tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32101429.post4728982715021870782..comments2023-10-24T10:13:19.334-05:00Comments on The Adventures of Mommy Missionary: SwimsuitsMommy Missionaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13181846130612614265noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32101429.post-75030871733002695642009-04-07T22:46:00.000-05:002009-04-07T22:46:00.000-05:00I think I may have shared this before, but it appl...I think I may have shared this before, but it applies to here it comes again. Last summer when I didn't really want to engage in swimming because I didn't like how I looked and I didn't want the work of fixing my hair again afterward (lazy or vain - not sure) I remember standing in the shallow end of the pool watching my kids and thinking of my dying Grandpa in the nursing home. I thought I bet my grandpa would love to be able to go swimming again, etc. I don't want to be in a wheelchair someday, dying and think I wish I would have engaged with my kids more. So I got in there - got wet - had fun - and wore a hat the rest of the day. I think I made my grandpa proud. He died a week later.Joel and Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167236217723662345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32101429.post-22976444220980339772009-04-07T06:58:00.000-05:002009-04-07T06:58:00.000-05:00Hi, Michelle--Don't think I've ever commented here...Hi, Michelle--<BR/>Don't think I've ever commented here before, but I've been following you (via my blog reader) for a while. I'm a VM wife in western PA. Anyway, just wanted to thank you for this post. It's something I've been sensing God trying to work on in me for a while. Of course, we don't have children, so the "Being with our kids...is too great to miss" doesn't necessarily apply to me, BUT, your statement, "It's easy to disengage from life when we aren't happy with ourselves," hit close to home for me. I can easily do that if I'm not careful.<BR/><BR/>So, thanks for the reminder that God has called me to life among people, and if I'm to obey, that life is OUT THERE. No hiding allowed! :)<BR/><BR/>Steph VGSteph VGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14446288653830353475noreply@blogger.com