I loved reading MyLittle 3 Ducks maybe it is because I was one of three little ducks a long time ago. It maybe that Dana takes amazing pictures and write wonderful prose to go with them. I love getting to see glimpse into the wonderful family she is raising with her husband when I stop by. I know you will too.
When the amazing JDaniel4’s Mom asked me if I would like to write a post for her Pause life for a moment series of course I said yes! When I sat down to write the post for her I thought…
Do I pause for life?
What if something happens while I’m paused?
That was back in October.
Since then amazing things have happened that have helped me understand myself better.
Understand why I have to always be moving.
Understand why reading a book to myself or to my kiddos has always been so painful.
Understand why my writing never flows and my spelling is always awful.
I now know Dyslexia plays a huge part in all of those things and starting the process of overcoming it has changed my life and my family’s life.
Now I am able to…
Sit.
Sit with my kiddos and read to them.
Sit and listen to them read.
Sit and do crafts with them.
Sit with my husband and enjoy our time together.
Before October I never understood how precious time was.
JDaniel4’s Mom asking me to write this post came at the perfect time. Trying to write this post before I got help was painful and made me realize I never pause.
Did I even want to?
And did that make me a bad mom? (Of course not!)
Sitting down to write this post after I got help made me realize just how far I have come.
Now my answer would YES! Bring on the pause!
Pausing Life for a moment is such a gift and I am so grateful that I can now see that.
I had no idea Dana was working through this when I invited her to guest post, but I know Someone who must have placed her on my heart. I am so happy I listened to His still small voice.
Now that’s powerful stuff! 🙂
Thanks for your sweet comment this morning!
A True Awesome Mom – overcoming those things within herself better helps teaching children about overcoming. What a great story about not have to settle with being uncomfortable!!!
Mailed out the cookies today, and they should arrive on Thursday! Hope you all like them!
xoxo
Daily Mom
http://dailymomlife.blogspot.com
Ah, how wonderful that she can now see why things have been a struggle and that things are getting better. Taking a pause is so important & yet it seems to be the hardest thing to do at times. I have known students who struggled with dyslexia – I can imagine going through life and not knowing you were dealing with this. Always thinking there was something “wrong” with you. Shows, that it is never to late for answers and definitely never to late to get help and move forward on a positive path. Bravo!
So inspirational! Be blessed!
melissa
the joys of home educating
Wow, it’s so cool to hear this from an adult’s perspective– in working with kids who struggle to read or write or even kids who struggle to pause, we often wonder what’s going on in their heads. Often kids are emotionally too immature to really let us in. It’s great that you can open up like this. I think it helps me understand that people may be struggling with things that we don’t even know about. That helps me to be more gracious to a person. All of us have a special need. When we can realize that, I think we can be more respectful of others. Thanks for sharing your journey!
It’s amazing how the Lord can put us in the right places at the right time and make an impact when we’re not even looking for it! Bravo for taking the time to learn about and take care of yourself!
Thanks for sharing Dana, and thanks jdaniel4wmom for sharing and introducing us to Dana.
Great to have an adult’s insight, I am sure this post will be a real encouragement to many.
What a wonderfully honest post she wrote here, and I’m so glad that she’s found her pause button!
Wow. How great that you are finally able to address something I can only imagine has been challenging you to some extent your whole life. What a relief that must be.
This is soooo insightful… I work with special Ed kids and some of them fight with this as well as ADHD and other mixes of disorders. Some of them can’t communicate well- but this artical has helped me to understand them a bit more. Thank you for sharing a bit about yourself.
So glad Dana has found her pause button. We certainly all need one from time to time!
Dana, you had me at “What if something happens while I’m paused?” Powerful reflections here – thanks so much for sharing!
You just never know what people are going through. So so happy for her that she has been able to get help and things are better now
Thank you for sharing – what a wonderful inspirational story.
Thank you for sharing this. it makes me pause and think of my daughter who I suspect may be going through this as well.
You sent goosebumps down my arms! I am so pleased for you and your family and pleased that you are able to address some things in your life.
Pausing really is precious and not something I do often enough (though I try!!!)
Maggy