Have PATIENCE with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose COURAGE in considering your own IMPERFECTIONS but instantly set about REMEDYING them - every day begin the task ANEW. - Saint Francis de Sales, 1567-1622
We live in a time where we FOCUS on our imperfections so much that we lose sight of who we really are.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
10 Things
10 Things I am THANKFUL For:
1. I am thankful for my children and husband
2. Even thought I dont get to see him much.. I am THANKFUL that Kevin is willing to Work so hard for our family
3. Curling Irons
4. Unexpected Kisses that make me melt
5. That feeling right before I fall asleep in the arms of the man that I LOVE and I know LOVES me back.
6. Smiles (and everything that makes me smile)
7. Music. It is what drives me and helps me through out the day. Whatever I am feeling, there is a song out there to match it
8. Diet Sobe (Blackberry Currant..it is the best)
9. Chocolate with almonds, or carmel, or peanuts, or cherries, or mint, or.........
10. I am thankful for my ability to be me
1. I am thankful for my children and husband
2. Even thought I dont get to see him much.. I am THANKFUL that Kevin is willing to Work so hard for our family
3. Curling Irons
4. Unexpected Kisses that make me melt
5. That feeling right before I fall asleep in the arms of the man that I LOVE and I know LOVES me back.
6. Smiles (and everything that makes me smile)
7. Music. It is what drives me and helps me through out the day. Whatever I am feeling, there is a song out there to match it
8. Diet Sobe (Blackberry Currant..it is the best)
9. Chocolate with almonds, or carmel, or peanuts, or cherries, or mint, or.........
10. I am thankful for my ability to be me
I want to be radiant
The supreme prayer of my heart is NOT to be learned, rich, famous, powerful, or good, but simply to be RADIANT. I desire to radiate health, cheerfulness, calm courage, and good will.
I wish to live WITHOUT hate, whim, jealousy, envy, fear.
I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural, clean in mind and clean in body, unaffected, as ready to say I do not know, if it be so, and to meet all men on an absolute equality, to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid. I wish others to live their lives, too - up to their highest, fullest, and best.
To that end I pray that I may never meddle, interfere, dictate, give advice that is not wanted, or assist when my services are not needed. If I can help people, I'll do it by giving them a chance to help themselves; and if I can uplift or INSPIRE, let it be by EXAMPLE, inference, and suggestion, rather than by injunction and dictation. That is to say, I desire to be radiant - to radiate life.
I wish to live WITHOUT hate, whim, jealousy, envy, fear.
I wish to be simple, honest, frank, natural, clean in mind and clean in body, unaffected, as ready to say I do not know, if it be so, and to meet all men on an absolute equality, to face any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid. I wish others to live their lives, too - up to their highest, fullest, and best.
To that end I pray that I may never meddle, interfere, dictate, give advice that is not wanted, or assist when my services are not needed. If I can help people, I'll do it by giving them a chance to help themselves; and if I can uplift or INSPIRE, let it be by EXAMPLE, inference, and suggestion, rather than by injunction and dictation. That is to say, I desire to be radiant - to radiate life.
DINAHOR'S
Dinahors. No this is not a spelling error on my part people. Maddison is in LOVE with dinahors. Now, she thinks that dinahors are in fact our two puppies, or the actual dinasour on Night at the Museum, her dollies, blankies EVERYTHING now is a dinahor. She says it so cute and she is crackin me up with her bald head.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Close Call
There are moments in each parent's life when this happens. It started out as any normal night; watching tv with the kids, laughing at what happened at school today and taking care of Maddison who was laying on the couch in the other room watching a show... She is not feeling the greatest, so I was checking on her quite frequently.
Then it happened.
10 minutes after checking on her, I decided I had better do it again because she was running a fever,
but she was gone.
I asked JD to go and find her, but he said that he couldn't.
It didn't dawn on me that she was actually gone, probably just playing upstairs or in mom's room, but when all the kids came downstairs with becca and she asked me if I had found Maddison yet,
it hit me like a ton of bricks.
