Julie Pippert: Using My Words

Suburban Turmoil and Petroville host the Perfect Post awards every month. Jenny and Mindy host Blog Share Sundays every week. Although I am often way too self-involved to think my way out of my own often overwhelming life's paper bag, this past month and week I did manage to do so. :) Moms Speak Up contributor Lisa spoke to my raison d'etre with her post, The Power of Language: Use It To Make Change . So I nominated it for a Perfect Post award. Then, at my disturbed-about-the-issue-desiring-teacher-POV request, Ann Bibby wrote, " Voting a Student Off the Island: What Happened in Florida? " and I thought that was worthy of a Blog Share. Slouching Mom also wrote so movingly about the cautious child in her post, " The Cost of Caution ," and I had to put that up for a Blog Share too. You guys get a badge too! And last but not at all least, I was awed when Chani wrote in her Sacred Life Sunday about Perspective . Cani, I haven't got a badge so hopefully ve...

A month ago, Gwen at Woman on the Verge wrote a post for the Hump Day Hmm topic "Things we need to learn over and over." Her description of the parental paradox of love was brilliant, moving and bittersweet. It described perfectly what I think all of us feel at some point. There is the overwhelming love we have for our children, and then there is how we feel in any given moment. You can (and may I suggest you should) read it here . You can check out the rest of the Perfect Posts at Lindsay's or Kimberly's . Copyright 2007 Julie Pippert Also blogging at: Using My Words Julie Pippert REVIEWS : Get a real opinion about BOOKS, MUSIC and MORE Julie Pippert RECOMMENDS : A real opinion about HELPFUL and TIME-SAVING products Moms Speak Up : Talking about the environment, dangerous imports, health care, food safety, media and marketing, education, politics and many other hot topics of concern.