tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403865598460728065.post5681836955572704322..comments2023-10-03T12:24:27.291-04:00Comments on Rainmom: mrs. bennetjen graberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10076101215607475480noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403865598460728065.post-9546514007368329592010-02-23T14:31:51.464-05:002010-02-23T14:31:51.464-05:00Too Cool! Too True!! I definitely have my Mrs. Ben...Too Cool! Too True!! I definitely have my Mrs. Bennet days. The challenge of seeing and feeling that you are a good, wonderful parent, which you Are, when dealing with a little Aspie...I warmly and dourly remember the days. It sounds as if you are doing exceptionally well. Ahh, I would have been truly blessed to have a mum like you.<br /> On a side note...if you ever wish to read about what its like on the other side..I have a blog about being a 40 something woman with Aspergers and parenting a 17 yr old with the same. aspergersthealien.blogspot.comAmy Maureen Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815560301698063906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403865598460728065.post-16687664624722315712010-02-18T18:45:37.275-05:002010-02-18T18:45:37.275-05:00Oh wow, your second paragraph hit home hard. I wis...Oh wow, your second paragraph hit home hard. I wish I could tell you how much I relate to that. In my case, wanting so much not to be/feel like...well, let's just say, like I don't want to feel. And then having such an angry, oppositional, often cheerless child and how it drains me and pushes me to such limits. I see in myself all that I have worked so hard not to be when I find myself at my wit's end with her. There are times I wish I had a label to make things make sense, but I know how little comfort that would actually give. (I hope that doesn't come across in a bad way...I have no illusions that parents with labels for their challenging children feel any better for it). Anyway, maybe I am just a crier, but this one brought many tears. <br />-hugs, Jen SherwoodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403865598460728065.post-18045404185156893932010-02-17T21:44:34.684-05:002010-02-17T21:44:34.684-05:00It's easy as moms to lose sight of the fact th...It's easy as moms to lose sight of the fact that we are also human. At least, my friends tell me that all the time when I get self-critical. I have one child on the spectrum and one off, and yes, I struggle more with the ASD child, but truth be told, BOTH drive me up the wall with great frequency. And I'm not the mom I want to be. *hugs* to you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04432956187411545138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403865598460728065.post-14207350197374046102010-02-15T08:17:12.249-05:002010-02-15T08:17:12.249-05:00Would it help if I told you that my son looked at ...Would it help if I told you that my son looked at me the other day and asked, "Why are you always angry, Mommy?" That was enough to help me keep a lid on it, for the next few days anyway...Hannah Miedelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403865598460728065.post-4038537971982453942010-02-15T00:54:10.148-05:002010-02-15T00:54:10.148-05:00Good Grief! Is there really anyone that I know le...Good Grief! Is there really anyone that I know less like Mrs. Bennett! But, I guess that is the point. If you could only get that smelling salt mojo on!!!!!! <br /><br /> --You just keep plodding on in a very non-Mrs Bennett sort of way.......<br /><br /> all that stolid faithfulness is damn admirable! --Faithful love is really all that keeps any of us from falling into the abyss... <br /><br />Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way<br />With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today.-- and all that jazz<br /><br />unimpeachable sustaining love, my dear. this is what I see in you... the stuff that nature gives..... and the stuff that only can come from an infusion of the holy spirit. ..<br /><br />not a smidge of this rather two-dimensional Austin creation. <br /><br />Love,J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2403865598460728065.post-17092259753668219082010-02-14T22:25:25.833-05:002010-02-14T22:25:25.833-05:00Wonderful, perfectly descriptive post.
From a fell...Wonderful, perfectly descriptive post.<br />From a fellow Mrs. BennettJanellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14896749184708256231noreply@blogger.com