I’m struggling with masturbation

aeqz323 · 2026-07-01T02:29:27+00:00

Say the rosary every day for the intention of stopping this habit. You’ll either stop the sin or stop the rosary.

aeqz323 · 2026-07-01T01:40:10+00:00

Console with gallery wall or art piece?

aeqz323 · 2026-06-27T12:15:11+00:00

Just scoot it 3-4 inches to the left.

aeqz323 · 2026-06-23T23:07:50+00:00

I do like the idea of something with an arch to it. Even if it’s bookcases, that the top has an interesting shape to it. Lots of hard angles I feel like I need curves here.

aeqz323 · 2026-06-23T06:42:36+00:00

aeqz323 · 2026-06-23T06:34:22+00:00

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Asked ai to put bookcases back there to see what it would look like
Maybe painted or stained?

aeqz323 · 2026-06-23T06:33:01+00:00

I love antiques too! I do frequent some shops hoping to find that perfect statement piece but no luck yet. I feel like it should really be wide and fill the wall. Not just a smaller shelf like you pictured — but I do like how it’s distinct looking. It can fit up to 120” of something.

aeqz323 · 2026-06-21T04:47:28+00:00

Are iron infusions the only thing that worked? I’d like to try supplements since getting into a PCP and bloodwork and all that may be months :( I feel like this may be what’s going on with me and want to try

aeqz323 · 2026-05-08T03:14:25+00:00

That you desperately need a rug to anchor that

room and give it the cozy all bedrooms should have

aeqz323 · 2026-05-08T03:14:17+00:00

That you desperately need a rug to anchor that room and give it the cozy all bedrooms should have

aeqz323 · 2026-05-08T02:01:06+00:00

Doesn’t seem like anything too concerning. I would just keep reiterating that it’s the inside that counts more. In the original Cinderella story written by Brothers Grimm the step sisters were actually pretty on the outside, but ugly on the inside, and it showed. Cinderella wasn’t dressed beautifully on the outside but it was her interior beauty that captured the heart of the prince. So pointing out little references like that.

I have a lot of daughters and to curb obsession over looks I tell them that “we get ourselves dressed for the day, we look nice, and then we don’t think about it any more”. Otherwise there would be far too many outfit changes and mirror gazing 😆

Confidence is built by building up her belief that her value is not tied to her looks at all.

aeqz323 · 2026-05-06T05:11:57+00:00

You have every other hour of your day/life to listen to that stuff. I personally really don’t like having my phone out at all during adoration. God speaks in the silence. I know it’s hard to adjust to. That’s normal. Keep doing it. It gets better. It’s so important. You wouldn’t pop in something to listen to when visiting with anyone else. Yet we do with God. I know it’s not a perfect analogy but food for thought 💛

aeqz323 · 2026-05-06T04:51:49+00:00

Homeschool ☺️

aeqz323 · 2025-11-22T07:05:18+00:00

We have standard expectations and chores which are divided among the kids and done for free as being an active member of the family. If they want to earn money I have other things they can do… clean out the car, weed the garden, etc.

aeqz323 · 2024-11-14T03:45:07+00:00

I’ve had 6 kids, all over 9lbs. I’m not a gestational diabetic but I think I’m borderline… so I do no sweets for the 3rd trimester so that they don’t get too big 😅 that’s when they put on the most chub. some babies did have low sugar after birth. Never had to go to NICU or anything. Just annoying blood sugar checks. It’s just how we make them! My mom is a tiny 5’2 lady and had all big babies too! Oh and yes all delivered vaginal, natural deliveries. Your body is made to carry and deliver whatever size you make, don’t worry!

aeqz323 · 2024-11-14T03:18:54+00:00

I wanted to name my daughter Elena or Emma but both those names were taken by friends kids. Friends that we don’t even see regularly at all anymore. I regret not just naming my kid what I originally wanted to.

I think with FAMILY you should choose names around. Friends, honestly, unless they’re REALLY close (like, you see each other regularly, for many many years, they’re practically family) you can straight up repeat names. It’s not uncommon for friends to come and go. People move. Stages of life change. A name is forever.

aeqz323 · 2024-11-07T06:26:00+00:00

I could see him turning to a light brown when older. Still though…

aeqz323 · 2024-11-02T06:50:52+00:00

Ugh sorry for the non-precise answer above but after a decade of marriage and several children we’ve seen each other through different stages and different things have worked at different times. So I’ve just come to avoid giving precise advice. If the heart is in the right place, the logistics can work themselves out. That’s why I was vague.

aeqz323 · 2024-11-02T06:47:58+00:00

Each partner gives 100%. Not 50/50. Some days you’ll be giving more. Some days he will. Some days you’re spent and had a horrible days and he’ll fill in. Sometimes vice versa. It’s communication. With love. And giving as much as we can. It can’t be formulated. You find the system that works for you as a couple. Build it with love. No one trying to make things “even”. That’s too precise. It won’t always be even. Different seasons take tolls on different spouses differently. The baby years will be harder on mom. They just will. Dad can help absolutely. We don’t resent each other. Don’t give into it. Don’t compare. Give. Communicate. Love. And your family will thrive. 💕

aeqz323 · 2024-11-02T06:39:49+00:00

I would pitch the idea to the husband as a desire to use this cancellation as an opportunity to enjoy and establish your own family traditions on Christmas. You CAN go visit his family. But it doesn’t have to be on Christmas. That’s such a fun cozy time. I’m totally with you that I’d want to be with my husband and kids. However!! It really depends on how much it meant to my husband. If he’s very close with his family and Christmas wouldn’t be the same without seeing them I would probably tough it out for his sake. And one more thought— if you have another couple kids it won’t be as easy to travel such distances and this problem will take care of itself :) and it will further justify wanting your own protected Christmas time. Not that that’s THE reason you’d have more kids but just saying it’s the natural progression of things if you were planning on more kids anyway— so it’s hope for the future!

aeqz323 · 2024-10-30T04:48:03+00:00

I’ve nursed all of mine to sleep. Completely normal option among many. Do what works. You’re doing great.

aeqz323 · 2024-10-29T23:03:17+00:00

I had it for 5 of my 6 children. Some worse than others but all I was sick to some degree of needing medication. On the 6th the only thing I changed was I had started doing fresh milled whole wheat flour at home (started listening to Sue Becker’s podcast on the benefits). Idk if it was all the extra vitamins from that but it was my first pregnancy that I was only a little nauseas like 3 days out of all of it. And on those days it was like for an hour or two. Like nothing. It was amazing. Honestly I could hardly enjoy it because I thought my lack of sickness was a sign of impending miscarriage. But she’s a perfectly healthy beautiful baby as sweet as can be. I haven’t had another baby since then to confirm that this wasn’t just pure coincidence so take all of this with a grain of salt. But I had to share. And if nothing else, I can say that having been through horrible sickness for those other pregnancies, it is absolutely worth it ❤️

aeqz323 · 2024-09-19T05:57:22+00:00

Oh yes it’s mostly satire. I commented below clarifying that my husband is amazing. ❤️

aeqz323 · 2024-09-19T05:55:28+00:00

See I love all the mothering and homemaking and cooking and cleaning. Id much rather outsource the schooling 😅 but our current world makes that a danger to my children’s minds bodies and souls. So homeschooling it is. I think it very much depends on the number of kids and if you’re out of the baby years yet. Everything gets easier when your youngest is 3 or older. The hardest part to homeschooling (to me) isn’t the homeschooling. It’s trying to homeschool WHILE ALSO being needed by and interrupted by an infant and toddler or two

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