http://dystopianparadise.lifeatadistance.com/2008/09/02/searching-for-a-place-to-call-my-own/ One man's attempt to explain his rationale for the otherwise very mundane things he does. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:07:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://dystopianparadise.lifeatadistance.com/2008/09/02/searching-for-a-place-to-call-my-own/comment-page-1/#comment-1078 Brooke Pannell Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:25:24 +0000 http://dystopianparadise.lifeatadistance.com/2008/09/02/searching-for-a-place-to-call-my-own/#comment-1078 Hey, googled you guys to find your life at a distance page and I found your blog. I haven't talked to you guys in a while. The small group thing is a real issue, we struggled with the very issues you have laid out here. Having a baby can be isolating at times, it's hard to balance it with time as a couple. We didn't do a small group for a LONG time after having kids. Taking the kids with you is not so much fun, you can't focus on each other and the group. However, now we are in a small group together....we hired our next door neighbor girl to watch the kids, and we also recruited Gigi (grandma). Eric also does a group with the men now at our house, and I just pack the kids up and go visit my mom.....which I know Kassy can't do. But not having a small group for so long left a hole in us, and it nagged at us incessantly. One idea may be that youth from your church could gain credits towards a youth trip by babysitting for couples on the nights of small groups. Hope this helps.....I'm going to try and call Kassy now..... Hey, googled you guys to find your life at a distance page and I found your blog. I haven’t talked to you guys in a while.
The small group thing is a real issue, we struggled with the very issues you have laid out here. Having a baby can be isolating at times, it’s hard to balance it with time as a couple. We didn’t do a small group for a LONG time after having kids. Taking the kids with you is not so much fun, you can’t focus on each other and the group. However, now we are in a small group together….we hired our next door neighbor girl to watch the kids, and we also recruited Gigi (grandma). Eric also does a group with the men now at our house, and I just pack the kids up and go visit my mom…..which I know Kassy can’t do. But not having a small group for so long left a hole in us, and it nagged at us incessantly.
One idea may be that youth from your church could gain credits towards a youth trip by babysitting for couples on the nights of small groups. Hope this helps…..I’m going to try and call Kassy now…..

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