Orange is a favorite color of mine. Fiery, bright, warm, brilliant and bold. So, I can’t think of a better representation than my sweet Ella Bell. Meet my granddaughter who wears her glistening orange crown with special flare. She is confident, strong, bold, flamboyant, creative and determined, as every woman should be.
Play is the highest form of learning. ~Albert Einstein
Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning. ~Unknown
We don’t stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing. ~George Bernard Shaw
Imagination is where your child lives. When you play with him, you enter his world.
For a parent to be able to spend half an hour of uninterrupted one-on-one time with his or her child is often seen as a luxury, especially in families with more than one child. However 30-minute blocks of uninterrupted one-on-one time, where you as a parent are giving your undivided attention to your child, can be one of the most beneficial and valuable things you can provide for your child.
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(Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Things Made Of Plastic)
Sweet girl, There are a few things I want you to always remember:
1. You are absolutely and undeniably unique. You are one of a kind, and there is no one like you in the world. BE YOURSELF. It will draw people to you for the rest of your life.
2. Nothing you do can make me stop loving you.
3. Beauty truly comes from the inside. Believe that. The media lies. Don’t compare yourself or your looks. Comparison is the thief of joy. You were made in God’s image. He doesn’t make mistakes. You ARE beautiful.
4. When you start feeling sorry for yourself, find someone to serve. Do something nice for someone. Making cookies is a good start.
5. Keep a journal. Write your story. It’s therapy.
6. Don’t be afraid to do things yourself.
7. Part of doing things yourself is making mistakes. Mistakes can always be fixed.
8. Be kind to everyone. Even strangers. You don’t know what they are going through. Treat everyone you meet like it’s their birthday.
9. Learn to see the beauty in the world. It’s all around. You just have to open your eyes.
10. No excuses. Just woman-up and get things done!
11. Womanhood is a gift.
12. Your life has a reason, and you have something special to share with the world.
13. Look for opportunities around you to make a difference.
14. If someone tells you things are impossible because you are a woman, they are wrong.
15. Everything is always okay in the end. If it’s not okay, then it’s not the end.
Love, Grandmommie (Deedee)
One Word Photo Challenge: Teal
Do you have a friend who just doesn’t seem to be themselves? Something about them has changed and you’re wondering what’s going on for them?
It can be difficult to know exactly how to help a friend who is going through a difficult time, but your support will mean the world to her.
Listen with all your heart.
Being present, even if there is silence, means more than she can put into words.
And coffee…well, coffee is it’s own kind of comfort. Definitely share a cup of coffee with her.
Friends help us carry our load when all feels lost in our world. Supporting a friend when times are tough with the little things that we do really makes a difference.
I (we) get by with a little help from my friends.” — The Beatles
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A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes,
Smart enough to profit from them,
And strong enough to correct them.” ~John Maxwell
Mistakes.
I’ve made a few.
There’s a gut wrenching moment when your attention is turned to the reality of a mistake. The “I wish I could crawl into a hole right now” feeling that seduces a desire to deny its existence. Denying, though tempting, is enslaving. Disappointing. Haunting.
Truth is where freedom from the mistake begins.
Freeing the embarrassment from lingering.
Freeing the opportunity to learn, grow, mature, correct.
The difficulty is believing my mistakes represent who I am.
But they don’t.
They only represent what I did, at a given moment, with the knowledge, skill, and ability I had at the time.
Knowledge can be increased.
Skill can be learned or gained.
Ability can be improved.
And I can use all those to do better.
Owning my mistakes, learning from them and correcting them…are the true measures of a man (or woman, in my case).
You can sit looking longingly at your future.
But
Unless you take responsibility,
Unless you make a move forward,
Unless you take action,
You can’t own it.
It’s your destiny.
Live it!
The reward of a thing well done is having done it. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Mr. Emerson is completely correct but this girl likes a little bit of a reward now and then. Every summer when it’s time to take a … Continue reading
Life and change and success and reaching your destiny is a step by step process.
And if you don’t go through the process to get it, you won’t have what it takes to keep it.
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