I quickly went to check mom's room, the green room, the kitchen, laundry room, both computer rooms, but there was no Maddison. I sent the kids outside and quickly got my shoes on. I told Kevin that I could not find her and he came outside to help.
Fear is a funny thing. I just knew that she had went over to Jamie's house so I sent becca over to check,
yet again,
but when I saw Robert come outside and start looking,
I literally thought my heart was going to stop.
Both Kevin and I were almost in tears, but it was like the fear was so consuming that it was impossible to stop looking.
I asked a couple of neighbor kids if they had seen her,
we searched the house again and again,
we searched the outside over and over and as a mother I just knew that she had wandered off and fell into a man-hole or was scared and cold,
or crying because she could not find her way home.
Realization is a scary thing.
There is nothing more terrifying to a parent to lose a child and have no where else to look.
Then the best thing I have ever seen,
Becca walking out of the post-office lobby carrying my Maddison who was completely asleep.
I have lost everyone of my children at least once, and have found everyone of them in that dang postoffice lobby asleep.
Then, you get those overwhelming feeling of love for your child. I swear that a parent cannot know the love they possess for their child until they lose them.
Keep and eye on your children because you never know if it will be just another close call.
Love Jerri
Then it happened.
10 minutes after checking on her, I decided I had better do it again because she was running a fever,
but she was gone.
I asked JD to go and find her, but he said that he couldn't.
It didn't dawn on me that she was actually gone, probably just playing upstairs or in mom's room, but when all the kids came downstairs with becca and she asked me if I had found Maddison yet,
it hit me like a ton of bricks.
I quickly went to check mom's room, the green room, the kitchen, laundry room, both computer rooms, but there was no Maddison. I sent the kids outside and quickly got my shoes on. I told Kevin that I could not find her and he came outside to help.
Fear is a funny thing. I just knew that she had went over to Jamie's house so I sent becca over to check,
yet again,
but when I saw Robert come outside and start looking,
I literally thought my heart was going to stop.
Both Kevin and I were almost in tears, but it was like the fear was so consuming that it was impossible to stop looking.
I asked a couple of neighbor kids if they had seen her,
we searched the house again and again,
we searched the outside over and over and as a mother I just knew that she had wandered off and fell into a man-hole or was scared and cold,
or crying because she could not find her way home.
Realization is a scary thing.
There is nothing more terrifying to a parent to lose a child and have no where else to look.
Then the best thing I have ever seen,
Becca walking out of the post-office lobby carrying my Maddison who was completely asleep.
I have lost everyone of my children at least once, and have found everyone of them in that dang postoffice lobby asleep.
Then, you get those overwhelming feeling of love for your child. I swear that a parent cannot know the love they possess for their child until they lose them.
Keep and eye on your children because you never know if it will be just another close call.
Love Jerri
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
SEVEN
7 things tag...
Seven Things I Can Do:
1. Laugh at any situation, seriously, I think it is a curse
2. Act like a kid and not be ashamed
3. yell at people I know from across the store, parking lot, basically anywhere
4. Smile and put on a good face when my honey comes home so he won’t know how bad the day
actually was
5. not work on my blog, and not feel bad about it, even through the guilt (jenat)
6. talk to complete strangers like I have known them all my life
7. play drums and sing my heart out with my kids to my guitar hero world tour, and have mom standing there laughing at me without me knowing it.
Seven Things I Can't Do:
1. Open up boxes of laundry soap
2. Eat a meal in silence
3. Paint my fingernails
4. Have my feet touched
5. Join the church Choir
6. Be serious for more than 5 minuets
7. Play poker
Seven things I say the most:
1. Are you kiddin me?
2. What the crap?
3. Hey baby
4. love ya, see ya, bye!
5. laser
6. junk
7. Antidisestablishmentarianism (that’s right)
Seven Goals for the Year:
I only have one goal and that is to never set goals
Seven Reasons that I fell in Love with Kevin:
Holy Crap, I have to name 7, …. I only knew him for 3 months,
1.. okay, He never lies to me
2. He treats me like a queen because I treat him like a king
3. He works unbelievably hard for us
4. He has a kind and loving heart
5. He brings out the best in me
6. He motivates me to do what I want to with my life
7. He has a great sense of humor
And, besides that ladies, he is HOT!!!
