tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275597446532773244.post5724245872705055355..comments2023-05-19T13:24:20.504+01:00Comments on The River Into Words: How stupid gets washed awayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275597446532773244.post-75804865707154234082013-12-10T08:03:40.571+00:002013-12-10T08:03:40.571+00:00Thank you so much for the comment, Heather. Tween ...Thank you so much for the comment, Heather. Tween boys also make me cry a bit...karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008360835616829859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275597446532773244.post-87605433609843037332013-12-08T01:06:48.053+00:002013-12-08T01:06:48.053+00:00I can feel that stupid with you. The words flung a...I can feel that stupid with you. The words flung at me were different, but they sting nonetheless. My oldest will start middle school next year and I am baffled. Here I am living with a tween boy. I hate tween boys. Tween boys made me cry. They are scum. Right? Well, no apparently not. Apparently, those bullies who made me cry had mothers who loved them. They were real people.<br /><br />This is mind blowing stuff.<br /><br />I'm glad the bad washes away. Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630459404574301299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275597446532773244.post-29479769272041257342013-11-23T12:06:33.556+00:002013-11-23T12:06:33.556+00:00I feel exactly the same way... about grace and mer...I feel exactly the same way... about grace and mercy for us and our kids. So glad his mercies are new with every morning and every kid and every generation and over and over again. Thankful for you, Angela.karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16008360835616829859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-275597446532773244.post-91427157090802583852013-11-23T01:20:25.196+00:002013-11-23T01:20:25.196+00:00I can totally relate to: "I was smart and I... I can totally relate to: "I was smart and I knew I was smart, but I felt stupid. All the time. The stupidness and the smartness had no relation in my mind, for my heart almost always ran ahead of my brains, the stupid feelings preempting the smart ones."<br /> As a teen I struggled deeply with feeling stupid. My worried mom had me take an IQ test, in am attempt to prove to me that I was not stupid. Of course the IQ test did not change how I felt. However, over the years, I have come to know more and more of God's grace and mercy. It is still so amazing to me that He would choose to reach out to me. That is what has quieted the feeling of stupidity for me.<br /> On kids... With my girl graduating & going off to college in the last year, I heard "You've done a great job with her" quite a bit. While I am super proud of my girl; the fact that she is so smart & put together is only by the grace of God. Seriously. I was young, unprepared, came from a neglectful if not abusive background, and did not have college degree. Yet, God somehow used this broken person to grow a beautiful, smart, highly motivated young lady. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02024473469143614708noreply@blogger.com