tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15532867.post113090054360333551..comments2023-05-04T02:10:54.541-07:00Comments on Purpose Driven Blog: You-nessJoanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09168542368255282446noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15532867.post-1130904614109933552005-11-01T20:10:00.000-08:002005-11-01T20:10:00.000-08:00Well said. And a lot shorter than I could say it....Well said. And a lot shorter than I could say it. <BR/><BR/>Balance is key. I try to find ways, as you do, with cooking and excersing, that have secondary benefit to family as well. I try to choose routes that give me joy...but that does not mean that because I'm excited about them and want to have conversations about them to connect with people that they are necessarily or entirely "self Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09168542368255282446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15532867.post-1130903722073229242005-11-01T19:55:00.000-08:002005-11-01T19:55:00.000-08:00I can understand the wondering if what you're doin...I can understand the wondering if what you're doing is what the Lord wants you to do, or if it's just pleasing you. I think most of what I do is "survival mode" at this point, and I think it's so important for moms of young kids to find something that can reconnect them to their own identity. I love being wife and mom, but I need to be ME sometimes too. Not sure that people understand all my Mystihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147640629724678243noreply@blogger.com