Comments on: Watching Them Grow: Our Children and Our Skills http://mamawriters.com/2010/02/watching-them-grow-our-children-and-our-skills/ Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:35:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kris Kennedy http://mamawriters.com/2010/02/watching-them-grow-our-children-and-our-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-4750 Kris Kennedy Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:12:43 +0000 http://mamawriters.com/blog/?p=2981#comment-4750 Sarah~ Oh, I like that! Your kids must love looking at it, even now. I wish I were on the ball enough to do stuff like that. I realized even a journal was a little more organized than I will be in the long run. So as far as kids, I started keeping track of everything on the calendar. Which turned out really cool, actually b/c now all those milestones are set in context of the restof our lives. :-) Sarah~
Oh, I like that! Your kids must love looking at it, even now. I wish I were on the ball enough to do stuff like that.

I realized even a journal was a little more organized than I will be in the long run. So as far as kids, I started keeping track of everything on the calendar. Which turned out really cool, actually b/c now all those milestones are set in context of the restof our lives.

:-)

]]> By: Sarah Simas http://mamawriters.com/2010/02/watching-them-grow-our-children-and-our-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-4749 Sarah Simas Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:25:31 +0000 http://mamawriters.com/blog/?p=2981#comment-4749 Hi Kris! Your post was awesome. I liked how you compared it to growing kids. Too cool! When my kids were babies, each month on their b-days I would take a pic of them with the stuffed animal my hubby gave them at the hospital. Then, I scrap book the pics. The kids love looking at their baby pics. As for my writing, I usually celebrate my little successes with something sweet. Ha! Of course, that counteracts my weight loss goal, so it's a vicious circle. :) Hi Kris!

Your post was awesome. I liked how you compared it to growing kids. Too cool!

When my kids were babies, each month on their b-days I would take a pic of them with the stuffed animal my hubby gave them at the hospital. Then, I scrap book the pics. The kids love looking at their baby pics.

As for my writing, I usually celebrate my little successes with something sweet. Ha! Of course, that counteracts my weight loss goal, so it’s a vicious circle. :)

]]> By: Kris Kennedy http://mamawriters.com/2010/02/watching-them-grow-our-children-and-our-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-4748 Kris Kennedy Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:26:26 +0000 http://mamawriters.com/blog/?p=2981#comment-4748 Hi MIcole~ So glad it hit the spot! :-) (btw, I saw on your site that you're reading Maass' BREAKOUT NOVEL. Do you love it or what?) Hi MIcole~
So glad it hit the spot! :-)

(btw, I saw on your site that you’re reading Maass’ BREAKOUT NOVEL. Do you love it or what?)

]]> By: Micole Black http://mamawriters.com/2010/02/watching-them-grow-our-children-and-our-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-4747 Micole Black Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:10:18 +0000 http://mamawriters.com/blog/?p=2981#comment-4747 This is great. I have never thought of marking my growth in writing like you would a child. Thank you for bringing this up. Great blog. Hugs Micole Black This is great. I have never thought of marking my growth in writing like you would a child. Thank you for bringing this up. Great blog.

Hugs

Micole Black

]]> By: Kris Kennedy http://mamawriters.com/2010/02/watching-them-grow-our-children-and-our-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-4746 Kris Kennedy Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:00:26 +0000 http://mamawriters.com/blog/?p=2981#comment-4746 Hey Melissa~ I know! I'm the same way. Sometimes I look back over old mss, but it's never with an eye to "Wow, look at how much better I am now." It's more like I have my nose pinched shut and my eyes squinted, thinking "Wow, did this stink." Why do we do that to ourselves, I wonder? We cheer for others, but rarely for ourselves. Sending *you* a cheer right now--yay for Melissa's wonderful books! :-) And yay for us getting better. It's happening RIGHT NOW. :-) Hey Melissa~
I know! I’m the same way. Sometimes I look back over old mss, but it’s never with an eye to “Wow, look at how much better I am now.” It’s more like I have my nose pinched shut and my eyes squinted, thinking “Wow, did this stink.”

Why do we do that to ourselves, I wonder? We cheer for others, but rarely for ourselves.

Sending *you* a cheer right now–yay for Melissa’s wonderful books! :-) And yay for us getting better. It’s happening RIGHT NOW.
:-)

]]> By: Melissa Mayhue http://mamawriters.com/2010/02/watching-them-grow-our-children-and-our-skills/comment-page-1/#comment-4745 Melissa Mayhue Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:53:15 +0000 http://mamawriters.com/blog/?p=2981#comment-4745 Kris ~ Wow... totally fitting concept! Though of course we celebrate every birthday and graduation, as a writer, I often am so caught up in what I'm doing [the writing] that I forget to celebrate the special markers there. Thanks for the reminder! ~ Melissa Kris ~

Wow… totally fitting concept! Though of course we celebrate every birthday and graduation, as a writer, I often am so caught up in what I’m doing [the writing] that I forget to celebrate the special markers there. Thanks for the reminder!

~ Melissa

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