Saturday, September 1
Time
Wow! My kids are going up so fast. (The lament of every mom??) Last night Alex and Rachel made dinner for the first time. Alex made breaded chicken strips, and Rachel mad the salads and yogurt/berry appetizers. A surprise for their daddy's birthversary week.
Our big girl Alex, with her large striking brown eyes, is now in fourth grade; beautiful, strong and bright. Freckle-faced Rachel is in third; smart as a whip, artistic and creative, and cute.
Saturday, July 21
Learning to Stand Up
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Some of the values that I want to teach are girls are tolerance, diversity, and standing up for what you believe in--not sitting back assuming someone else will take on the status quo to effect meaningful change. Even if that change isn't about you personally - but about inequality and basic fairness. Stand up for your neighbor - one day you may need them to stand up for you.
We want to teach them to appreciate what they have—their lot in life. They were born to two educated parents. Live comfortably in one of the most beautiful (albeit expensive) cities in the country. They have two committed and dedicated parents who love them, food on the table, clothes on their backs, books, toys, and dance and soccer and..., For these things we should all be grateful. Our children were born with more opportunities and material things than 90% of the children in the world.
They are not entitled to these things. A lot of life is who you are born to and where you are born. Kids in war-torn Afganistan and Iraq are no less deserving than Rachel and Alex. Kids born to single moms, or poverty, or drug addicts, or abusive parents, or with disabilities - none are any less deserving than our children.
Along with tolerance, diversity, and courage, we want to teach our children to help others. People who face challenges in life that our kids won't. From the kid who is being bullied on the playground to the family who doesn't have enough food to eat or money to buy holiday presents.
Some of the values that I want to teach are girls are tolerance, diversity, and standing up for what you believe in--not sitting back assuming someone else will take on the status quo to effect meaningful change. Even if that change isn't about you personally - but about inequality and basic fairness. Stand up for your neighbor - one day you may need them to stand up for you.
We want to teach them to appreciate what they have—their lot in life. They were born to two educated parents. Live comfortably in one of the most beautiful (albeit expensive) cities in the country. They have two committed and dedicated parents who love them, food on the table, clothes on their backs, books, toys, and dance and soccer and..., For these things we should all be grateful. Our children were born with more opportunities and material things than 90% of the children in the world.
They are not entitled to these things. A lot of life is who you are born to and where you are born. Kids in war-torn Afganistan and Iraq are no less deserving than Rachel and Alex. Kids born to single moms, or poverty, or drug addicts, or abusive parents, or with disabilities - none are any less deserving than our children.
Along with tolerance, diversity, and courage, we want to teach our children to help others. People who face challenges in life that our kids won't. From the kid who is being bullied on the playground to the family who doesn't have enough food to eat or money to buy holiday presents.
Monday, January 9
Tuning In
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To many times I seem to find myself putting my kids off, asking them to wait while I finish this phone call, conversation, email or text.
2012: Tune in.
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To many times I seem to find myself putting my kids off, asking them to wait while I finish this phone call, conversation, email or text.
2012: Tune in.
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Sunday, January 8
Colorado Rocky Mountain Sky
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I just love the Colorado sky - so much character and color! Earlier this week the girls and I saw what looked like a hurricane in the sky.
It was amazing!! So glad I had my camera handy ;-)
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I just love the Colorado sky - so much character and color! Earlier this week the girls and I saw what looked like a hurricane in the sky.
It was amazing!! So glad I had my camera handy ;-)
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2012 & Three years from 50
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Today I turned 47. Wow that's a big number!
There are several things that I've been meaning to do for the past several years. Things that I know would make me happy, make me a better person, a better mother and wife. But...,
We all have that little word (but) that holds us back from going after what we really (or think we really) want. For me it boils down to a fear of failing. Which is crazy because by definition, not trying at all is the biggest failure there is.
And, if I'm being honest, a bit of laziness too. On this challenge I really need to just suck it up, make up my mind to move and get started.
So what are those things??
1.) Creating, launching, building my portrait photography business.
2.) Getting healthy. Exercise and diet.
Neither of these should be insurmountable. Neither of these are insurmountable. It's just a matter of getting started - starting now.
Words for 2012: Fit & Frugal.
Goals and milestones? I'll get back to you on this by Friday of next week.
Also - I'm reading the Happiness Project, which I hope will help spur me on.
xoxxo,
C
Today I turned 47. Wow that's a big number!
There are several things that I've been meaning to do for the past several years. Things that I know would make me happy, make me a better person, a better mother and wife. But...,
We all have that little word (but) that holds us back from going after what we really (or think we really) want. For me it boils down to a fear of failing. Which is crazy because by definition, not trying at all is the biggest failure there is.
And, if I'm being honest, a bit of laziness too. On this challenge I really need to just suck it up, make up my mind to move and get started.
So what are those things??
1.) Creating, launching, building my portrait photography business.
2.) Getting healthy. Exercise and diet.
Neither of these should be insurmountable. Neither of these are insurmountable. It's just a matter of getting started - starting now.
Words for 2012: Fit & Frugal.
Goals and milestones? I'll get back to you on this by Friday of next week.
Also - I'm reading the Happiness Project, which I hope will help spur me on.
xoxxo,
C
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