Comments on: A Little “Pep Talk”

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:55:40 +0000

The mood swings come with pregnancy, Katie. So chalk it up to the hormones, give yourself a rest (even if its that 5 minute breather in the bathroom), and put it all in God’s hands. The Lord is right. We were made for love. When it will be returned to you, it will be overflowing. God bless!

By: Enrique

Enrique — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:23:23 +0000

Katie! you have reminded me of how often and to what extent I under-appreciate my beautiful, hard-working, mother-of-three-soon-to-be-four, blessed wife, Veronica. Thank you and may god bless you and my Veronica for ever… and may He make Devin and I (and all us husbands) grow in appreciation!

By: Andrew C

Andrew C — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:06:42 +0000

I enjoy your honesty and faith. I’m sure you’re a great mother, and I enjoy your blog. God bless, and hopefully it will get easier each day. I’ll pray for you and the family

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:39:57 +0000

I’ve been reading your blog for a while, but feel compelled to finally leave a comment. My husband and I had twin boys and then we welcomed our third son when the twins were just 16 months old. That was 11 years ago. Since then, we’ve had 2 little girls, but even our super buys days now are NOTHING compared to staying home, every day, all day with 3 little toddlers. I was emotionally, spiritually and physically exhausted each day. However, I treasure the memories of those days and find comfort knowing that I was and still am doing God’s work and fulfilling my vocation. Trust me, it’s gets easier, and more fun as they get older.

By: Chere

Chere — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:35:26 +0000

You are serving God and showing His love by just trying, Katie! These children will some day understand that you did your best in the difficult times and that will inspire them to also work through the tough times in their lives.

I often find myself repeating Mother Theresa’s words: God, I know that you won’t give me more than I can handle, but sometimes I wish you didn’t trust me so much!

Keep on doing your best every day–God planned for your sons to have their sister with them, and He will help you make it all work out!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:58:27 +0000

Praise be to God for you honesty! I don’t know how you do it but you do it well! I mean talk about responsibility delivered to your doorstep! I don’t know how you do it, but I know you can and are doing a great job!

I pray for babies but I also have a very strong love to being my selfish me and having all of my time. So I can’t imagine what it feels like to have to part with it. Gosh, I hate taking the dog out when it interrupts something I’m doing.

I think you might be in the hardest years as well, I’m sure when they become a little more self sufficient, it will be a tad bit easier.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:21:09 +0000

Katie, I think we all have these thoughts. Just today I thought, “God, 2 is enough. I’m done.” It is helpful for me to see that other moms, who I often think have it all together, struggle, too. God bless you for loving these children! Their lives will be forever better because of your love. We will keep you in our prayers!

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 03:47:38 +0000

Katie, God bless you for your honesty. My 5 are spaced over 17 years but I still frequently find myself saying to the Lord, “really, Lord, are you sure I can do this because I really don’t think I can”.

This is an incredibly challenging time you are going through but you will look back on it one day and it probably won’t take as long as you think for it to get easier. The Lord has given you an enormous job to do but He holds you up with His right hand. Have you read “Trustful Surrender to Divine Providence”? It’s a good one for difficult times.

God bless you and thank you for the inspiration you both give to me in this beautiful work you are doing. I’m so grateful to God that He has called two such people with a vibrant faith in Him to give so generously of themselves and I’m grateful to you for being brave enough to admit how hard that is. That takes humility. God’s grace will see you through.

By: Roxy

Roxy — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:39:31 +0000

Katie, I agree with Alexis.
When Roxy was a newborn (and still today) Gerardo always used to remind me that we need to have the bad days in order to have the good and beautiful days. And when you are having a beautiful moment with your child (children), you see that all the bad moments are worth it, just to have that beautiful moment.

Sorry if that was too confusing. :S

You are doing great! Keep trusting in God.

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:47:40 +0000

Oh, girls, thank you so much. Please keep the kind words coming, as well as the empathetic comments. I feel awful when I have thoughts like I had this morning, so it’s a relief to know that you have felt the same.

Somehow, I always thought that my mother loved being a mommy to 8 of us, which I’m sure she did, but she must have felt the same at times. It comforts me to think how much I love my mother, despite her flaws and despite the times she must have felt like she wanted to give us away to Goodwill. So, I trust that my children will love me, even though I’m not a perfect mother.

Thank you, again, so much for your supportive words.