tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7367264053900410708.post3819975371303340464..comments2023-07-10T06:19:21.956-04:00Comments on Dawn Aldrich ~ Author & Blogger: Heaven's Perspective: RetreatDawn Aldrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05740102311381013988noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7367264053900410708.post-19089003062145350232014-12-08T20:23:01.112-05:002014-12-08T20:23:01.112-05:00Pausing while raising little ones is most difficul...Pausing while raising little ones is most difficult. And then, when they're grown and you find yourself with more free time, you fight the guilt of spending time on your own pleasures. It's when we learn that the time spent retreating in God's presence and dabbling in those God-planted pleasures, we find He restores us completely and we're then able to give to others from a full heart. Dawn Aldrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05740102311381013988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7367264053900410708.post-82239422608915023622014-12-08T09:49:52.018-05:002014-12-08T09:49:52.018-05:00My fondest fantasy is that I can hit the pause but...My fondest fantasy is that I can hit the pause button on life. Everyone and everything just stops and I am free to putter (or not) as I see fit and it will stay this way until I am ready to un-pause it all once again. No choices about what to do with precious limited time... do I read or sleep(!), or sew or try to learn to knit, as there would be enough time to do it all until I was ready to face the world again. I always thought such a fantasy was pretty selfish (the whole world in suspended animation just so I can get a little peace)(not that it being selfish or not keeps me from dreaming!)... but if even Jesus yearned for solitude, maybe it's okay :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com