Diary Comics, Dec. 30 & 31
A mini Friday Afternoon With Edith, this time! Also, sorry the color is disappearing from these, the additional child kind of brought it back to black and white. (Previously.)
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Discussion 5 comments
Love the raw, spare quality of these.
And what a great thing to have documentation of this period of time — about the only thing I remember from the days after my second kid was born was "uh, how do babies work again?"
There are many well documented cases where belief in a higher-power did not alleviate symptoms of depression - based on the writings/historical accounts of famous theologians, and anecdotally from personal family experience.
It would make sense that there could be some positive side-effects of belief in a deity, but it doesn't seem like they would be uniquely limited to belief in god.
Thanks for sharing these diary entries - it is very encouraging to see other folks (parents of toddlers/newborns) going through similar experiences
Agreed. I think that anyone who has experienced clinical depression will attest to the fact that it is not possible to think or reason or pray it away.
Is it possible that a belief in god can have an ameliorative effect on run-of-the-mill unhappiness or transient hopelessness?
I love the diary comics. Thanks for sharing.
So interesting that G made a quantum leap upward after H was born. Big in comparison? A normal age for a sudden leap? Spurred by the newness of the baby or by you Mom being around? What I know for sure is that each age of each person is fascinating!
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