tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467184516054189174.post2087398638311144540..comments2024-01-31T04:45:31.705-05:00Comments on Totus Tuus Family & Catholic Homeschool: Ugly at the Beauty SalonAllisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467184516054189174.post-12865088357077002402011-03-02T13:38:42.762-05:002011-03-02T13:38:42.762-05:00Love it! It brings me comfort to know that other ...Love it! It brings me comfort to know that other Moms are out there encountering all of this worldliness. Keep all of these moms in your prayers.<br /><br />Truth doesn't hurt. Ignorance hurts.PattyinCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04286757995048861826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467184516054189174.post-48709274578415443642011-03-02T08:07:57.510-05:002011-03-02T08:07:57.510-05:00Allison what a beautiful and thought provoking pos...Allison what a beautiful and thought provoking post. You are in an inspiration and source for support and advice to new moms and homeschoolers like me.Jamie Carin and Claudio Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152021172290149801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467184516054189174.post-62240800897842654142011-03-01T11:10:18.434-05:002011-03-01T11:10:18.434-05:00I really appreciate the way you wrote your post .....I really appreciate the way you wrote your post ... what was 'said' and what you 'heard'. <br /><br />Wow, I had no idea that Natalie Portman's acceptance speech had created such a stir. I didn't watch the Oscars, though. Hollywood is not void of people who value family and children, thank goodness their opinions are voiced on a larger platform ... even if only sparingly.Suzie L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14187842891099447088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467184516054189174.post-11148389595857214192011-03-01T09:39:26.443-05:002011-03-01T09:39:26.443-05:00Thank you. This was a brilliant, thought-provokin...Thank you. This was a brilliant, thought-provoking blog post. You displayed great charity in your comments of the other person and in your restraint in not jumping in to her discussion; it can be difficult to not feel attacked in such a situation.<br /><br />With a little one on the way and due in late July, one toddler, a pre-schooler, a kindergartener, no dedicated homeschooling space and a house that will likely be undergoing a renovation come July, August and September (which is also the busiest time of year for birthdays, etc), I am feeling the fear of homeschooling next year. And I haven't done a great job of it this year, either. On top of it all, I am hearing from family members that I should put my boys in public school next year. It's hard not to let the voices of others creep in and change my own perceptions of myself, my abilities and "what's best for my children and family." <br /><br />Thanks to the encouragement of a friend and my husband, I have spent the past two weeks renewed in my desire to homeschool. I have been working hard to establish us in a better routine and to make homeschooling a priority. It hasn't been easy, but I really don't want to send them to someone else next year. <br /><br />Words like yours today have only bolstered my resolve. So, I thank you. God Bless you!<br /><br />AshleyAshleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467184516054189174.post-75629244996484303662011-03-01T09:30:23.874-05:002011-03-01T09:30:23.874-05:00Our world is hurting. Especially our country. Th...Our world is hurting. Especially our country. This is why I blog because of beautiful moms like yourself. <br />I really think they just do not know.<br />I was once blind. Teen-age and early twenties were a really hard time for me. College almost killed any seed of faith I had. So much liberal junk thrown at me. I voted for Bill Clinton for petesakes. I think these women are trapped in the lies of our culture and society. Which is so sad.<br />Thanks for still lubbing me even though I do not home school. We live in a very catholic part of MN. Very nice town with good schools. We do not run with our kids. Supper every-single night together. Our faith is no. one. We are super weird that way even around here.<br />My sons got a hair cut also last night.......by me! When I picked him up from school there was this really really long piece I missed. Almost peed my pants laughing. My poor kids.<br /><br />I think homeschooling is a very good thing. I see what you mamas do and it is awesome. <br /><br />My whole family ...they think I am crazy staying home and having 5 kids. These are the people that SHOULD love me. I imagine the world thinks worse.<br /><br />and on being an only child....that is me....it stinks stinks stinks. I do have a sister that my dad adopted when he remarried. She is 11 yrs younger then me so I never really grew up with her. But she is still my sister. just in a different sort of way.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03030030108671604522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467184516054189174.post-63937588353318613292011-03-01T09:22:19.858-05:002011-03-01T09:22:19.858-05:00I don't regret hearing the conversation...and ...I don't regret hearing the conversation...and I was eavesdropping, shame on me! They didn't know that I was a homeschooler.<br /><br />Maybe God gives us these occasions to process/strengthen our commitments and to show us how we can exhibit the same unattractive behaviors that we witness.<br /><br />Humbling. <br /><br />I am grateful to be at a place now where I see the intrinsic beauty of the sacrifice of motherhood.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467184516054189174.post-23447772850485101542011-03-01T08:53:36.185-05:002011-03-01T08:53:36.185-05:00I'm so sorry you had to sit through that. How...I'm so sorry you had to sit through that. How sad that they felt that need to be so rude and unthoughtful of other's feelings.<br /><br />All we can do is pray for them, really. <br /><br />All that matters is what God thinks. Not these women.<br /><br />It still hurts.<br />We, as women, need to lift eachother up, not tear eachother down. I couldn't even finish the Natilie Portman article you linked to, I just felt sick.<br /><br />Great post JMJ!Jamie Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17678469484585027738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467184516054189174.post-69461727804315679682011-03-01T07:31:11.552-05:002011-03-01T07:31:11.552-05:00Oh, I'm so sorry you had to sit through that c...Oh, I'm so sorry you had to sit through that conversation! Sometimes I see kids wandering around town after school and find myself thinking (and judging!) that people think my kids are weird? Really? These kids I see look more like social misfits, but again that is my judgement. Like most homeschool moms I often get the question/statement "I don't know how you do it", but wouldn't most parents clamor to send their child to an inexpensive school that boasts a 6 to 1 student/teacher ratio!!?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15273090648046464044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8467184516054189174.post-23523980714522033912011-03-01T06:52:55.564-05:002011-03-01T06:52:55.564-05:00It's funny, Allison, but the last time I had t...It's funny, Allison, but the last time I had to defend the Faith, it was while getting my hair cut.<br /><br />I think that perhaps home educating is like what St. Paul says about celibacy...let those who can, do, as it is the more perfect thing. But not all can. <br /><br />It is ridiculous, of course, for people to make disparaging comments about the opposing view. We walk only in our own shoes and the Lord wishes us to look to our own affairs and not judge others. It is difficult, though. I think it is impossible for humans to live without drawing comparisons. Everything in our existence is a matter of contrasts, and we naturally find our comfort zone at some spot in the midst of them.<br /><br />On another note, I always feel a bit sorry for women who feel that more than two kids is too many. Here I am with six, and I am sorry not to have more. Whenever I have been told--and I am told almost weekly--"My, you have your hands full!" I always retort with, "Who wants empty hands?"Nadjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11092566609789390592noreply@blogger.com