Today's Grab Bag of Thoughts

At the day, I am reflecting on how often we don't see God in our lives but he's always there and has been. As I currently find myself the mother of two ADHD kids,  I look back and NOW see clearly why things have happened as they did.  If I never left advertising for teaching, I would have some of the knowledge I have on ADHD, Autism or Learning Disabilities.  I wanted to help families become advocates for their kids. To help them find better ways to relate, teach and understand how differently their child's brain works.  Now I am that parent struggling to give their child the best foundation they can without giving them the negative repetitive voices in their heads saying they are just bad, always make bad decisions, needs to control themselves. I opened a box of books today and there on top was a college text book on ADHD.  God, I love how you weave the web of my life together daily. 

Entitlement: the fact of having a right to something Right:  a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral Claim:  a demand for something as due; an assertion of a right or an alleged right The definitions just keep going around and around, but the FACT is that there is little in life that we are entitled to.  I love how a fellow blogger put it ( www.momonthemove35.com/10-things-you-don't-owe-your-child/ ) " You don’t have to feel guilty for being the parent that says no. There are many things in life that we DO “owe” our children.  As parents, we owe them our unconditional love, respect, and endless forgiveness. They deserve a place to call home, food to keep them healthy, and an education that will help them later in life... We do not need to feel guilty saying, “NO” to our children! In fact, I’m thankful to parents who say no to their children. Sometimes the best way to love your child is to say no!" I love how she p...

I guess I should start this post with an explanation of the title.  My use of "record" does not mean sit down and write some information in order to preserve for evidence, documentation or law.  I am not using it in the sense of breaking someone's "record" - though as you will tell from the rest of this post I might be able to break someone's record with the number of times I write the word "record" in one blog.  I use "record" as in the act of recording sound onto a record album.  Hmm, this is a bit harder than I orginally thought through.  Yeah, right like I think these post through.  A record album (for all you youngsters out there) is a grooved disk that plays on a phonograph or an optial disk for recording sound {thank you Dictionary App}.  What? No I won't go into more detail or describe a phonograph. Just liken it to a Compact Disk.  Huh? A CD. What! You don't know what that is.  Ok bare with me while I give you a picture s...

After reading a article from Parents.com, I have decided to embrace that perfection doesn't matter.  Here is how I plan to live my life from here on out.  It only took 10+ months of motherhood to figure this out.    I will embrace the fact that I'm not perfect. I will embrace that fact that I can be cranky, and I can lose my patience, and yes -- I can even move the clock ahead an hour just so my kid will go to bed early and give you some peace and quiet.  But more importantly I will embrace that fact that my child doesn't need my to be perfect. What she really needs  are reasonable limits, lots of hugs and kisses, and a happy mommy. I will get down on the floor and play with my child every day. I will put aside my "technology" my plans and my non desire to plan make believe AND I will get involved.  Because playing is my  child's way of expressing herself, and my being there boosts her emotional intelligence. Even if I have to fake it and follow h...