Comments on: I Needed Today http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2009/10/i-needed-today/ The Best Days of My Life Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:41:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Tara http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2009/10/i-needed-today/comment-page-1/#comment-9005 Tara Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:20:54 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1175#comment-9005 Sarah! Okay, so I know I'm your 'FB friend' and have seen some of your writings from time to time..and think you are soooo talented. I'm amazed by your writing, actually. However, tonight something prompted me (the quiet I guess...Scott and Selah are out to eat)...and I got to read 'your story'...wow. I have been really blessed by it. To be honest, it helped me because in California, I had always wanted to be your friend..thought you were so beautiful and wise and deep, but you never seemed to want to be my friend. Of course I would like to think it's because you were dealing with all this stuff...truth is, you just may not have been into it. Bottom line is, reading your story tonight...it helped me to understand what you (guys) were going through at the time. I so appreciate your amazing honesty and the way you guys are letting GOD shine brightly through all of this. It's true beauty. Anyway, I guess I just wanted to tell you how wonderful I've always thought you were, and always wished we could have been friends. Thank you for doing what you are doing now..being such an inspiration!!! I love it! Love, Tara... Sarah!
Okay, so I know I’m your ‘FB friend’ and have seen some of your writings from time to time..and think you are soooo talented. I’m amazed by your writing, actually. However, tonight something prompted me (the quiet I guess…Scott and Selah are out to eat)…and I got to read ‘your story’…wow. I have been really blessed by it. To be honest, it helped me because in California, I had always wanted to be your friend..thought you were so beautiful and wise and deep, but you never seemed to want to be my friend. Of course I would like to think it’s because you were dealing with all this stuff…truth is, you just may not have been into it. Bottom line is, reading your story tonight…it helped me to understand what you (guys) were going through at the time. I so appreciate your amazing honesty and the way you guys are letting GOD shine brightly through all of this. It’s true beauty. Anyway, I guess I just wanted to tell you how wonderful I’ve always thought you were, and always wished we could have been friends. Thank you for doing what you are doing now..being such an inspiration!!! I love it!
Love,
Tara…

]]> By: whimzie http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2009/10/i-needed-today/comment-page-1/#comment-8807 whimzie Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:13:19 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1175#comment-8807 Well, this explains it. My son woke up with a fever today. I didn't want him to be sick, but I couldn't figure out why I felt more at peace today than I have in awhile. This is why. I needed a break but for whatever reason haven't felt like I could take one. I shouldn't need a sick child to have an excuse to stay home. Well, this explains it. My son woke up with a fever today. I didn’t want him to be sick, but I couldn’t figure out why I felt more at peace today than I have in awhile. This is why. I needed a break but for whatever reason haven’t felt like I could take one. I shouldn’t need a sick child to have an excuse to stay home.

]]> By: Anna http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2009/10/i-needed-today/comment-page-1/#comment-8785 Anna Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:29:47 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1175#comment-8785 Hi Sarah.. I have never commented but find your blog wise, and honest, and so I was reading today and had to comment because I was just thinking those same thoughts as I have been sick with the flu and caring for my 4 year old who is also sick and my 2 year old, and not to mention having our newborn son Cam who is just 10 weeks and we want to protect him, so it has been wild, but I was thinking that I have been tired for a long time and being tired and tired and tired eventually can turn into WEARY and weary is harder to overcome, it becomes emotional in a whole new way... SO i was thanking the Lord for his perfect timing even in our sickness to slow us and center us.. it has been great being sick for what it made me lay aside and so I could focus on the children and being with them in the purest sense, playing laughing and guarding the joy of my household is how I regain balance before tired turns into weary.. Hi Sarah..
I have never commented but find your blog wise, and honest, and so I was reading today and had to comment because I was just thinking those same thoughts as I have been sick with the flu and caring for my 4 year old who is also sick and my 2 year old, and not to mention having our newborn son Cam who is just 10 weeks and we want to protect him, so it has been wild, but I was thinking that I have been tired for a long time and being tired and tired and tired eventually can turn into WEARY and weary is harder to overcome, it becomes emotional in a whole new way… SO i was thanking the Lord for his perfect timing even in our sickness to slow us and center us.. it has been great being sick for what it made me lay aside and so I could focus on the children and being with them in the purest sense, playing laughing and guarding the joy of my household is how I regain balance before tired turns into weary..

