Comments on: To Snarl or To Laugh: he didn’t care, as long as I was awake with him http://www.ajschwanz.com/2007/09/06/to-snarl-or-to-laugh-he-didnt-care-as-long-as-i-was-awake-with-him/ Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:16:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robin M. http://www.ajschwanz.com/2007/09/06/to-snarl-or-to-laugh-he-didnt-care-as-long-as-i-was-awake-with-him/comment-page-1/#comment-3166 Robin M. Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:14:51 +0000 http://www.ajschwanz.com/2007/09/06/to-snarl-or-to-laugh-he-didnt-care-as-long-as-i-was-awake-with-him/#comment-3166 First thing I thought of was that folks who own dogs should get one of those doggy carry packs, like backpackers use so that their dogs can carry their own food and water - the dog could at least carry his own poo home. I think there's also a difference between catering to the whims and needs of a three month old and doing the same for a three year old or thirteen year old. (Says the woman who got up at 2:00 this morning to respond to the cries of a five year old who, it turned out, just wanted his blankets untangled. Grrr. I made him go to the bathroom too, as long as we were both up.) In the daytime, at least, I can help my children to be contributing members of our family and then to start to see how they fit into the larger scheme of Creation and then to see their service as part of serving their Creator. In the meantime, we also serve by modeling some level of acceptance or even submission to the mess we've got ourselves into. Not that I don't love my messy family life, but the lessons in patience and forbearance and forgiveness are constant. First thing I thought of was that folks who own dogs should get one of those doggy carry packs, like backpackers use so that their dogs can carry their own food and water – the dog could at least carry his own poo home.

I think there’s also a difference between catering to the whims and needs of a three month old and doing the same for a three year old or thirteen year old. (Says the woman who got up at 2:00 this morning to respond to the cries of a five year old who, it turned out, just wanted his blankets untangled. Grrr. I made him go to the bathroom too, as long as we were both up.)

In the daytime, at least, I can help my children to be contributing members of our family and then to start to see how they fit into the larger scheme of Creation and then to see their service as part of serving their Creator. In the meantime, we also serve by modeling some level of acceptance or even submission to the mess we’ve got ourselves into. Not that I don’t love my messy family life, but the lessons in patience and forbearance and forgiveness are constant.

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