tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-755812716904187545.post3140530396915930311..comments2023-04-06T04:43:41.670-07:00Comments on VANDERVISION: When We StopKimberly Vanderhorsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01653757517652257445noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-755812716904187545.post-41639062524825779132013-06-20T21:12:22.556-07:002013-06-20T21:12:22.556-07:00Good job--you made me cry. :) I wish I could talk ...Good job--you made me cry. :) I wish I could talk to you, yet you said everything I think I needed you to say right now with your post. I love you, sweet friend. <br /><br />Life is rather sucky right now, in the midst of cleaning out our hoarderdom waiting to know what is next (though we're almost through with the cleaning out, after TWO MONTHS, HOORAY), but there is light in the hope. Rebecca Blevinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378726097105313400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-755812716904187545.post-71809576857083472552013-06-19T14:49:20.662-07:002013-06-19T14:49:20.662-07:00Thank you, Kim. Is it selfish of me to say that I ...Thank you, Kim. Is it selfish of me to say that I needed this today? You're inspiring and I'm grateful for you! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610208332113861702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-755812716904187545.post-86293068450069971822013-06-19T08:21:33.564-07:002013-06-19T08:21:33.564-07:00See, I don't think awesome is something you be...See, I don't think awesome is something you become at all. I think awesome is how you are, how you were made by God. You are right that we cannot achieve awesome, and I would argue that we cannot even become awesome. We simply have to accept awesome - in the face of flawed humanity, imperfection, error, and even failed resolve. <br /><br />Awesome is not perfection and it's not even trying to be perfect. Defining awesome as trying still implies that the control of awesome rests with you. It doesn't! God made you awesome and the awesome cannot be taken away from you.<br /><br />Depression is awful. It's stopping and darkness and blindness and nothingness. It's insidious and it can happen to any of us, but I'm glad you have a network that brings you light. But they can't bring you awesome because you already ARE that - even in the midst of depression, YOU. ARE. AWESOME! :)Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05293734129682469882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-755812716904187545.post-42213533345996209192013-06-18T21:20:27.064-07:002013-06-18T21:20:27.064-07:00Oh, Kim. Oh, Kim. Oh, dear, dear Kim. You echo my ...Oh, Kim. Oh, Kim. Oh, dear, dear Kim. You echo my heart and my mind and my life so many times. I'm so happy for you that you have lights--little or no--that are helping you to start again. I pray for God to bless and keep you. You are a light. And even when you feel like it, you never stop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-755812716904187545.post-70927445525461407712013-06-18T17:41:18.741-07:002013-06-18T17:41:18.741-07:00Kim, you are the mom of four young, active girls. ...Kim, you are the mom of four young, active girls. Sometimes just keeping them alive and fed is more than enough for one day. It's not stopping, it's prioritizing. It's conserving your energy for the things that matter most. When your kids are older you will be amazed at how much easier it is to do EVERYthing. And it will go so fast! If you just get out of bed and love your girls every day, you are doing plenty. Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660156433881882098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-755812716904187545.post-31466542879170399122013-06-18T16:05:22.030-07:002013-06-18T16:05:22.030-07:00We do it for each other. Sometimes you're in t...We do it for each other. Sometimes you're in the darkness, and sometimes you provide the light. The important thing is to know who you can trust to throw the switch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532225334730948057noreply@blogger.com