Saturday, February 22
Tuesday, January 28
What I Hope People Will Think
People think and believe what they want to believe. It's just their nature, and I've learned there's often not much we can do about it.
I came across this picture the other day, and it struck me that this is what I hope people think of me.
I'm the most important person in the world for six people.
And that's good enough for me.
I came across this picture the other day, and it struck me that this is what I hope people think of me.
I'm the most important person in the world for six people.
And that's good enough for me.
Monday, January 13
Santa Has No Boundaries
For a week now, I've watched my girls get on the bus and be greeted by a little girl each morning. This little girl, a classmate of one of my girls, happily waves her new iPhone for my girls to swoon over. She's in first grade.
Yup. First grade. And she's got an iPhone. That Santa brought her.
Really?
As a parent, I question her parent's judgement. As a mother, I worry what kind of trouble this will cause with my girls, let alone with her. Our school system has a "bring your own device to school" policy, but I question its necessity at this elementary level.
Never mind the stories we read and see in the news.
She's not the only school aged child on the bus with an iPhone, either. Bus mates have been texting each other on the ride to and from school.
Our girls were presented with their first iPods from Santa this year. iPod Shuffles. That we monitor the songs on, adjust the volume when deemed necessary, and place in time-out when behavior warrants.
I watch her each morning smile at my girls and wave her shiny new phone and wonder, "What has happened to Santa's boundaries?"
Yup. First grade. And she's got an iPhone. That Santa brought her.
Really?
As a parent, I question her parent's judgement. As a mother, I worry what kind of trouble this will cause with my girls, let alone with her. Our school system has a "bring your own device to school" policy, but I question its necessity at this elementary level.
Never mind the stories we read and see in the news.
She's not the only school aged child on the bus with an iPhone, either. Bus mates have been texting each other on the ride to and from school.
Our girls were presented with their first iPods from Santa this year. iPod Shuffles. That we monitor the songs on, adjust the volume when deemed necessary, and place in time-out when behavior warrants.
I watch her each morning smile at my girls and wave her shiny new phone and wonder, "What has happened to Santa's boundaries?"
Monday, January 6
Powerful
I came across this quote recently. I find it incredibly powerful, speaking to so many parts of me I can't even being to describe. I've looked for the author so I can properly credit them, but I keep coming up empty.
"Sometimes God takes away something you never expected losing, but He will replace it with something you never imagined you could have."
-Unknown
Monday, December 16
Friday, November 29
Thanksgiving
"For gratitude, as we all know, is not a given but rather a way of being to be cultivated."
- Katrina Kenison
Monday, November 25
Beautiful is...
Beautiful is a 10-year-old catching snowflakes on her tongue on the way to school.
Beautiful is a 16-month-old really seeing snow for the first time, watching it fall through the air while trying to catch it in his tiny little boy hands.
* Note: The first glimpse of beauty was on November 12, as my husband and daughter left home to go to chorus practice and work. I neglected to hit the publish button that day.
Beautiful is a 16-month-old really seeing snow for the first time, watching it fall through the air while trying to catch it in his tiny little boy hands.
* Note: The first glimpse of beauty was on November 12, as my husband and daughter left home to go to chorus practice and work. I neglected to hit the publish button that day.
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