A Typical Family Conversation on FB
Seven People- minus TWO
Who Lost Strength First? Moms or Antibiotics?
March 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I love how this is just now moving to the forefront on the 'common sense world,' after we've been trying to teach our kids this for Years! Remember? Every time our kids would come home with a sore throat, they'd say one of two things:
I’ve been asked to forward this- I feel it’s Important to do so.
March 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
With Regret
Whitney Houston's death, while a sad thing, was the direct result of very unwise life choices. It dominates the news.
Charlie Sheen is 45 and his story is all over the news because he is a substance abuser, an adulterer, sexually promiscuous and obnoxious.
Lindsay Lohan is 24 and her story is all over the news because she is a celebrity drug addict and thief.
Something as frivolous as Kim Kardashian’s stupid wedding [and short-lived marriage] was shoved down our throats, While……..
Justin Allen 23
Brett Linley 29
Matthew Weikert 29
Justus Bartett 27
Dave Santos 21
Jesse Reed 26
Matthew Johnson 21
Zachary Fisher 24
Brandon King 23
Christopher Goeke 23
and Sheldon Tate 27…
These boys/men are all Marines that gave their lives last month for us. There is no media for them; not even a mention of their names.
Let's learn a lesson, and call attention to what really matters, and let the 'abusers and frivolous' take care of themselves. If they got themselves Into their own messes, they can get themselves Out
What do you think?
13 weeks to collect my first Unemployment check.
February 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
What is Wrong with this picture? I called,… I wrote… I went to the unemployment office… I made FRIENDS with these people from calling and writing so often! All of this, while trying to obtain my DRIVERS LICENSE, from being out of state! I'm not going to repeat that story- just believe my frustration level has reached new PEAKS!
Finders Keepers!
February 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
How well do we really know ourselves? I know myself so well, that I will hide things in special places, FOR myself- not FROM anyone else! Where’s the Logic in this thinking, you’re thinking?
The Snake Charmer Strikes!
January 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
What would you do?
I was to meet up with a group, at what I thought was a ‘bowling alley/ pool hall,’ kind of place. I’m new to this group, and as a result, only know a few people.
I got there at the right time- although no one there I recognized, and there was No Bowling to be seen- it was just a bar and pool tables. I was immediately uncomfortable, saw an open couple of stools at the bar, and sat down, trying to decide what to do!
Guy came over, dressed in a suit, (this is a Sunday night?) What do you THINK I did?
Quick- Before My KIDS SEE this!
December 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
So… it’s New Years Eve, Day…. and all through the house- are a MILLION CREATURES screaming, “Hey! …That’s MY Blouse!”
They raise their voices, and threaten to Steal- until I step in and say-
“WHATS the BIG DEAL?”
“It’s MINE,” says one, as the other decides, …to let her win this battle- with future ‘Tattles’ in mind!
I shut my eyes, and picture myself, alone on an island, just listening to shells…
with wine, the surf, the sun and the waves…
I look at my daughters and say, “You’re Insane.”
But i KNOW, they’ll grow- and learn to be-
loving and quirky, and crazy like Me.
Happy New Year to All! xoxoxo
Our Kids Drinking and Driving? How Scary is THAT?-
December 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I feel compelled to post this again.
I had all five kids record the same script… not knowing which kid I was going to use for it. After listening back, and hearing the strengths in each voice, at different parts of the story, I decided to use them All.
It is the most Powerful Piece, I’ve ever created- and it makes me Proud to know, that my family came forward without hesitation to contribute.
After I’d finished cutting, pasting, producing, and listening Again- I brought all my kids into the studio, sat them down, and asked them to be still, and quiet, while listening to the piece we’d all just created.
You could have heard a pin drop. Five teens, not uttering a breath… while listening to what we’d accomplished… almost an impossibility, if you think about it… ‘Teens and Quiet,’… just don’t belong in the same sentence!
They knew. They Just Knew. We had possibly created an award winning piece- that was not only Solid, because of Talent- but more importantly, They knew, that if their friends… and their Friends,’ friends- Listened to this- they just MIGHT help to save a Life. It was instinctual!
The message is, “Kids talking to Kids, about the outcome of Drinking and Driving.” Sometimes, when they speak to their own- it comes across Louder, and more Clearly.
So here it is- and if you DO chose to listen with your child, sit close, no matter How much resistance they offer. This is VERY GRAPHIC, and no matter how tough your kid may come across as being… they’d have to be ‘heartless’ in order Not to Feel the strength and devistation that this story tells. Here it is: Please- Please- Sit with your Kids and watch this video together. We can save LIVES with this.
MY kids recorded this, for YOUR kids. We All Care. -http://ow.ly/8csHZ Let me know how the family reacts.
I deliberately left the photos in this video, at a lower quality resolution, because I wanted it to have ‘flaws,’ just like we do, and our children do. Almost like the story is succint, but yet blurry.
I hope it means the same to you, and yours- as it did to me and Mine.
Much love and respect to you, and let me know, if you could- “Did it, make that difference that you were looking fr
All These Words, with the word HEART in them
December 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Come down to the same Thing:
They make me stop and wonder… for instance:
‘Dishearten’
”To shake or destroy the courage or resolution of; spirit.”
What the dictionary is trying to say is, “never really have full faith in what you THINK is Love. There’s Always another side to it.
HEARTFELT – earnest; open and genuine; not deceitful; In other words, “They- really meant to do the Right Thing!”
A broken heart (or heartbreak) is a common metaphor used to describe the intense emotional pain or suffering one feels after losing a loved one, whether through death, divorce, break up, physical separation or romantic rejection. Real meaning, ” This person, has devastated me, made my heart feel like it’s being Ripped out of my Chest!”
‘I<3 U’ means I love you. The ‘<3′ is supposed to signify a heart… it’s like saying the words, “I Love you.” Although, this only works when the Typing Works!
Their heart is in the right place!” Means your intentions are good, in spite of the contrary.
Heartbroken: When you love someone So much, and then the person rejects that love for someone else. All you feel is an enormous pain inside of you, especially whenever you see that person with someone other than you. Whether in your head, or in person, you try and pretend, like all is right, but you are really crying inside, wondering, “Why is this shit Happening!? And was it My Fault?”
I think we are lucky, when we are able to feel Any of these emotions. Good or Bad… Can you imagine being Numb enough NOT to? No- There is No Such Thing as being ‘Comfortably Numb!’
Yes, some of them Hurt- but they certainly put things in perspective in the grand scheme of life.
When you love someone to the ‘umpteenth degree’… and it’s not reciprocated, does it show a lack of character on YOUR part- or Theirs?
Finally, how many times in our lifetime, will we wonder these same things? Will we settle for not ever having had that closure?
If we’re anything alike,… No. It just doesn’t seem Possible. If we have any degree of intelligence, we would not allow ourselves to fall victim to this situation, at least more than ONCE, Ok,… maybe Twice… :-)
LOL! Here’s the irony, “intelligence has nothing to Do with feeling!’
“Love” is a category unto itself. It can’t be beat, explained, or understood.
‘It IS what it Is.’
Most importantly, …It Can’t be Denied. In time, it will all come out. It’s just a matter of whether one half, can wait for the near future, because of the other half’s denial,of the present.
I’m not sure Any of this makes sense… You tell Me.
Robin Marshall Versus the DMV. Took me THREE Days to get this OUT!
December 15, 2011 By 4 Comments
Would you visit?
If there could only be One more letter in front of the DMV, it would be a ‘G.’ Then it would be named Appropriately! The “Gawd Damned Motor Vehicle!” This was an experience meant for a reality show.
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