I’m doing nothing & it’s everything I hoped it would be.
So rarely do I get to do nothing. It’s actually quite nice!
Category: Relationships
Farewell, Friend
This morning started out as any other.
Headed to the doctor’s office, enjoyed a RockStar, worried about missing class, whined about being sick, standard fare.
Then I learned that a former co-worker & friend had suddenly passed away. I was floored & heartbroken for her family & her team.
I Have You To Thank
Today is National Compliment Day!
I think everyone should take a moment to tell someone in their lives that they’re amazing. So often people spend time cutting each other down, even in jest, so a pick me up would be nice.
With that in mind, thanks to my readers for reading. It makes me smile to think you waste valuable seconds of your life reading my blog. That’s amazing & it means a great deal to me.
To my friends, supporters, well wishers & beau, you’re in my life for a reason. I’m thankful that you play the role you do in my life. You all make me so very happy that you’re here & I hope you know how awesome you are.
To the people who don’t like me, I hope you have a good day all the same. Life’s too short to be negative!
I hope that picked you up! Let’s make every day compliment day! We’d be much happier!
This Blog Saved My Life (30 Things)
Hash tags amuse me.
The latest Twitter craze is “30 Things About Me”. How DOES one condense that into 140 characters? I couldn’t, but I’m long winded.
I started thinking about whether or not I could come up with 30 facts about myself that people don’t already know. I’m pretty much an open book and if someone wants to know something, they could just ask. But it still seemed like an interesting idea, so I decided to compile a list.
Make This Day
I was checking my Twitter feed in between housework & hair straightening & the general consensus was that 2011 totally sucked.
Getting What We Really Want
I’ve decided to follow up on my previously protected post (which can be found by clicking HERE) in which I wondered if any of us really know what we want.
In short, no.
Will The Future Blame Us?
I love my mother, but sometimes she drives me bonkers.
The year is almost over & she feels I need to “reflect” on the past. I’m not a reflecting person. I don’t dwell on anger or missteps or things like that. I prefer to go forward & keep living. My mom dwells & wants me to do the same.
Forgiveness & Love
Today is the day.
Reverend Run proclaimed today “Forgiveness Day.”
Not a bad idea. Why not take a minute & forgive your grudges? Forgive your pain & let go & go forward without any more regrets.
Grudges hurt the one holding them, not the ones being grudged against. Why let them continue to hurt you?
So, forgive & let go. Move on from the hurt & go forward.
Shed My Skin
Sometimes even I get vengeful.
There comes a point in everyone’s life where you think you’ve just had enough & in the words of my two year old daughter, “You done, son.”
Family Friendly?
Family is such a subjective term.
Last week, a homosexual couple were asked to leave a Blenheim Tim Horton’s because it was a “family friendly” environment. My first thought was that this was beyond rude. Then, I thought about how hilarious the idea of “family friendly” was.
It’s no secret that my family puts the fun back in dysfunctional. I was raised in the system & my daughters consider my friends their aunts & uncles. The sheer concept of this white bread, picket fence, 2.5 kids, hetero parents & a dog makes me laugh because so few people have that family.
The definition of family has changed so much, it’s hard to define what is & what isn’t. I’m a single mom raising three girls with little help from their dad. It’s not the Disney ending, but here we are. 50 years ago, a multi racial couple was horrible & a male teacher was a dedicated educator. Now, the former is the norm & the latter under suspicion. Single parents, step parents, multi racial families are part of normal life now, why wouldn’t a same sex just be another form of the normal family?
I have a girlfriend who plans to start a family with her wife. It breaks my heart to think that their family could be called anything but a normal family. It makes me sadder still to know that a common law couple who dresses a dog as their child would be considered more of a family than theirs.
Just because the group doesn’t fit the cookie cutter family, it doesn’t make them any less a family. As long as there is love, you’re a family & I’m sorry Tim Horton’s but love is always family friendly.
The Misadventures of MHC 