<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Irresistibly Fish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[brettfish]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://brettfish.wordpress.com/author/brettfish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Invisible Woman [a follow-up to Candi Fourie&#8217;s &#8216;Parents of young children&#8217;&nbsp;post]]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>so more than 1000 people have viewed <a href="https://brettfish.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/taboo-topics-parents-of-small-children-meet-candi-fourie">the post my friend Candi graciously shared with me about being a parent of small children</a> when it doesn&#8217;t necessarily go well or feel good all of the time [which for this little blog is a lot of people which has been exciting to see and will hopefully continue to encourage those out there who may be struggling with some of the same stuff] and so this is a sequal of sorts to that.</p>
<p>firstly Candi has a recently started blog [with just one post] called <a href="http://momentswithamom.wordpress.com">Moments with a Mom</a>, which she is hoping to write some more for and that first post is really worth a read so please go and check it out and leave some encouragement for her there if you appreciated her story at all.  </p>
<p>but then Candi sent me a video link for a 6 minute video clip by a woman called Nicole Johnson [who i had never heard of before so can&#8217;t verify whether any of the rest of her stuff is worth checking out or anything] titled &#8216;The Invisible Woman&#8217; and so i watched it and it got me really close to tears [which as a lot of you know is quite a feat, altho it seems less and less these days, maybe i&#8217;m just being exposed to better stuff or maybe this old hard-hearted dude is finally softening a little?] and so i encourage you to watch it. </p>
<p>i think it is specifically aimed at moms or maybe wives, but i think it&#8217;s a great piece for all of us to watch, just in terms of being aware of what we add to the &#8216;making someone feel invisible&#8217; phenomenon, and also because i imagine each one of us feels a little invisible at some time or other and would love a friendly reminder from God or the people around us that we do matter, that we are seen. so give it a watch and i&#8217;d like to hear your thoughts afterwards:</p>
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