Comments on: rest https://www.thehandmadehome.net/rest/ The Handmade Home is a full service rehab, construction and design firm with an exclusive product line, at The Handmade Home Studio. Fri, 19 Apr 2019 01:54:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/rest/#comment-113030 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=16526#comment-113030 In reply to Sommer.

Thank you so much Sommer! Hugs to you dear friend!!! 😉

]]> By: Sommer https://www.thehandmadehome.net/rest/#comment-113025 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=16526#comment-113025 You took the words right out of my mouth -literally! I could have wrote all that you wrote- from another mom running on empty-overloaded & stretched thin perspective! My husband & I are currently at a place of hard search for God’s wisdom & guidance in these areas as parents – church leaders – business owner -etc. On the brink of knowing Something has to give & it will never be our children =) God’s yoke is easy & burden light – so when we find ourselves so out of balance & exhausted (even in doing “things for Him”) we must be off the mark. So I thank you for taking the words out of my mouth & putting them to page for others like me to realize we are not alone in our new search for simplicity & balance -in order to let our Light Shine for Christ before we burn it out! =) God Bless you dear mother-wife-daughter & friend to many! May you and your family also find the peace & balance to this life!
*note-I’m a designer who LOVES your website & pics-they perk up my design spirit*!
Sommer
from Maryland

]]> By: Gemma https://www.thehandmadehome.net/rest/#comment-105352 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=16526#comment-105352 As the child of two wonderful parents, I came here to reassure you. When I was around your children’s age, I spent a lot of time being bored, and then learning to engage my imagination and amuse myself. In that process, I created my own mental space and discovered how to think. I occupied my mind and time by reading, exploring the woods behind my house, and playing with my siblings. Because I had the gift of time, I became a fully-functioning, independent adult with a set of self-curated interests. In two months, I will be a college graduate with a degree in sociology from one of America’s top educational institutions. But more than that, I am, and will continue to be, someone with an identity richly grounded in creativity, dreams, love, and family.

]]> By: Gina https://www.thehandmadehome.net/rest/#comment-105286 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=16526#comment-105286 Similar worries have been running (and screaming) through my mind lately, so I’m glad I found this post! You’re so right that living simpler means resisting the culture we’re surrounded by. Two books that really helped me were “Boundaries” by Henry Cloud and “Mitten Strings for God” by Katrina Kenison. Thanks for your thoughts!

]]> By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/rest/#comment-104902 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=16526#comment-104902 In reply to Jennifer.

Haha I am with you! Hang in there. It can be hard to say no… but so freeing! ;}

]]> By: Jennifer https://www.thehandmadehome.net/rest/#comment-104897 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=16526#comment-104897 I’ve just “discovered” you (don’t even know how, a link from a link, no doubt). This post is so timely for me. For 2013 I’ve “committed to not committing” after way over-committing myself in 2012. As my husband said to me mid-year, “for a stay-at-home-Mom, you don’t stay at home very much”.

I’ve been yelling it loudly and clearly to anyone and everyone – I’m not committing to anything!!! The only thing I’m committing to is my family – sorting some stuff out around the house that’s been neglected for a long time; taking care of business during the week so we don’t spend our weekends frantically trying to do stuff; less activities for the kids (though we always have had a two activities at a time rule); and “just saying no”.

We’re in the third week of the new school year (I live in Australia) and after the initial settling-in period, I can see its shaping up to be a great year. I’ve spent more time at home in the last three weeks than I did the last three months of the 2012 school year and already have two major projects finished (can you say “organizing and archiving tax return papers since 2007”) – done!

Thank you for the reminder – please give it to us again regularly (sorry to add something to your to-do list!)

]]> By: Krissy https://www.thehandmadehome.net/rest/#comment-104874 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=16526#comment-104874 In reply to ashley @ the handmade home.

VERY exausting! 🙂

]]> By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/rest/#comment-104853 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=16526#comment-104853 In reply to Krissy.

haha so glad I’m not alone! It’s kind of exhausting! ;}

]]> By: Krissy https://www.thehandmadehome.net/rest/#comment-104848 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=16526#comment-104848 wow. u just said everything that I just told my therapist this week! How do we find the balance and best of both worlds to get what we need and what our families need at the same time? ah ha moments are the greatest, but finding out how to be proactive about change is where I run into difficulty.

]]> By: ashley @ the handmade home https://www.thehandmadehome.net/rest/#comment-104665 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=16526#comment-104665 In reply to Katie.

uber-motherjudgers! stealing. hilarious. thank you. ;}

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