tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post8234997444349311060..comments2024-03-28T10:41:26.999-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: Time Out for a Little FunDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-89490774934832330402012-01-04T20:16:20.347-07:002012-01-04T20:16:20.347-07:00So true, Kathryn. Young couples today do each othe...So true, Kathryn. Young couples today do each other a favor by giving alone time now and then.Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-38723126096815545832012-01-04T19:43:00.646-07:002012-01-04T19:43:00.646-07:00Maryann, I was just talking about this today with ...Maryann, I was just talking about this today with a young mother at our gym. She has four kids; my mom had five. Her husband stays with the kids in the morning so she can have a workout by herself and I was wondering how much better our childhoods might have been if my dad had done that for my mom. It isn't a lot, an hour to yourself, but it's something. And maybe, just enough to get by with your sanity intact.Kathryn Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-28562186021740399012012-01-04T15:30:07.508-07:002012-01-04T15:30:07.508-07:00Very true Maryann. Every woman can relate to this ...Very true Maryann. Every woman can relate to this post, even if her kids are 30 years old. She remembers.Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-31038213447017604852012-01-04T09:58:50.846-07:002012-01-04T09:58:50.846-07:00Elle, I never tried to finish a novel while the ki...Elle, I never tried to finish a novel while the kids were really young. But once when I was working on a story about parenting for a national magazine, I locked my kids out of my office so I could finish. I looked out my office window after a half hour and saw them pressing their faces against the window. The oldest who was 11 at the time was supposed to be watching the younger ones, but she had gotten too involved in a television program. I thought I should not be writing an article about what a terrific parent I was. LOLMaryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-88301302206644186362012-01-04T09:40:27.974-07:002012-01-04T09:40:27.974-07:00Very cute. I don't have kids, but I do work wi...Very cute. I don't have kids, but I do work with preschoolers and I totally get how their parents feel. I have a kid attached to me all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-43315266115366543502012-01-04T09:27:17.141-07:002012-01-04T09:27:17.141-07:00Some of these happen with my dog! Never can eat or...Some of these happen with my dog! Never can eat or drink anything without her giving me the soulful eyes!<br /><br />Morgan Mandel<br />http://morganmandel.blogspot.comMorgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-80934046870763014312012-01-04T09:16:55.828-07:002012-01-04T09:16:55.828-07:00I'd love to comment, Maryann, but, unfortunate...I'd love to comment, Maryann, but, unfortunately, I can't relate.Christopher Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667548312923348614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-16909332640177918092012-01-04T07:16:47.148-07:002012-01-04T07:16:47.148-07:00I so remember my "mommy days." That one ...I so remember my "mommy days." That one about swallowing the candy whole made me laugh out loud. And now I'm doing the whole thing again with grandchildren. I'm much more candy-savvy now.Karen S. Elliotthttp://www.karenselliott.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-25042327511755665172012-01-04T02:25:09.388-07:002012-01-04T02:25:09.388-07:00So true, Maryann. Last year while I was completing...So true, Maryann. Last year while I was completing my novel I had to insist on a half-hour or so of "space" so that I could write, but that by no means came uninterrupted or with any degree of privacy. I had to learn to write while partially tuning out my toddler's chatter and play noise, but ready to drop everything and leap to attention before something or someone got broken. Surprisingly, I actually did manage to finish that novel. <br /><br />Elle<br /><a href="http://hearwritenow.com" rel="nofollow">HearWriteNow</a> & <a href="http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Blood-Red Pencil</a>Elle Carter Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266309723919011181noreply@blogger.com