tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post113686069751294091..comments2024-02-26T08:02:05.002-05:00Comments on Nitty.Gritty.: This should ease your mind...Jodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338865463777681078noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-1137052806228990592006-01-12T03:00:00.000-05:002006-01-12T03:00:00.000-05:00Wow. Well said.Wow. Well said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-1136948466986165572006-01-10T22:01:00.000-05:002006-01-10T22:01:00.000-05:00OK, I had no idea I wrote such a novel..sorry for ...OK, I had no idea I wrote such a novel..sorry for going on & on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-1136948400176617172006-01-10T22:00:00.000-05:002006-01-10T22:00:00.000-05:00Wow Jody, another amazing entry that I was thinkin...Wow Jody, another amazing entry that I was thinking about all day. I don't think I fully understood just how much I would love my children until my son was born 3 years ago. With the birth of my daughter 18 months ago I really felt like I would just explode with all the love I felt for them. What has amazed me even more is that as they grow and develop these neat personalities I am constantly thinking that I love them more than I did the previous day. Unfortunately, along with all that love is the constant worry about something terrible happening. You are doing moms such a service by helping us put things in perspective and help us to enjoy our children a little more on days when we are so overwhelmed. The problems that may seem "big" are in reality so "tiny" in the whole scheme of things. I often tell my husband that if asthma, eyeglasses & broken legs are the worst things we have to deal with for our children than we are indeed very lucky. Unfortunately, I do not think that most women "could live through it" as you did. You are obviously quite an extrodinary woman and your faith has gotten you to the point where you are today. It is wonderful how you are able to talk so deeply and honestly one day about your tragedy, share recipies the next & make us laugh with the skunk story another day. If things really do happen for a reason, then they also happen to the "right" (or wrong) person. The person who really can deal with it and somehow have some good come from it. Mothers are amazing people and I believe there is strength that comes with love. I have no doubt that if you had to lift that car off your daughter to save her you would have. You have done something just as difficult, you have lifted yourself & your family up to be the best mom for your children and have continued to live a beautiful life in spite of the challenges. <BR/>Thank you again Jody for sharing your life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-1136941716084218032006-01-10T20:08:00.000-05:002006-01-10T20:08:00.000-05:00Okay, have to write another one...as I'm reading t...Okay, have to write another one...as I'm reading this, Carrie Underwood's song "Jesus take the wheel" just came up on my itunes playlist. "Jesus take the wheel, take it from my hands, 'cause I can't do this on my own...I'm letting go." Uh, all I can say is....yep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18733763.post-1136941526921860252006-01-10T20:05:00.000-05:002006-01-10T20:05:00.000-05:00okay, reading that made me want to stand on the co...okay, reading that made me want to stand on the couch, ala Tom Cruise, and yell "GO JODY!". After my accident, in moments of darkness, my Mom would remind me...God only gives us what we can handle, so you must be particularly strong. Based on that, Jody....you are a superhero.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com