Good Will in a Box | wordsfromabusysahm.com

Posted by Erin-Admin in Everyday Chatter on December 24th, 2009 | 2 responses

Another blogger at Crazy Adventures in Parenting opened her heart and has came up with a wonderful idea to help others…. You can read it here….

As I navigated the narrowed aisles in the PX, shopping for a leftover this or that to buy for the holiday, I felt broken. I felt off. This holiday, much like last years, felt all kinds-of wrong to me. Last year, though, it was trying to fit our circular family into this square post, quite unsuccessfully. Being new to town, everything that could go wrong did go wrong. It was a mess. Christmas was labored, as was our new life, as we struggled to find peace and normalcy in a foreign place.

This year, I’m no longer struggling to fit in here, I know we won’t and we’re doing a lot better with that knowledge. But the woes I’m experiencing this year are from my feeling inadequate, angry and resentful for being somewhat blind. I feel very, very ashamed by it.

The economy has really taken it’s toll, and many more families in the blogosphere are suffering than I had thought. I had the chance to listen to some of the stories some of these ladies have to tell, what’s really going on behind the scenes, and I felt downright heavy, with my heart full and weighted.

Lately, I had been griping about my children misbehaving and crumbs being left on the floor. What the hell is the matter with me? I was busy being bewildered by their childishness and lack-of-cleanliness, busy being angry and wondering, why were we buying new things for them to disrespect and not put away? Meanwhile, there are families going without, utilities being shut off, borrowing to purchase groceries, and what was I doing? Bickering over kids being kids and my possibly buying too much.

Ick.

Guilt tastes pretty bitter, if you ask me. The acid in my stomach began eating me alive. Who had I become? I most certainly didn’t see myself in a favorable light.

Read the rest here:
http://www.crazyadventuresinparenting.com/2009/12/good-will-in-box.html

I would love to help her with this. So please if you are interested please let her know.