Oh man, that's hard. Good for your husband working hard, though! Thank you for your prayers and I'll pray for you too!
I've been thinking about your post quite a bit PF... I was there! All around me people were having these great lives and me and my missus saddled with a squad of kids. Me having to work long hours, away a lot. It was disheartening to say the least. Looking back on it, I really don't know how we lived it. And I remember thinking that we'd never, ever get out of it. Then I came across this recommended prayer. I read the "promises" attached to it, and decided to give it a go (the promises that stood out to me, apart from 'entry straight into heaven at death'), were that Our Lady 'would being peace to the families' of those that recited it daily. AND, that she 'would be with them in their work'. I started saying it many years ago. It transformed everything. EVERYTHING! Absolutely everything. And I cannot recommend the 7 sorrows rosary enough. Please note; the trick is tho, to stick with it. I say it over the course of my day. Rarely in one go. Driving, cutting grass, whenever I get the time. But I am careful to always make that time. I stopped listening to the radio in the car. So it's dead easy there. And sometimes I'll get my children to say one of the 7 seats of Hail Mary's with me. It worked for this family.
Jack, you have mentioned the 7 Sorrows rosary before. My late grandmother had a set of the beads and my mother gave them to me. I know of another member who prays this rosary, so I am going to begin. Thank you.
Yes started saying it a few days ago. I’d like PF to also know I had that anxiety after 2 of my kids were born until about a few months old. I remember crying because my husband said he didn’t have time to fix the TV..Also all we had was Bills. Off to Adoration.
Jack I occasionally do it but after reading the promises associated with this devotion I'm going to do it every day. Thank you so much for reminding us of this special devotion again.
Funny you should say this.... There has been a little voice in my head telling me to get back into the Seven Sorrows devotion for the past few weeks, and I just started meditating on them again yesterday. I will try my very best to stick with it, as it does make a huge difference!
Haaa! Its funny you post this.. We're John Denver fanatics in our house. My daughter to this very day, at 21, adores him. We used to go for Sunday drives and I'd play him in the car. So the kids kinda fell into him. He and Simon and Garfunkel are my favs. I read somewhere that Our Lady dislikes modern music. I can see why. I heard they increased the beat of modern music (I don't know the exact terminology) from something like 20 beats per minute to 90 (that's the wrong terminology, as I say, but you get the point). It increases the heart rate. Probably brings stress too, if you ask me. Personally, I absolutely detest modern music. I can't even listen to the radio anymore. Its as if there's a war against ordinary, decent music and everything has to have this unholy background beat to it. Negative Noah, me, today. Apologies
We are John Denver fans too, so I will share this story. In my husband's younger days he was a JD look alike, right down to the hair and glasses. Wherever we went people would approach and ask him if he was JD, it was crazy. We had a lot of laughs over this.
I used to sit and watch every Muppet show with my dad. LOVED it! My favorite is Animal and the gang doing the Queen song Bohemian Rhapsody LOL
I can't have modern music on the radio. I hate when it is playing in stores. I do like some old 60's /70'smusic. Oldies. They don't make music like that any more. But I chiefly love classical music and Gregorian chant. It is so soothing to the heart and mind and soul.
Purple Flower, what an honest and open soul you possess. Just like all of Mary's children here, we have experienced pains and betrayals and disapointments that make us miserable at times. Alcoholism, infidelity, divorce, and near poverty are some of the larger trials for my family, but for me the pain of relationships gone sour were my biggest heartaches. Unrequited love. If I could go back in time, I would handle things so much differently. But growth in virtue and a total dependence on God for everything takes time and thank God He is patient. I'm almost 70 years old and I'm sure Our Lord will shout out "hallelujah" on the day that I accept a trial without grumbling under my breath or throwing out a sarcastic zinger. We are works in progress and you are doing just fine. If I could adopt you, I would!
What a sweet thing to say to Purple Flower, and such a great post. When I think back upon the rough patches in my life, the trials I am living through now, poor choices made along the way, and my sometimes uncharitable thoughts and words, God has always been beside me, tapping me on the shoulder and reminding me to be humble. "Our Lord loves you tenderly: and if He does not let you feel the sweetness of His love, it is to make you more humble and abject in your own eyes". St. Pio of Pietrelcino
PF you are in my prayers, I struggled immensely with post partum anxiety with our fourth. I remember freaking out over what I thought was a sunburn at one month old. I was so scared. The emotions that we feel during that crazy time are just a part of the package we mothers get!. Just know it will not last forever! I promise. I remember thinking that my life would forever be that way. It won’t.. you and your husband will figure out what will work best for your family. Lean on him when you can, and don’t be afraid to ask for help. Again my prayers are with you and your family!!!!
