.120-07:002011-12-18T23:34:42.120-07:00I loved this on her blog. I'm so happy that yo...I loved this on her blog. I'm so happy that you're doing this monthly series. You put words to things that I didn't even realize I had been feeling. <br /><br />Love you friend and miss you!Alysshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691414406026780197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-34538786961924643682011-12-18T16:30:54.453-07:002011-12-18T16:30:54.453-07:00Yes! God MADE us for community we are ONE IN CHRIS...Yes! God MADE us for community we are ONE IN CHRIST, and we need that community to SURVIVE and THRIVE.<br />Yay! So PTL that you have this and went for this, that is right, it is work on our parts to get involved and help make it happen, God will provide, but we are His Co-partners!!!<br />Also EXPERIENCE too in life in general...i found myself pregnant at 19 and unable to try to "prepare" "perfectly" but along the way I got skills and was equipped through the experiences of Motherhood. THAT is what teaches us too. There is only so much we can plan for in life, but we use our gifts that God has provided, and we put our all into our kids, and then we lay them at the Altar, knowing that we aren't in control anyway, no matter how much we "try".<br />Hope this made sense! I have a really really good Devotional on laying our kids at the Altar of God, I should send it to you!<br />xoxoContemplating Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09808854805547064281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-60159105853087145322011-12-18T16:05:38.823-07:002011-12-18T16:05:38.823-07:00So true, it's funny today I forgot my sons cha...So true, it's funny today I forgot my sons change of clothes and a major accident at the mall. I was searching everywhere for an inexpensive outfit to change him into, thankfully it all worked out :)<br />I love my mom's group, it's just like mop's but we do more of a Bible study. It has helped me so much. In january I will have to go back to work and I am already feeling so sad that I will miss my group of friends. You are SO right, God made us to live in community with one another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-29926273680732099422011-12-18T12:11:00.532-07:002011-12-18T12:11:00.532-07:00Hello! I came over from Casey's blog and I can...Hello! I came over from Casey's blog and I can't even tell you how much I loved reading this. I don't have kids yet. My husband and I both went back to college two years ago and decided we'd start trying when we finish. I finish in May. I'm 30 years old, and even though I rarely admit it, party of me has waited to have children because it scares me to death! I want to be a mom so desperately, but I'm so afraid I can't do it, or that I'll mess up my kid or that I won't be able to handle the stress of it. Somehow, even with you describing all the woes you had, I feel a bit relieved knowing that everyone has these stresses.<br />I'm also a little worried I won't be able to find a group of friends at this stage. As a returning college student, most of the people I'm around right now are 10 years younger than me and are nowhere near that stage in their lives. But it's good to hear that there are groups out there that I can seek out. <br />Thanks for sharing your story. It has put my mind at rest, at least for a little bit, today. Blessings to you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-88736325372616457532011-12-17T09:19:43.866-07:002011-12-17T09:19:43.866-07:00Thank you SO much for this post! I've been thi...Thank you SO much for this post! I've been thinking about joining a mops group since she's been born, she's now 17 months old. I think I've just been intimidated, but now I'm motivated to join!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056687893223697888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-57604433030134644152011-12-17T07:27:22.300-07:002011-12-17T07:27:22.300-07:00i loved this on casey's blog. (and love it sti...i loved this on casey's blog. (and love it still here) you are amazing.<br />happy weekend!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445855338602891022noreply@blogger.com