Category Archive
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Taking Me Down
Shoulder pain that turned into neck pain which then turned into head pain – now it’s all taking me down. I have visited the bone cruncher (chiropractor), a masseuse, and a regular doctor and I am still in pain. And it’s not getting better. In fact, it may be getting worse. I wish I could figure out the “why” part. Why is it happening? I have no idea what I did. Currently I am taking a muscle relaxer which has taken off the edge but that’s about it.
Terrible Headlines in the News
Why do I read stories that I know terrify me? Just reading the headlines makes my heart start beating faster. Usually it’s stories that involve children and a parent’s worst nightmare. Last night it was reading about a three year old who was left in a car & died from the heat. He got out of his car seat but couldn’t get out of the vehicle. I imagined in my head him struggling to get out and wondered if he felt pain. Was he scared?
The mother forgot to drop him off at day care on the way to work. I could bash the mother but then I wonder, “What horrible things could I do in the right situation?” When my youngest was born (a surprise bonas) my next youngest was 17 months. I was so sleep deprived that I didn’t know which way was up. What could have happened at the wrong moment? I don’t know. I don’t know how a parent gets over something like this.
Book Review: Beauty Confidential
Beauty Confidential is written by a former beauty editor, Nadine Haobsh, who now writes in the blog world. She wittily shares the best make up products and procedures in the business. Each chapter takes on a different topic from hair removal to the best skin care products.
I decided to try some of her advice and bought some of her recommended products with mixed results but overall found her book helpful, informative and fun to read.
What I loved! Bare Essentials starter kit foundation. Where have you been all my life? The DVD that showed the best way to apply the powder foundation was crucial to my success.
What was okay: Nars Orgasm blush. I like it but is it worth $25? The experience of receiving it in the mail was wonderful, scented flower petals and lots of free samples. What’s not to love with that? I found this blush recommended by other beauty editors too so maybe it’s just me. Or maybe not. But with a name like Orgasm, really, who can resist? Not me apparently.
My Life Is On the Computer
I have been out of commission the last 6 days waiting for my Dell to return from the Dell people. They replaced the motherboard and I am hoping (please!) that my problems are over. Well, my computer problems at least. The bikini line shaving rash is still a problem but that doesn’t shake up my whole life.
My banking, my family’s social calendar, my work, family photos, contacts… everything is on my laptop. So life came to a halt this past week while my laptop was visiting it’s maker. Now it’s game on and time to get caught up. I also bought a Western Digital external hard drive to make sure I back up this time!
Loneliness: To Live the Question
I was surprised to see how many people searched the word “loneliness” to get to my site. So that prompted me to include a quote from Henri Nouwen. I am reading his book, Reaching Out. It’s easy to see my aloneness in being mine alone, yet to quote Sting. “It seems I am not alone, in being alone. A hundred billion castaways looking for a home.” So I picked a section that talked about the movement from loneliness to solitude.
“By slowly converting our loneliness into a deep solitude, we create that precious space where we can discover the voice telling us about our inner necessity – that is our vocation. Unless our questions, problems and concerns are tested and matured in solitude, it is not realistic to expect answers that are really our own…This is a very difficult task, because in our world we are constantly pulled away from our innermost self and encourage to look for answers instead of listening to the questions. A lonely person has no inner time nor inner rest to wait and listen. But in solitude we can pay attention to our inner self.” Henri Nouwen
School Bully
My daughter didn’t want to go to school today because of a bully. It’s the first I have heard of it but it’s been going on for awhile. Apparently she offered him $45 to leave her alone and now he asks for it everyday and pushes her around. She said he gets really angry and scares her. She’s in first grade.
The Mama Bear in me wanted to go ballistic but I sat down with her and talked out what she should do. Then I emailed her teacher who responded back before school started.
So I have been thinking about bullies today. Why are they bullies? Is there something in their make up or in their lives that makes them that way? My daughter said everyone is too scared to stand up to him. How can one person cower so many?
Then I thought back to one of my first teaching jobs and a girl in my class who was a bully. It was her Senior year and she controlled people in a way that amazed me. She even went after me: a long term sub teaching her Geography class. Her lack of fear was quite odd. And she could bring others into her gang up on her victim effortlessly.
Do kid bullies grow up to be adult bullies? And as adults, do we cower too?
Inauthentic by obmission?
