tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932831182639117728.post1153274599196287652..comments2023-10-26T07:27:24.375-06:00Comments on St. Monica's Kneeler: How muchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932831182639117728.post-70192332328521081562008-10-29T08:04:00.000-06:002008-10-29T08:04:00.000-06:00It drives me up the wall when 'so called' catholic...It drives me up the wall when 'so called' catholic in laws say that having more than 2 kids is not viable in this day and age because it is too expensive. BULLSHIT!! Kids need love food shelter and clothing not the fancy games and toys and things you buy them to make up for time you spend away from home. This drives me mad so mad i cant even think straight.Smileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04458504641419416339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932831182639117728.post-17071983892078645722008-09-20T16:15:00.000-06:002008-09-20T16:15:00.000-06:00Ummmm, hows about around 700 trillion. Yep, that ...Ummmm, hows about around 700 trillion. Yep, that oughta to do it.<BR/><BR/>You know, I'm all about the bling.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I've always believed that things should be just a teeny bit "fairer" for moi.<BR/><BR/>People who have more than 3 kids are sooooo selfish. Don't they know that they are taking up more of the world's precious resources?<BR/>It's not FAAAAAAAIRRRRR!Laura The Crazy Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08904542599983127845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932831182639117728.post-25663139527976653732008-09-20T06:55:00.000-06:002008-09-20T06:55:00.000-06:00Thanks, Cath.Mum:I woke up this morning thinking a...Thanks, Cath.<BR/><BR/>Mum:<BR/>I woke up this morning thinking about this. We are called to love, children in these homes are a product of the love between the parents, reflecting the Trinity. How is having children and loving them unfair. To think we are supposed to live a life of ease is not a Christian attitude, but then my MIL didn't expect her kids to do much around the house. When I got married, I had to introduce my husband to the washer and drier. None of the children were ever taught to cook, sew, make a bed, do laundry or to give a rats rear about the welfare of others by learning the small daily sacrifices that encompass our lives. Even when I was a tiny child, it was my job to set the table at big family get-togethers. When I was slightly older, I had to make the gravy. This is in a huge family with about 25 first cousins...everyone had a job and an opportunity to do something to serve others in just a small way. I didn't consider it a burden to do these things, I learned it was rewarding to help and took pride in perfecting the smallest task I was asked to perform. Such an oppressed childhood.<BR/><BR/>Rant on Mum!swissmisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11091563100968996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932831182639117728.post-79100619654466774972008-09-20T04:36:00.000-06:002008-09-20T04:36:00.000-06:00What you have written is so true.I am only just co...What you have written is so true.<BR/>I am only just coming to terms with the fact that 6 is all I'll ever have.<BR/>I am just SICK to DEATH of the attitude that we have too many kids-that the older ones are hard done by because they act like older children should in the home.<BR/>I want my children to learn to take care on one another and be responsible to one another. <BR/>Family life is about giving. All this I have it and I'm keeping it and I don't care how much my own family suffer because I'm too busy, off on holiday or whatever to care-is sad.<BR/>Sorry Swiss Miss I'm ranting; but this post hit a nerve.<BR/>God bless you girl. Keep up your being a sign of contradiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932831182639117728.post-25635191903890269512008-09-19T19:49:00.000-06:002008-09-19T19:49:00.000-06:00Swissy: EXCELLENT point about how some people who ...Swissy: EXCELLENT point about how some people who think kids are too much (like one kid!) send them to daycare anyway. I don't get that either.Cathy_of_Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795566831031491371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932831182639117728.post-17824887222555567432008-09-18T15:07:00.000-06:002008-09-18T15:07:00.000-06:00Niner:My maternal grandparents were both one of 10...Niner:<BR/>My maternal grandparents were both one of 10, my parents are both one of seven. My Irish ancestors that came here had 16 kids. This notion that more than two kids is EXTREME is completely alien to me. My brother calls my in-laws passive learners...they've absorbed all that our materialistic culture has told us will make us happy without really thinking about it.swissmisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11091563100968996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932831182639117728.post-67167883383922709702008-09-18T14:34:00.000-06:002008-09-18T14:34:00.000-06:00My mother would take great exception to what all t...My mother would take great exception to what all these women are saying.<BR/>She says (about every other day), "My children are my greatest joy" and "Being a young wife and having a brood of kids running around - those were the best days of my life."<BR/><BR/>-The 9th of 9Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932831182639117728.post-57049829695971887922008-09-17T19:49:00.000-06:002008-09-17T19:49:00.000-06:00Christine:So true. My own life is so full of junk...Christine:<BR/>So true. My own life is so full of junk and it's rare I see it for what it is too. Hard not to compare oneself to others in many respects, when we should only be comparing ourselves to Jesus.swissmisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11091563100968996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932831182639117728.post-47100836575896977422008-09-17T19:04:00.000-06:002008-09-17T19:04:00.000-06:00Perhaps our society needs to practice a bit of Hen...Perhaps our society needs to practice a bit of Henri Nouwen's downward mobility. Making more with less. Living simply that others might simply live. Working toward a level of material poverty helps bring about the spiritual poverty that Jesus taught in the beatitudes. Decluttering your life declutters your heart and allows you to see what's really important. God, and only God. Pax et bonum!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932831182639117728.post-78819695022977300952008-09-17T17:26:00.000-06:002008-09-17T17:26:00.000-06:00Angie:Sorry to hear your MIL is even more difficul...Angie:<BR/>Sorry to hear your MIL is even more difficult than my own and that she's coming to visit...reminds me of Endora on Bewitched! She'll make you a saint though :) To this day, my MIL thinks our kids were planned, I cannot convince her otherwise. Only hubby and I know the complete shock they both were!! <BR/><BR/>I find it hard to talk to my in-laws because they are so far from my position that to consider the parents of large families to be selfish is completely insane! These parents are the epitome of selflessness and my in-laws are critical of it. Just not fair to the kids to have so many siblings. Just not fair to give them life and a loving home. Instead, they need to be shuttled to day care and blessed with material goods.swissmisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11091563100968996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7932831182639117728.post-10502313552704533252008-09-17T16:26:00.000-06:002008-09-17T16:26:00.000-06:00Well said Monica! My own MIL is about to descend ...Well said Monica! My own MIL is about to descend upon us, first time in 4 years (which was when babe #2 was born and she informed us that no one ever loves the second child as much as the first). Babe #3 has never even been acknowledged. No congrats on the baby card, no Christmas card, not even a birthday card. I'm sure she'll like the old man at St Peter's in Mendota who stopped me after Mass a couple Friday's ago to shake his head sadly at me and say, "Why so many, so close together? One of these days you guys will figure it out." Seriously, I only have three kids and they are all close to two years apart!!! Made me feel like going home and getting busy so he could shake his head even more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com