Comments on: Cutting the Crusts Off

By: Motherhood and Purpose | Crafting my Life

Motherhood and Purpose | Crafting my Life — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 14:07:43 +0000

[...] This is the crux of Crafting my Life for me. I want something in my life that is just for me. It doesn’t have to be big, and it doesn’t have to pay me a bunch of money. In fact, it doesn’t even have to pay me anything. It just has to be wholly mine. Something that speaks to my heart, and the person that I am underneath the trappings of my life. If you strip away the marriage and the children and the house in the suburbs, you find me. A person with dreams that have nothing at all to do with making yet another PB&J with the crusts cut off. [...]

By: Strocel.com | Because of my Children

Strocel.com | Because of my Children — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:03:57 +0000

[...] aren’t necessarily what you would call exciting. I do a lot of wiping, a lot of cajoling, and cut the crusts off of many sandwiches. When I view each task on its own, it’s not exactly inspiring. But when I [...]

By: Strocel.com | Listening to your Subconscious

Strocel.com | Listening to your Subconscious — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:02:18 +0000

[...] then, three days later I’ll be cutting the crusts off yet another PB&J and for my kids and it will hit me like a blinding flash of light. [...]

By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:33:14 +0000

I just can’t get my brain around the ‘logic’ of it all – where do kids get the idea that crusts are so reprehensible? Where do they get the notion that trimming the vile crusts off of their sandwiches is even an option? Do they really come out of the chute with an instinctual, inherent hatred of bread crusts?

I actually just blogged about this myself a coupla days ago:

The Crust of the Matter
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By: Pick Your Stories (part 3)

Pick Your Stories (part 3) — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:32:05 +0000

[...] I’m still riffing on the ideas that came to me while reading Amber Strocel’s post on crusts. [...]

By: Pick your battles- and pick your stories!

Pick your battles- and pick your stories! — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:14:06 +0000

[...] post was inspired by a conversation on Amber Strocel’s blog about crusts. You know- the things you cut off your kid’s sandwiches, or the things you [...]

By: Mel

Mel — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:07:39 +0000

Dharma doesn't eat sandwiches. Full Stop. She will eat bread, she will eat cheese (although butter or margerine is a bit of the antichrist around here) but if I put the two together she will freak out. YEP. FREAK OUT. .-= Mel´s last post ..New tradition =-.

By: Marilyn @ A Lot of Loves

Marilyn @ A Lot of Loves — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:00:00 +0000

The crust thing is weird. I also thought I would NEVER cut the crusts off my kids sandwiches. They would be tough little son-of-a-guns with their crusty bread. However, when it really comes down to it, whether they eat their crust or not doesn’t matter so much. I’m tired of fighting over what they eat (or don’t) and I just want them to eat SOMETHING.

I like the comparison of something so mundane like sandwiches to the bigger picture.
.-= Marilyn @ A Lot of Loves´s last post ..Makeover!! : Wednesday of Few Words =-.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:24:34 +0000

Wonderful post, Amber. It summarizes parent-hood to me, and in such a verbal, descriptive way. This is one of those posts that you can read in 20 years and it will put you right back into the mindset of the day you wrote it.

By: Dionna @ Code Name: Mama

Dionna @ Code Name: Mama — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:22:26 +0000

“The crusts are the emblem of everything that is wrong with my life. I fear that my brain will atrophy and I will spend the rest of my life barefoot on a sticky kitchen floor, serving others.”

Oh, how I understand. It’s not crusts for me . . . I can’t really tell you what it is that makes me feel this way. I can tell you that every time I get depressed, one of the sure signs that I’m in a funk is that I start looking at want ads.
Then, of course, I start thinking about going back to work and putting Kieran in daycare and I feel an altogether different level of panic and depression.
It’s really tough. I was Tweeting with another mama/lawyer who is in the same position – why can’t we be both? In my ideal world, I’d find some like-minded parents who all wanted to work part time and partner with them. We’d have plenty of work from home days and a kid friendly office.

I will continue to dream . . .
.-= Dionna @ Code Name: Mama´s last post ..Co-Sleeping Essay Contest =-.