Beautiful Nell, your reflections have been spot on. I have so been struggling with this issue & being postpartum has not helped, ha! Our non-religious friends and family think we’re nuts & Catholic friends think we’re not Catholic enough. I just try to follow the Church & her teachings as they are! Apparently that’s a lonely place to be & I hate to admit how much it bothers me what people think of us. I have been pondering your encouragement to get off social media for a while (feels impossible while nursing around the clock) but it has just become an anxiety inducing place (the lotion I use is toxic & you should not give sick kids Tylenol (???) … I guess I am not as enlightened as everyone else! 😉)
I am 70 and still basing my life and value on what others think of me. I am handicapped now and can no longer color my hair.., long story, and siblings and friends are flying to Europe and here my husband and I are. He has cancer and can’t walk either. I am the sole caregiver navigating with a walker.
I am deeply religious. So very Catholic and have always said that God CB one’s first.
Well, obviously He doesn’t. I care more about what my twin looks like, that my older brother just returned from Paris. And here I am..,
Going to try to get to confession today.
Jesus needs to have a clean space to heal and transform me.
There is this person inside that wants and needs to be free. If God sets us free, we are indeed free. I could go on and on.
Nell, please write a book on this topic. You have hit upon something so profound and courageous. And not for limelight, but to truly share your hearts journey. This post alone has had such a profound effect on me. Imagine a wee book.., I am going to pray for that. You are younger than my youngest adult child, yet I feel like I would love to chat with you over coffee.
I look so forward to these posts each week! As I had also felt with your IG (but love this space and the more in-depth writings more!!) everything is so relatable and always gives such a good reminder to lean on God and his comfort more. Your vulnerability is such a light and comfort. Cannot wait to see what May brings..
Beautiful Nell, your reflections have been spot on. I have so been struggling with this issue & being postpartum has not helped, ha! Our non-religious friends and family think we’re nuts & Catholic friends think we’re not Catholic enough. I just try to follow the Church & her teachings as they are! Apparently that’s a lonely place to be & I hate to admit how much it bothers me what people think of us. I have been pondering your encouragement to get off social media for a while (feels impossible while nursing around the clock) but it has just become an anxiety inducing place (the lotion I use is toxic & you should not give sick kids Tylenol (???) … I guess I am not as enlightened as everyone else! 😉)
Nell. This post was a message from God to me.
I am 70 and still basing my life and value on what others think of me. I am handicapped now and can no longer color my hair.., long story, and siblings and friends are flying to Europe and here my husband and I are. He has cancer and can’t walk either. I am the sole caregiver navigating with a walker.
I am deeply religious. So very Catholic and have always said that God CB one’s first.
Well, obviously He doesn’t. I care more about what my twin looks like, that my older brother just returned from Paris. And here I am..,
Going to try to get to confession today.
Jesus needs to have a clean space to heal and transform me.
There is this person inside that wants and needs to be free. If God sets us free, we are indeed free. I could go on and on.
Nell, please write a book on this topic. You have hit upon something so profound and courageous. And not for limelight, but to truly share your hearts journey. This post alone has had such a profound effect on me. Imagine a wee book.., I am going to pray for that. You are younger than my youngest adult child, yet I feel like I would love to chat with you over coffee.
Be blessed Nell.
So much to say... but manuscripts! Oh friend, to live in your town and be able to drop by for a chat. If only!
I look so forward to these posts each week! As I had also felt with your IG (but love this space and the more in-depth writings more!!) everything is so relatable and always gives such a good reminder to lean on God and his comfort more. Your vulnerability is such a light and comfort. Cannot wait to see what May brings..