tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post4830846711396040947..comments2024-03-29T02:24:39.165-07:00Comments on Rainbowsaretoobeautiful: Why it's good to remember times before our kidsAnn Hickmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11024569661733250122noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-19101794049061980232018-02-04T06:41:38.161-08:002018-02-04T06:41:38.161-08:00We were talking about this just today. It's so...We were talking about this just today. It's so hard to be a couple when you have children, it's easy to lose what it is that made you fall in love in the first place. I think trying to get some time alone together as often as you can is the only way. And to go out, not watch the telly! Thanks for linking up to the #bigpinklink this week.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181956895900050189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-8251018903508247852018-01-29T13:01:32.431-08:002018-01-29T13:01:32.431-08:00We do. We remember the holidays too. It us good to...We do. We remember the holidays too. It us good to remember these things x #bigpinklink FancyPaperBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484744085444002850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-33811366091885684292018-01-06T15:48:29.398-08:002018-01-06T15:48:29.398-08:00Lovely looking beach! We are going to try and do m...Lovely looking beach! We are going to try and do more couple-y things this year so I had better think of conversation topics ;) #KCACOLSAlong Came Poppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02834492915449489292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-9620338033204136752018-01-04T00:44:50.599-08:002018-01-04T00:44:50.599-08:00This is such a fantastic post lovely and can admit...This is such a fantastic post lovely and can admit to being so engrossed in my role as a Mother that it's easy to forget you also exist outside of this as does ones other half. We haven't had any time apart from our 22 month old Son and think it's important to carve so time out once in a while to reconnect with each other. Thank you for also sharing stats about couples with SEND children x #KCACOLS Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02758711096552902617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-59271337259650773982018-01-01T06:05:32.630-08:002018-01-01T06:05:32.630-08:00I think its so important to remember what brought ...I think its so important to remember what brought you together before kids. This made me reminisce on my honeymoon, thanks for reminding me of lovely memories. Thanks for linking up with #KCACOLS. Hope to see you again next time.Kelly | and Jacob makes threehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10068481497510671766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-57023625148418785292017-12-19T04:12:13.846-08:002017-12-19T04:12:13.846-08:00This is so true, so good to look back on those lov...This is so true, so good to look back on those lovely times, especially your honeymoon, what a special trip. Thanks so much for linking up at #KCACOLS. Hope you come back again next time.Laura - Mummy Laurettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141397419038132675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-73674942614136962002017-12-16T13:49:40.767-08:002017-12-16T13:49:40.767-08:00What a great post! Always good to look back at the...What a great post! Always good to look back at these great times, as you make new memories going forward! Happy holidays to you and yours! #KCACOLS xoxoLisa Pomerantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15508476122467360712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-79026795836408933152017-12-12T19:10:23.599-08:002017-12-12T19:10:23.599-08:00this is so true - and also good to remind us that ...this is so true - and also good to remind us that those times will one day come again! #KCACOLSjeremy@thirstydaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221526503939455659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-1259939368975883122017-12-12T11:57:38.414-08:002017-12-12T11:57:38.414-08:00Ahh, this takes me back! We went to Thailand pre-k...Ahh, this takes me back! We went to Thailand pre-kids as well. We didn't go to Chiang Mai, but we loved Bangkok and then went to Krabi and Ko Phi Phi. Such an amazing country, and the food was incredible. I'd love to go back one day! #KCACOLSAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165408967828224281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-30859816778357818542017-12-05T01:55:15.026-08:002017-12-05T01:55:15.026-08:00Oh your honeymoon sounds like it was utterly idyll...Oh your honeymoon sounds like it was utterly idyllic. It is hard sometimes to remember what life was like before children - especially when they have additional needs. Those statistics about couples with disabled children are shocking but it is true that the extra pressures can put extra strain on a marriage. I think it is important to reconnect and revisit memories and to remember the people you are outside of being a mum and dad. We mostly talk about the kids when we're alone because that is the biggest focus in our lives but we also have a lot of "do-you-remembers" and looking back on our pre-children life. #WotWLouise (Little Hearts, Big Love)https://littleheartsbiglove.