A friend of mine is going to this class - Breathe In, Sing Out - all about mindfulness and parenting.

 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/a-parenting-trend-with-an-anti-guilt-clause/article16409047/

Seems like a good thing.  Slowing down in today's hurry-up life to really be fully present with children - seems almost a lost art for some folk.  What do you think?  

 I am totally drowning in mama guilt! Guilt over things I can't control.  Like, the fact that the kids (6 year old girl, 4.5 year old girl, and 11 month boy) will hardly eat any veggies.  Guilt over things I can control but am not very good at.  Like, the fact that I get annoyed at the constant messes they make or angry when they don't listen to my requests.  And then there is guilt over my feelings - feelings of frustration, feelings of being trapped, feelings of disappointment.  

In the last week, I did not attend a funeral. I didn't know the deceased well but had worked with his partner. Because of things that I  knew and because I am still not feeling great, I chose not to go.

But Guilt raised its ugly head. So what is guilt? As Christians do we have  ownership to more guilt than others?  Is guilt just a way of appeasing our decisions? Or do Christians feel that God is nudging us to do something different?