Comments on: Scarecrow http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:54:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.5 By: Miki http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-19440 Miki Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:51:58 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-19440 Valerie, I have actually tried that. No matter what wording I used, I felt debased afterwards. After a handfull of tries, I decided it was an opportunity for grace(need all the practice I can get) and silence(need practice there too) on my part. Valerie,
I have actually tried that. No matter what wording I used, I felt debased afterwards. After a handfull of tries, I decided it was an opportunity for grace(need all the practice I can get) and silence(need practice there too) on my part.

]]> By: Valerie (Kyriosity) http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15597 Valerie (Kyriosity) Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:00:09 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15597 Miki, a friend of mine once had the presence of mind and the gumption to reply with a big grin, "Yeah, and we really like it!" Miki, a friend of mine once had the presence of mind and the gumption to reply with a big grin, “Yeah, and we really like it!”

]]> By: Miki http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15526 Miki Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:02:32 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15526 I was 23, pregnant and had a 1 and 2 year old. (By the time I was 26, I had four kids.) My personal favorite, "Do you know what causes that?" I must have been asked that 100 times. I was 23, pregnant and had a 1 and 2 year old. (By the time I was 26, I had four kids.) My personal favorite, “Do you know what causes that?” I must have been asked that 100 times.

]]> By: Jen Carlson http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15449 Jen Carlson Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:48:43 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15449 we can laugh at the situation because we know that the world's wisdom is all hog wash. a good reminder to see the world as God sees it, to delight in what He delights in, to laugh at what He has made funny. hilarious and well-handled. and your account of the whole thing was delightfully put, rachel. thank you. we are praying for those sweet twins, rachel. love, joe and jen we can laugh at the situation because we know that the world’s wisdom is all hog wash. a good reminder to see the world as God sees it, to delight in what He delights in, to laugh at what He has made funny.

hilarious and well-handled. and your account of the whole thing was delightfully put, rachel. thank you.

we are praying for those sweet twins, rachel.

love,

joe and jen

]]> By: Amanda http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15438 Amanda Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:30:13 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15438 I had a friend that was pregnant almost immediately after her honeymoon and had a preemie... A good reminder for us to always assume the best of people. I had a friend that was pregnant almost immediately after her honeymoon and had a preemie…

A good reminder for us to always assume the best of people.

]]> By: Abra http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15424 Abra Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:15:53 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15424 That's a great response! I'm forever amazed at how tactless (and intruding) people can be when it comes to family. I remember when I was pregnant that several folks would ask how far along I was with Ophelia followed by a, "and when were you married?". As my legitimate tatertot would say, "Sheesh!" That’s a great response! I’m forever amazed at how tactless (and intruding) people can be when it comes to family. I remember when I was pregnant that several folks would ask how far along I was with Ophelia followed by a, “and when were you married?”. As my legitimate tatertot would say, “Sheesh!”

]]> By: Amanda http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15420 Amanda Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:26:38 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15420 Most people have been scared to comment on my pregnant belly while I'm carrying around my little guy (he is now nine months). Now, at six months along, I look very pregnant but for awhile I'm pretty sure people just thought I hadn't regained my shape. It saved me a few months of "was this planned!!?" Most people have been scared to comment on my pregnant belly while I’m carrying around my little guy (he is now nine months). Now, at six months along, I look very pregnant but for awhile I’m pretty sure people just thought I hadn’t regained my shape. It saved me a few months of “was this planned!!?”

]]> By: Kirsten http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15419 Kirsten Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:48:26 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15419 I was at Goodwill last week and was listening to a woman in the next aisle try to keep a four-year-old boy reigned in while she shopped. I could just tell she was the mother of a large family. I asked her how many kids she had. She said she had eight and was due with twins next spring. We have eight ourselves (and are in our mid/late forties). I could not get home fast enough to kid my husband about it. I was at Goodwill last week and was listening to a woman in the next aisle try to keep a four-year-old boy reigned in while she shopped. I could just tell she was the mother of a large family. I asked her how many kids she had. She said she had eight and was due with twins next spring. We have eight ourselves (and are in our mid/late forties). I could not get home fast enough to kid my husband about it.

]]> By: maddie http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15415 maddie Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:32:28 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15415 I was once informed by an expecting Mama (when I too was expecting...and had a little boy not yet two) that while this was her third pregnancy she and her husband like to space their kids out AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS APART...That way they can ENJOY their kids... Hmmmm...I so badly wanted to say, of course, that we were having them close together in order NOT to enjoy them... And...black ric-rac...I didn't know I needed it until I read your post!!! I was once informed by an expecting Mama (when I too was expecting…and had a little boy not yet two) that while this was her third pregnancy she and her husband like to space their kids out AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS APART…That way they can ENJOY their kids…
Hmmmm…I so badly wanted to say, of course, that we were having them close together in order NOT to enjoy them…

And…black ric-rac…I didn’t know I needed it until I read your post!!!

]]> By: Angie http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15407 Angie Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:03:31 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2007/10/15/scarecrow/#comment-15407 I would have been sorely tempted to cast a very poignant look toward the scarecrow and say, "Ah, but I see you're a twin, too." Kudos to you for handling it with such grace. I would have been sorely tempted to cast a very poignant look toward the scarecrow and say, “Ah, but I see you’re a twin, too.”

Kudos to you for handling it with such grace.

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