]]> By: Trina http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2009/10/i-needed-today/comment-page-1/#comment-8768 Trina Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:22:08 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1175#comment-8768 Sarah, Great post again. I love what Jenny said way up above. Lately I have really been scheduling time. JUST TIME. I make sure there are parts of my day where I take a break from bills, mothering, taxi driver, whatever it may be. I may exercise, catch up on something I recorded, read, etc. All too often our day is filled with needing to be somewhere, do something, meet someone. I definitely have, like Jenny, taken my time on committing to something. I let them know I need to check my calendar and get back to them. Because I will do it - I will overschedule myself. I have also been getting more sleep. This has helped tremendously. I used to think that I could stay up past everyone else and then be my most productive. But that has proven to be untrue over these last few months. I have told my husband that it is so strange because it seems like when the sun goes down, so do I. I have no energy to do anything more. So I have been getting things done earlier in my day- like when I am making dinner I will then make lunches for the next day so they are done. I immediately do the dishes once dinner is done and even in between so that way I can go straight to bathing the kids and getting everyone ready for bed and the kitchen is already clean and I don't have to come back to it. All of these little things have helped my sanity SO much. Even my husband made a comment that he noticed that. Also, my kids and I celebrate the days we don't have to do anything after school or after soccer on Saturdays. We will come home and change into comfy clothes and yell "It's A DO NOTHING DAY- YAY!" Then we take the time to just hang out together or do our own things- but we are all home and are not obligated to anything the rest of the day. We love those days. This was an all too important post - thank you for writing it. I have seen so much more value in this subject- it is so important that we take the time. xoxo Sarah,

Great post again. I love what Jenny said way up above. Lately I have really been scheduling time. JUST TIME. I make sure there are parts of my day where I take a break from bills, mothering, taxi driver, whatever it may be. I may exercise, catch up on something I recorded, read, etc.

All too often our day is filled with needing to be somewhere, do something, meet someone. I definitely have, like Jenny, taken my time on committing to something. I let them know I need to check my calendar and get back to them. Because I will do it – I will overschedule myself.

I have also been getting more sleep. This has helped tremendously. I used to think that I could stay up past everyone else and then be my most productive. But that has proven to be untrue over these last few months. I have told my husband that it is so strange because it seems like when the sun goes down, so do I. I have no energy to do anything more. So I have been getting things done earlier in my day- like when I am making dinner I will then make lunches for the next day so they are done. I immediately do the dishes once dinner is done and even in between so that way I can go straight to bathing the kids and getting everyone ready for bed and the kitchen is already clean and I don’t have to come back to it.

All of these little things have helped my sanity SO much. Even my husband made a comment that he noticed that. Also, my kids and I celebrate the days we don’t have to do anything after school or after soccer on Saturdays. We will come home and change into comfy clothes and yell “It’s A DO NOTHING DAY- YAY!” Then we take the time to just hang out together or do our own things- but we are all home and are not obligated to anything the rest of the day. We love those days.

This was an all too important post – thank you for writing it. I have seen so much more value in this subject- it is so important that we take the time.
xoxo

]]> By: Shari http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2009/10/i-needed-today/comment-page-1/#comment-8758 Shari Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:13:38 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1175#comment-8758 I also find boundary making a challenge, especially when I know God has gifted me in an area to help someone with true needs. Even though I'm improving in that area a bit, the real difficulty is the demands put on me that I have literally no control over. That's when I tend to go into my plate-spinning mode. Adult children making their own choices, the economy impacting our family's business, church politics...these things that come into my life which have their pull on my time and more importantly emotions. The one thing besides being in God's Word each morning that I can't live without is sleep. I don't have trouble with that boundary. I go to bed on time! I also find boundary making a challenge, especially when I know God has gifted me in an area to help someone with true needs. Even though I’m improving in that area a bit, the real difficulty is the demands put on me that I have literally no control over. That’s when I tend to go into my plate-spinning mode. Adult children making their own choices, the economy impacting our family’s business, church politics…these things that come into my life which have their pull on my time and more importantly emotions.

The one thing besides being in God’s Word each morning that I can’t live without is sleep. I don’t have trouble with that boundary. I go to bed on time!

