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Susan Boyle: The New Image

July 23, 2009 By 4 Comments
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As I was watching TV yesterday I noticed something.  Susan Boyle can look beautiful.  I always find it amazing.  They took a rather homely looking woman who could sing and made her look beautiful.  I mean no disrespect.  I too can be homely looking.  My amazement is in the fact that make up can do all of that.  I am not a person who often uses makeup.  I just looked at Susan Boyle today and thought that she has gone through quite a transformation.  I can only imagine that with all of the attention she is not only feeling exhausted but she must be feeling beautiful.

I must say that it makes me think that perhaps a little more often I should put on some lipstick and eye shadow and feel good.  Perhaps I should care a little more.  As mothers we all let ourselves go.  We say we do not have the time.  We say we do not have the money but perhaps if we all gave ourselves a half hour a day we would look and feel a little better in the end.  I think that I am going to give it a try.  I will let you all know how it goes.

Becca

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Free Concert In The Park With The Kids

July 9, 2009 By 4 Comments

Last night we went to the Concert in the park with the kids.  We packed up a picnic and chairs and were off for the evening.  The kids were able to run all around and be kids and we were able to enjoy the music.  This is a 100% free event which is something that I always love.  The band was actually really good and played tunes from the beetles to John Lennon.  It is nice that there are still free things to do out there in the world.  With the economy in shambles and people struggling to put food into their mouths it is nice that there was something out there that could be enjoyed.  I think that sitting back, relaxing with the family while listening to some great music is what summer is all about.

Becca

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Self Esteem and Peer Pressure

July 6, 2009 By 3 Comments
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As a child we go through life acting like we should be different from who we are.  I am watching Abigail grow up and develop and am praying that I have instilled in her the ability to be herself.  I have never had the gift of just being me.   I guess I have spent too many years worrying that no one will like the real me.  As a kid it is hard to realize who you are and what you are about.  It is so easy to fall into peer pressure and go the wrong way.

I have spent the past 8 years helping my baby realize that we have to care for others.  I have showed her that we have to love in order to be loved.  I have tried to instill the idea that we feel good when we help others.  Most of all I have tried to remind her each step of the way in her short life that we all have brains and she has to use hers.

As she is blossoming I am starting to worry more and more about the lessons that I have taught her.  She knows that smoking is just plain bad for your health and stupid.  I have been sure to let her know that with just on cigarette she could be addicted for life.  I have tried to tell her about drugs and all of the bad things that they do to people.  It is not the people who are bad it was their choices.

I am sitting here in the summer before 4th grade hoping that she has the self esteem not to fall into peer pressure.  I am praying that she knows to say no as we have practiced.  I am praying that she knows that she can tell me anything even if it is bad.   I am praying that her walk down the teenage years is easier for her then mine was for me.

I am amazed how we give birth to these little angels and change them.  I do not know how to make sure that she stays safe other then to remind her each and every day that she has a mind of her own and pray that she is confident enough to use it.

Becca

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Summer Survival

July 1, 2009 By 1 Comment
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Here we are just 6 days into summer and I am more then done.  The kids are NUTS.  The house is a mess and I think that I have pulled all of my hair out.  The $30 worth of crafts I bought on Friday have all been done and I have no gas to take a trip.  I am not sure where to go from here.  We are all a little cranky and the baby is wondering why all of these other people are on her turf in the middle of the day!  I am lacking the motivation to do anything about it and the patience not to boil over.

Why is it that Summer vacation is still something that we need to have.  It was started to accomidate farming.  I am sorry to say that there are few farming families left here in NY.  I know of just 3 in the town I live in.  Why is it then that we have not changed all of this.  Why can’t the kids just go to school in the summer?

I know that all of this sounds bad but I also know that I am not alone in my angst!  Please September come quick.  I am not sure how long I can hang on here!

Becca

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