Comments on C. Jane, Enjoy It: First the Babies

Love this. I just had baby girl #5. I cried a coup...

2009-10-25T22:25:06.284-06:00

Love this. I just had baby girl #5. I cried a couple of times since then because everything seems a mess. My house, my clothes, my car. Who cares. My children are not a mess...they are lovely.

Thank you for the reminder.

Oh I love it... Much needed thoughts for this day....

2009-10-06T09:34:44.483-06:00

Oh I love it...
Much needed thoughts for this day...er.. um.. SEASON!

Oh, I love you. I am all teary over this post.

2009-10-05T11:48:09.427-06:00

Oh, I love you. I am all teary over this post.

So, I am not a faithful reader (I just don't h...

2009-10-05T00:13:46.317-06:00

So, I am not a faithful reader (I just don't have the time, or yours would be the top of my list. It is on all my sisters' and friends'.) But I happened to be reading tonight and every post poked the nerves I have been feeling lately. Thanks for your witty, insightful, faith promoting, just-what-I-needed-to-hear-words.

Wow! Thanks so much for that! I will be coming bac...

2009-10-03T21:08:19.767-06:00

Wow! Thanks so much for that! I will be coming back to read this when I start feeling (like I did right before I read your post) like I am not perfectly happy with how my house is decorated and how I don't have anything to wear.

You said this so perfectly! Thank you!

Love that. I needed that. And I thought of it ag...

2009-10-02T12:26:14.335-06:00

Love that. I needed that. And I thought of it again the other day while I was vacuuming (I'm not gestating).

Been considering a gold living room, myself. And t...

2009-10-02T04:19:11.930-06:00

Been considering a gold living room, myself. And thanks for this - as a pregnant lady (a sick one), your observations mean a lot. I feel a little better about feeding my child a diet of Golden Grahams and organic Chicken Nuggets.

Remember when they painted the room gold in Bridge...

2009-10-01T22:01:56.137-06:00

Remember when they painted the room gold in Bridge to Terabithia and watched the sun come in?

amen.

2009-10-01T13:39:51.591-06:00

amen.

i love this post. someday we'll all have cute...

2009-10-01T13:20:30.654-06:00

i love this post. someday we'll all have cute perfectly decorated houses, right? for now, we've got toys in every corner, no coffee tables since they're just right for jumping and easy mac and cheese dinners now and again. sounds good to me. i'm already thinking my kids are growing too fast and before i know it they'll all be way too big. good luck with the pregnancy.

I too am pregnant, and due just a day before you. ...

2009-10-01T11:48:49.988-06:00

I too am pregnant, and due just a day before you. After reading this post I'm inspired to go clean my bathrooms right now.

My living room is gold. Jealous? So is my bedro...

2009-10-01T11:06:46.868-06:00

My living room is gold. Jealous?

So is my bedroom. I love it!

When I see fit women, skipping off to the gym, aft...

2009-09-30T16:59:26.461-06:00

When I see fit women, skipping off to the gym, after eating a whole grain/organic breakfast, in their clean car, leaving from their clean and cute house, I just tell myself. That will be me someday. But not today.
For today we have gymnastics, and a cut and paste school project, and black bananas that need to be baked into banana bread, and a baby to feed(every three hours) and Halloween costumes to think about.

And I know, know, know that when this messy, chaotic life is gone I WILL miss it.

There is a time and a season for everything. Yes i...

2009-09-30T16:52:23.127-06:00

There is a time and a season for everything. Yes indeed. And plus, green is like the best color ever! So, don't worry.

What I wouldn't give to be in that season agai...

2009-09-30T16:28:54.162-06:00

What I wouldn't give to be in that season again.

I feel like a credit card (financial service? ... ...

2009-09-30T16:28:36.659-06:00

I feel like a credit card (financial service? ... I can't remember) commercial. "I am so there."

I love this.

Thank you so much for this. It spoke right to my ...

2009-09-30T07:32:58.890-06:00

Thank you so much for this. It spoke right to my heart.

you're flippin brilliant. Just love this. Want...

2009-09-29T23:47:19.954-06:00

you're flippin brilliant. Just love this. Want to tattoo it on my body and read it all day long.
thank you.
your brilliance shines like gold.

Thanks for posting this. I have two very young chi...

2009-09-29T23:40:24.176-06:00

Thanks for posting this. I have two very young children and have been tormented by wanting to keep my home decorated before we had children. It is impossible! I need to remember that there is a season for everything and right now my season is to just play with my children, nap with them, squeeze them and enjoy the messes they like to make.

Tonight I will just be happy to go to bed knowing that my house is clean. It might not be in architectural digest- but it is clean !

Thanks for this post. I am an interior designer s...

2009-09-29T21:12:50.301-06:00

Thanks for this post. I am an interior designer so I am engulfed in the land of lavish and beautiful things that I can buy for my clients and not for me. Recently we have decided to move from our small condo to a house and I have been losing sleep and waisting hours on craigslist.(for the perfect entertainment center and platform bed) This reminds me that although I want a pretty house with pretty things I don't need them. I need to keep a clean home and a happy environment for my beloved son. Thanks for the perspective!

Perfect!

2009-09-29T19:18:42.127-06:00

Perfect!

I am sitting here over our reheated take out pizza...

2009-09-29T18:45:00.501-06:00

I am sitting here over our reheated take out pizza for dinner feeling like a failure because I didn't do a darn thing today except for play and teach and sing and love on my two babies all day. Now, I know that this is my time to enjoy every second of everyday god gives me and my family here on this earth. who cares if my home is decorated with flowers and vases or transformers and tutus. I prefer the later anyway.

Cjane, This was elegant writing today. Thank you ...

2009-09-29T17:42:56.026-06:00

Cjane, This was elegant writing today. Thank you for your beautiful words of wisdom. They were light and seemed to be just for me . Thank You!!

I'm sitting here in my extremely messy house c...

2009-09-29T15:04:58.604-06:00

I'm sitting here in my extremely messy house crying over this beautiful blog post. Baby #4 born in January, my oldest just turned 6, has put me over the edge in my ability to keep my house clean or have any sort of life of my own. We also moved into a new house 2 months ago and I have been feeling so guilty about the bare walls and the disaster of an unpacked basement. I NEEDED this reminder of what is important, this time will be gone in a blink of an eye!

Great post - random thoughts from a mom, because t...

2009-09-29T14:11:15.434-06:00

Great post - random thoughts from a mom, because that's how our days go, right? Esp when you are pregnant! Hope you get that gold paint color you want! Paint can always be painted over again when you get another whim!