As busy mothers with spouses, kids, jobs, responsibilities, we’re all bound to fall into a funk from time-to-time — a phase when we feel dejected, overwhelmed, ungrateful, unappreciated or just plain blah, sometimes for no good reason.
So what can we do about it? Ride it out? Throw up our hands? Yell at our kids? Kick the dog? Drown our sorrows?
What to do?
I presented that question to 10 people I consider spiritually grounded, wise, virtuous and generally upbeat; while at the same time, in touch with the real world, including priests, parents, a religious sister and a psychologist and here’s what they said… [read more]
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I’m a wife, mother of two (8 and 5), and reporter for the Denver Catholic Register newspaper. I love to write and can't believe I get to do it for a living.
I needed that advice today. Actually, just reading them helped me get less funky.
By: waiting2play on May 17, 2012
at 8:38 am