tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174063094709125984.post6365560201558457226..comments2023-05-14T07:58:33.142-06:00Comments on The Grass Isn't Greener....: Feeling Left OutThilltribehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10925049528104914128noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174063094709125984.post-44796445960950628412018-10-28T12:58:45.746-06:002018-10-28T12:58:45.746-06:00Even though I’m reading this in 2018, it’s still e...Even though I’m reading this in 2018, it’s still extremely relevant. I’m a nearly 50 (eek!) mama to six kids. There an age gap of 8 years between my first 4 and the last 2. It puts me in an awkward social zone. The women with kids the same age as my younger are younger than me. And one of my two is ASD which also makes it hard. Aaaaaand I have grandkids. I often feel isolated, even among the women at church. It makes it hard to feel like I fit in. I have a couple close friends who keep me sane haha! They are literally my lifeline and sanity at times. As far a social media goes, I rarely get on anything. Except Pinterest. I’m always there haha. But for the rest, I got tired of the fake ness of it. It seemed as though everyone was competing for perfection. Please. No ones perfect in this life. Only Christ. And knowing some of the people in real life and seeing how they came across on FB as having these amazing, perfect, happy, wonderful blah blah blah lives.....well, I just stopped checking in. Comparison is the thief of joy. And who cares what so and so made for dinner! Haha! I was lucky to make a pot of Mac and cheese! I think as sisters in the church we need to reach out more to each other and remember that this life can be tough. Touch base with one another face to face, not through text or email. Make it personal. Make it real. <br />Thank you for this post. You are an amazing woman of extraordinary strength and faith!The Farm-Marmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16317109590740405836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174063094709125984.post-48894696537438896812015-03-10T11:37:00.414-06:002015-03-10T11:37:00.414-06:00I so agree that social media can be used as such a...I so agree that social media can be used as such a front for the "pretty and perfect" instead of the real and messy. I'm all about REAL, and things of DEPTH. So sometimes, after a particularly too deep of an inhale of social media, sometimes I have to detox. Maybe we all do, but especially women; we love comparing. Sometimes I think it can be good to just POST on social media, and not to browse.. so we can avoid comparing. So maybe make that a thing for a day or two; don't browse, just post what you feel so inclined to, and then turn the phone or computer off, and carry on with your perfectly imperfect, and real life (: You rock. Tiffanie Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08403641234868307293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174063094709125984.post-23536567856059700682015-03-07T19:35:11.943-07:002015-03-07T19:35:11.943-07:00HA - I'm older than you!! :D I feel the same w...HA - I'm older than you!! :D I feel the same way a lot of time Cayce! I'm on Facebook and other social media all the time, but I don't really connect with people because it's part of my job. Sometimes it feels so artificial. <br /><br />My life is mundane and sometimes my problems overwhelm me, too. And my house is usually a mess. ;)<br /><br />It sounds like we need to make an effort to connect more personally, I just kind of suck at it.<br /><br />Love you all the time in all the stages of life - because you're just so great, because you're just so YOU!!<br />Shannon <3Shannon @ Dinner from the Hearthttp://dinnerfromtheheart.comnoreply@blogger.com