Hang in there…I pray for peace for you. You are a phenomenal mother, so don’t ever forget that! ((((hug))))

Girl this is beautiful and a fantastic post. thanks for sharing and being real – you’re obviously an amazing mom!

I hope you’re doing okay and am sending you long distance {{{{hugs}}}}. I had breakfast with a friend the other day and she told me she needed to talk to me about something. Then she made a huge confession, and this is what she said – “I love my husband and my kids but some days I just want to run away.” I sat waiting for her big confession and she couldn’t believe she was the only one who felt that way.
You’re an amazing mom and your kids are lucky to have you. I think that you know that, although some days it’s clearer than others. xoxo

Beautiful. And totally understood.

YOU, my dear, are an amazing mother. To ALL of your 5 :-) children.

Amen, Darcie, amen. All moms feel the way you do. Lately running away has sounded really good but I know I’d just turn around and run right back home.

Hugs to you.

Its all part of the growing process, for not just that beautiful girl of yours but for you as well. I still am learning also and whether you go to him first or somewhere along the way, he is there. You are the most awesome mom!!

This was so beautifully written, I can feel your sadness and weariness and yet I felt the love and hope that is there too. I will read this again and again.

((((Hugs)))) I think we can all relate to this.

{{{hugs}}} Me too!
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You are doing an awesome job. Sometimes the hardest things are the best things for us (or them).

There is a girl who is close to me. She had been a wild, rebellious girl. And when she was 19 her life changed forever. She made a bad choice, certainly it was a choice with some very serious, life-long, life-changing consequences.

Well, today, that girl is a changed person, and there is no doubt in my mind that it is because of that choice. It forced her to grow up.

So my point is that we, as parents, will try to teach our children to do what’s right. We will try to keep them from making mistakes, especially the big ones. And this is as it should be. But sometimes, the best way for a child to learn is to make a mistake. Especially a big one. And then we, their parents, will be there to pick up the pieces with them. And through it all, He will walk with us.

You are doing your job well Darcie. Hang in there. You are never alone.

Beautiful words, Darcie… ((HUGS))

Beautiful…and insightful.

Praying for you my friend. You’ll get through this – and so will she. And one day you will be the mom who comforts her, as she goes through it with her children. It will just take you a lot of prayer (and wine) to get there.

xoxo

From everything that you’ve written and everything that I’ve heard you say on Disney with Darcie, “she” is a very daughter to have you for a mother. While reading this post I was thinking about prayer and then you fell to your knees. All you can do is the very best you can and ask for guidance along the way. I wouldn’t want to go back to my teenage years let alone my children’s but in the end the rewards are worth the tears, worries and hard work.

Darcie, I love that you are such an involved and caring mother.

Hang in there!

P.S. I think all moms have these kind of days – when we feel inadequate, exhausted, weary to the bone. Thankfully, we have somewhere we can turn for rest. I should actually say…someONE.

Hang in there. They have to find their own way, and allow Him to help them choose that path. We’ve been praying for that all along and now we have to allow Him to do it. But, it’s so very hard. Sometimes I feel like that robot on “Lost in Space” with arms flailing shouting “Danger! Danger! Warning! Warning!” I understand.

Thanks for being a step ahead of me. What would I do without your wisdom?