]]> By: The Secret Life of Kat http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2009/10/i-needed-today/comment-page-1/#comment-8757 The Secret Life of Kat Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:46:49 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1175#comment-8757 My daughter DID have h1n1 this weekend and we both actually really enjoyed it. She didn't feel too horrible and she loved staying home from school and reading all day. We watched movies together and just relaxed (my sweet hubby took care of the other kids). Normally, though, on Saturday mornings I escape to Starbuck for a few hours to relax, recoup from the previous week and plan for the next week. It's kind of like a weekly balance check. I love it. My daughter DID have h1n1 this weekend and we both actually really enjoyed it. She didn’t feel too horrible and she loved staying home from school and reading all day. We watched movies together and just relaxed (my sweet hubby took care of the other kids).

Normally, though, on Saturday mornings I escape to Starbuck for a few hours to relax, recoup from the previous week and plan for the next week. It’s kind of like a weekly balance check. I love it.

]]> By: Traci http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2009/10/i-needed-today/comment-page-1/#comment-8756 Traci Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:36:46 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1175#comment-8756 Oh, I could have written this! Sounds so familiar! I can get so "manic" with my to-do lists, and "go-go" personality, that I then just get burnt out. Ohhhhhhhhhhh, to learn to live a life of balance. I regain balance by sitting down and physically writing stuff out (in a list of importance)- so yes, a priority list. I also clean the clutter... I find that when I clean the clutter out of my house, it is therapeutic... I can then clean the clutter out of my heart, at the same time. God is so good, to bring us back..... ain't HE!? God is good.... "all the time" All the time..... "GOD IS GOOD"! Oh, I could have written this! Sounds so familiar! I can get so “manic” with my to-do lists, and “go-go” personality, that I then just get burnt out. Ohhhhhhhhhhh, to learn to live a life of balance.

I regain balance by sitting down and physically writing stuff out (in a list of importance)- so yes, a priority list.

I also clean the clutter… I find that when I clean the clutter out of my house, it is therapeutic… I can then clean the clutter out of my heart, at the same time.

God is so good, to bring us back….. ain’t HE!? God is good…. “all the time” All the time….. “GOD IS GOOD”!

]]> By: Alana@A Kiss, A Hug, and A Squeeze http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2009/10/i-needed-today/comment-page-1/#comment-8755 Alana@A Kiss, A Hug, and A Squeeze Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:09:27 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1175#comment-8755 Yes! I know exactly what you mean. I think it is the time of life that we are in. It seems like you only take it moment by moment. Glad you had some time at home, it's so rejuvenating! Yes! I know exactly what you mean. I think it is the time of life that we are in. It seems like you only take it moment by moment. Glad you had some time at home, it’s so rejuvenating!

]]> By: dubdynomite http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2009/10/i-needed-today/comment-page-1/#comment-8754 dubdynomite Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:05:41 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1175#comment-8754 Staying balanced is something that I'm sure I've always struggled with. It's so easy for me to get carried away with everything. Right now, there are a lot of parts of my life that have been put on a hiatus (too much to explain in a comment). Having being released from several responsibilities and the tasks that accompanied them was at first very disappointing. As time has gone on, I've found that I had let the things I was doing become my identity. Without them, I really didn't know who I was. It was a frightening revelation. Now, I am in a process of centering myself, in hopes that who I really am will determine what I do, not the other way around. Staying balanced is something that I’m sure I’ve always struggled with. It’s so easy for me to get carried away with everything.

Right now, there are a lot of parts of my life that have been put on a hiatus (too much to explain in a comment). Having being released from several responsibilities and the tasks that accompanied them was at first very disappointing. As time has gone on, I’ve found that I had let the things I was doing become my identity. Without them, I really didn’t know who I was. It was a frightening revelation.

Now, I am in a process of centering myself, in hopes that who I really am will determine what I do, not the other way around.

]]> By: Sandra http://www.sarahmarkley.com/2009/10/i-needed-today/comment-page-1/#comment-8753 Sandra Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:05:31 +0000 http://www.sarahmarkley.com/?p=1175#comment-8753 Sometimes we don't know what we have until we loose it. Sometimes we don’t know what we have until we loose it.

]]>