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-29873146578324221612017-12-04T04:54:02.691-08:002017-12-04T04:54:02.691-08:00This is such a beautiful post and interesting pers...This is such a beautiful post and interesting perspective - I have the flip side in a way, my husband and I have been married for 10 years but we can't have children so have been through our own set of challenges as a couple in relation to that. We've come the other side even stronger, but exactly as you wonder about what you talked about before children, I've had people ask us "what on earth do you talk about if you're not talking about kids?!" Thank you for sharing your memories X #PoCoLoLins @ Boo & Maddiehttp://booandmaddie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-72017832605984550112017-12-03T02:00:20.223-08:002017-12-03T02:00:20.223-08:00I'm not reminiscing about life before kids any...I'm not reminiscing about life before kids anymore, i'm now in the stage of life after kids.Having had my first child at 21, that's really much to reminisce about, now at 46, hubby and I are enjoying our day to day lives doing all the things we planned to do whilst our kids were growing up, although I do miss those days and reminisce an awful lot about life with kids....lol. We're also parents to an almost 30 yo (I'm step mum) daughter with profound disabilities, whose biological mother left 18 years ago, leaving my husband as a single dad, but not for long before we became a family of 5. #triumphanttales chickenrubyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-80162984377721444232017-12-01T14:40:18.782-08:002017-12-01T14:40:18.782-08:00I think it's great how you focus on time toget...I think it's great how you focus on time together here. Parents (whether of special needs kids or not) need to function as a team, so they need to take time out to stay a team!<br /><br />https://lizziedailyblog.blogspot.co.uk/<br /><br />#pocoloLizzie Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07480551261992293859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-86960283364702410672017-12-01T07:19:22.675-08:002017-12-01T07:19:22.675-08:00My first husband and I had separated before our so...My first husband and I had separated before our son was diagnosed which probably turned out to be a blessing as he has never accepted it. My new husband has been wonderful although we did not really have much time as a couple together without kids as I already had two!<br />#wotwAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14922568143111623696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-10037610419731398622017-12-01T06:21:37.664-08:002017-12-01T06:21:37.664-08:00Firstly I think it is great how you point out that...Firstly I think it is great how you point out that parents of children with special needs did not come pre-programmed with the knowledge, qualities and skills they will need going forward. I think that helps new parents and other people too. Also I think I was very guilty of putting the children first so much that it was to the detriment of my relationship with my husband. We recapture it sometimes but it is a challenge. I think you have raised a really important issue in this post.kateonthinicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08506288402799764435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-74823521127919942722017-12-01T06:16:17.452-08:002017-12-01T06:16:17.452-08:00A wonderful post - parents must care for themselve...A wonderful post - parents must care for themselves and their relationship #PoCoLoCarol @Comfort Spring Stationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18308702098757071897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-23930872659417519662017-12-01T05:08:17.842-08:002017-12-01T05:08:17.842-08:00What a beautiful honeymoon, lovely photos. It is e...What a beautiful honeymoon, lovely photos. It is easy to become all-consumed by being a parent, and of course that's because our kids are our everything, but it is important to think of yourself as an individual and as a partner, you're so right. And yes, we like to reminisce from time to time, usually holidays like you x Thanks for sharing with #WotW The Reading Residencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369916076614976295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-59025353367105419592017-12-01T04:16:12.600-08:002017-12-01T04:16:12.600-08:00Sometimes I wish we had more time before the kids ...Sometimes I wish we had more time before the kids but I feel we met quite late in our life journey. My wish would be that we met earlier in our lives. It is so important to take time out together. It isn't something that is easy to do. How I miss those cinema trips... ;0) #WotW Jane - Our Little Escapadeshttps://ourlittleescapades.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-56549812661167749822017-11-29T14:27:57.666-08:002017-11-29T14:27:57.666-08:00A lot of things looked better in those days, that&...A lot of things looked better in those days, that's for sure. Thanks for commenting Steph xxAnn Hickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11024569661733250122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349668044326313600.post-40333858922090382072017-11-29T14:14:51.137-08:002017-11-29T14:14:51.137-08:00Love this post - is that really you, looking hot i...Love this post - is that really you, looking hot in that top pic?! Thanks for the reminder, think I will go back and dig out some happy pics to reminisce over too :) xStephs Two Girlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592292485187553690noreply@blogger.com