tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post6964153620274784740..comments2023-12-22T04:53:26.012-08:00Comments on Little Toewsies: Reflections on ThirtyJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05173027505090213903noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-64990004260836267052009-10-14T07:54:23.247-07:002009-10-14T07:54:23.247-07:00sounds like such a special day he planned for you ...sounds like such a special day he planned for you - so nice! And a night away even - FABULOUS! :)<br /><br />i hear you on turning 30 - people keeping feeling the need to ask me how i'll deal with 40. HELLO! Let me deal with THIS decade first! Not to say I'm not incredibly grateful for my amazing family and where I am in life...i'd just like to keep a '2' in front of my age a bit longer :)<br /><br />we can do it - i guess we don't have much choice!kelly enshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029562951606332352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-25110480191779726152009-10-12T23:55:48.122-07:002009-10-12T23:55:48.122-07:00What a great post, Jamie. My 30th birthday was th...What a great post, Jamie. My 30th birthday was the same - a massage, Olive Garden and shopping! I liked reading your thoughts on 30, and like so many other, can totally relate. I don't feel like I've had much time to consider "me" much either. I like what your mom said, and have found that being 30, and having now my 3rd child, what they say about "enjoy it now, you'll miss it" really is true. I even find myself saying it to others.<br /><br />I'm thankful to have gotten to know you, and to be sharing this journey, even just a little bit.<br /><br />Happy Birthday, Friend.rachel joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14181423039425342650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-16544642572368105702009-10-12T19:03:48.783-07:002009-10-12T19:03:48.783-07:00This may sound a little crazy but just this mornin...This may sound a little crazy but just this morning I was thinking that I'm looking forward to when this baby comes and I can be living for someone else, not just doing whatever I want to do for myself. I know I'll miss my "freedom", and I am enjoying it now, but I am so ready for the next stage in life. <br />Your paragraph that starts with "This stage of life is filled with diapers.." makes me tear up a little at the end (I blame it on the pregnancy hormones!) when you say that your life is so rich and you wouldn't trade it for anything else. No, you don't really have time for yourself, but what you do have and what you are doing for these 3 little lives is something that I really admire.jupohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04083039743931609999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-30386984455919087522009-10-12T18:46:01.124-07:002009-10-12T18:46:01.124-07:00Hello to all of you girls, who are in the midst of...Hello to all of you girls, who are in the midst of diapers, brestfeeding and all of those wonderful baby and toddler things. Thisis Jamie's mom speaking, and I assure you that it will all come to pass. Believe me, after raising 4 kids under 5 at one point, I know what you are talking about, but now that I am 56, I just want you all to know that THE BEST IS YET TO BE. So, enjoy those little ones. teach them about Jesus and about life, and one day they will bless you like my kids and 11 grandkids do, so HANG IN THEREKathy's cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449493462946421087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-77104878143846656432009-10-12T17:55:09.399-07:002009-10-12T17:55:09.399-07:00You learn so much in each stage of life. You are ...You learn so much in each stage of life. You are not stuck in your ways and I admire how you and Erik pour into your kids and disciple them. They know Jesus and are aware of Him. I love it! <br /><br />I hear you though on not being able to grow in relationships like we were able to back in bible school days. Those were the days to be up late eating cookie dough and praying together and really sharpening each of our friends in our faith.Trev and Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03255645425453462189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-84593386499780547862009-10-12T14:17:06.556-07:002009-10-12T14:17:06.556-07:00Jamie - I have never NEVER thought of you as being...Jamie - I have never NEVER thought of you as being stuck in your ways. I love your ability to be exactly who you are. I love being near you. You make my heart feel really safe and loved and accepted. And no one can quite make me laugh like you can - especially at that special bedtime hour. You are beautiful - thoroughly. I love you.Rosanna Toewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00783864518916849237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-76779996054100868922009-10-12T09:43:06.523-07:002009-10-12T09:43:06.523-07:00What a great post Jamie! Happy 30th and hope you ...What a great post Jamie! Happy 30th and hope you and Erik have a fantastic time in Whistler. I hear the Fairmont is to die for :)Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00472538310537538895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-31343224565412324962009-10-11T22:48:24.951-07:002009-10-11T22:48:24.951-07:00Happy Birthday Jamie, I am glad it was a wonderful...Happy Birthday Jamie, I am glad it was a wonderful day.Ejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924535063413879487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-82949239414546474812009-10-11T21:10:03.906-07:002009-10-11T21:10:03.906-07:00I am so proud of the woman you have become. You ar...I am so proud of the woman you have become. You are such a wonderful wife , mom and daughter. I thank God for our relationship and our openess with one another. Erik, Micah, Keziah and Silas are very blessed to have you as a wife and a mom. I love you.Kathy's cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04449493462946421087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-90926090436109292242009-10-11T20:14:08.865-07:002009-10-11T20:14:08.865-07:00Beautifully said Jamie! Thanks for sharing your h...Beautifully said Jamie! Thanks for sharing your heart a bit. So excited for you to go to Whistler! Have fun : )Kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16470999026858065114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-34554088593526684712009-10-11T18:45:37.973-07:002009-10-11T18:45:37.973-07:00Happy Birthday! Thank you for this post. It was ...Happy Birthday! Thank you for this post. It was very inspiring. As 30 looms ever closer for me (3 months actually) I'm still freaking out about it. But come that day, Lord willing, I will indeed pause and think about all that it means about where I am now and where I was then. Praying your next ten years are indeed filled with learning, growth, and many, many more blessings!Jen Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885123155062990486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-77685678490428497652009-10-11T18:37:57.863-07:002009-10-11T18:37:57.863-07:00such wise words from someone so much older than I....such wise words from someone so much older than I. I am the only one in our circle who hasn't "gone on" to 30. Sometimes I wonder what it is like to be 27 ... or 28 ... or however old I am. Guess that is what happens when you marry someone older than you... when you are just a teenager yourself!! sounds like you had a great birthday. hope you have a great time in Whistler! I still haven't been there... maybe for my 30th!!Kerri Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475874242462874633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-19206139983058912942009-10-11T09:24:51.383-07:002009-10-11T09:24:51.383-07:00Happy Birthday Jamie!Happy Birthday Jamie!Charlottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08992186481746802978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-49509599933221605912009-10-11T02:48:37.389-07:002009-10-11T02:48:37.389-07:00happy (belated) birthday!
sounds like you had a gr...happy (belated) birthday!<br />sounds like you had a great day:)<br /><br />i can totally relate to the feeling of the "not my own" days....i feel the same quite often as well! and then i hear a story of a single mom, friends who can't have children naturally...and i become thankfull for my own little family.<br /><br />i'm going back to university to avoid the "rute" you were talking of:) i guess learning something and challenging my mommy brain is very needed at the moment:)<br /><br />welcome to the thirties!<br /><br />leslieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16956178.post-20290638626796794842009-10-10T22:58:24.688-07:002009-10-10T22:58:24.688-07:00Jamie, you're such a great writer and thinker....Jamie, you're such a great writer and thinker. And I have to say you haven't aged a day...welcome to the thirties...:)Nushnoreply@blogger.com