Seven things I love to Eat!
1. soft sugar cookies
2. cantelope or honey dew
3. crackers and cheese
4. coffee, yes I eat my coffee
5. chips and salsa
6. My mom’s rolls
7.My mother in law’s salads, any-kind, they were the best. (I will forever miss it, I love you JoAnn)
Seven Things I Can Do:
1. Laugh at any situation, seriously, I think it is a curse
2. Act like a kid and not be ashamed
3. yell at people I know from across the store, parking lot, basically anywhere
4. Smile and put on a good face when my honey comes home so he won’t know how bad the day
actually was
5. not work on my blog, and not feel bad about it, even through the guilt (jenat)
6. talk to complete strangers like I have known them all my life
7. play drums and sing my heart out with my kids to my guitar hero world tour, and have mom standing there laughing at me without me knowing it.
Seven Things I Can't Do:
1. Open up boxes of laundry soap
2. Eat a meal in silence
3. Paint my fingernails
4. Have my feet touched
5. Join the church Choir
6. Be serious for more than 5 minuets
7. Play poker
Seven things I say the most:
1. Are you kiddin me?
2. What the crap?
3. Hey baby
4. love ya, see ya, bye!
5. laser
6. junk
7. Antidisestablishmentarianism (that’s right)
Seven Goals for the Year:
I only have one goal and that is to never set goals
Seven Reasons that I fell in Love with Kevin:
Holy Crap, I have to name 7, …. I only knew him for 3 months,
1.. okay, He never lies to me
2. He treats me like a queen because I treat him like a king
3. He works unbelievably hard for us
4. He has a kind and loving heart
5. He brings out the best in me
6. He motivates me to do what I want to with my life
7. He has a great sense of humor
And, besides that ladies, he is HOT!!!
Seven things I love to Eat!
1. soft sugar cookies
2. cantelope or honey dew
3. crackers and cheese
4. coffee, yes I eat my coffee
5. chips and salsa
6. My mom’s rolls
7.My mother in law’s salads, any-kind, they were the best. (I will forever miss it, I love you JoAnn)
Monday, March 2, 2009
I AM YOUR MOTHER!!!!
So, being the fantastic mother that I am (don't laugh, I know what you are thinking) I pride myself on ALWAYS knowing where my children are. I NEVER have to call Jamie in a panick because I have lost one, or two, or three, or all of my children, but... I lost Maddison earlier today while I was writing my other blog entry ( see I knew this blog thing was a bad Idea) Anyways, I just figured that she was with dad because She loves dad to death, but he said that he hadn't seen her, or heard her ( and that ladies and gentlem
en is a BAD thing.) My next guess was Jamie's. I walked over there and found her on Jamies floor with an entire bag of bbq potato chips between her legs eating away. I grabbed her up, and started walking home. Well, I asked her if hwe wanted to come home (while carrying her of course, not really giving her an option) well, she bluntly told me no and slapped me across the face. I whopped her back, on the butt of course and said, don't you ever hit me, I AM YOUR MOTHER. She looked at me like I was a crazy person as if to say, duh mom, I know your not the icecream man, andyways, the picture will explain her punishment. I am sorry, but she is so dang cute whe she is being punished.
en is a BAD thing.) My next guess was Jamie's. I walked over there and found her on Jamies floor with an entire bag of bbq potato chips between her legs eating away. I grabbed her up, and started walking home. Well, I asked her if hwe wanted to come home (while carrying her of course, not really giving her an option) well, she bluntly told me no and slapped me across the face. I whopped her back, on the butt of course and said, don't you ever hit me, I AM YOUR MOTHER. She looked at me like I was a crazy person as if to say, duh mom, I know your not the icecream man, andyways, the picture will explain her punishment. I am sorry, but she is so dang cute whe she is being punished.
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