Comments on: 23 Days Left of 2009 http://www.wishtobeamommy.com/2009/12/23-days-left-of-2009/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed True Confessions From The Fertility Hopeful Community Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:59:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: the misfit http://www.wishtobeamommy.com/2009/12/23-days-left-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-57 the misfit Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:54:02 +0000 http://www.wishtobeamommy.com/?p=454#comment-57 IFers never give themselves any credit (I'm as guilty of this as the next person). The thing is, we each have to respect the burdens and challenges of our own lives, and try to be good people according to those - not to what some theoretical person ought to do. So I absolutely insist that you go out today and get yourself a latte/hot chocolate/celebratory treat, and just sit there and enjoy it, and recognize that this is a well-deserved reward for NOT jumping out that window, or any of the other horrifying things that occurred to you to do. Because that was an achievement. And if you would be so kind, the next time I survive an impossible-for-IFer moment with some modicum of sanity (if that ever happens), will you give my bossy advice back to me? IFers never give themselves any credit (I’m as guilty of this as the next person). The thing is, we each have to respect the burdens and challenges of our own lives, and try to be good people according to those – not to what some theoretical person ought to do. So I absolutely insist that you go out today and get yourself a latte/hot chocolate/celebratory treat, and just sit there and enjoy it, and recognize that this is a well-deserved reward for NOT jumping out that window, or any of the other horrifying things that occurred to you to do. Because that was an achievement.

And if you would be so kind, the next time I survive an impossible-for-IFer moment with some modicum of sanity (if that ever happens), will you give my bossy advice back to me?

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