Thoughtful Thursdays – Introduction
There are so many things that happen in the course of just a day. It is auto-pilot usually. But Thursdays tend to be a slowed down relaxed day. Usually the only one I can count on. It is a casual day at my office so I get to sleep a minute later and the whole day moves slowly from there (slowly in a good way, not a dragging way). So change number 2 for this year on here is Thoughtful Thursdays.
This week I am thinking of how much someone can miss out on by being an absent parent. It has been a hard road raising my little blessings alone, but more than the struggles there are memories and a closeness that their father has missed out on. I know I am their mom but it amazes me that someone can walk away from their children, these children, who at times can be so much work and such a headache, but who are such amazing people.
I am daily amazed at my daughter’s insight. At 12 she can read people like a book. She has a strong will and this integrity that we need more of in this world. She uses her powers for evil some days in the form of manipulating her way out of me and her brother. But she mostly uses her gifts to be a good person and to be helpful to her peers. I occasionally get these glimpses of her when she is 24ish and we are very close good friends. These glimpses get me thru the teen/mom battles that threaten to crush my resolve to succeed at this journey I am on. She is so beautiful too, I can not believe in 3 months she will officially be a teenager, she is not one of those girls everyone wishes they are, she is not obviously gorgeous, but those girls are so few and far between. Most girls in her age group seem to be content to be followers of those rare creatures, but again my Red’s integrity surfaces and she is more content to be independent and quietly grow into who she is becoming rather than ride the coattails of another. She is more the person who becomes more beautiful as she ages and grows in intelligence and in physical beauty. One of those woman who are just comfortable and confident in who they are.
I can not fathom not knowing all of this about her!
I wouldn’t trade my knowledge of her inner workings for anything in this world.
Roller Rinks – Safe or No?
Damn! Every great idea I have has to blow up in my face. I just saw this story: http://www.wxyz.com/news/local/story/Teen-Attacked-By-Mob-At-Roller-Rink/LcF4WKmpHkKiNdTpOSISRg.cspx?rss=785.
I was just thinking on Saturday how much fun a Retro 70′s Roller Skating Birthday Bash for Red would be next month. Then I see this! Sure, I would be going to some suburban rink and not this one in The “D”. But still, this story makes me think any other parents that see it aired locally will be reluctant to allow their precious angels to attend a skate party. Because we could be targeted for a “gang initiation” – this is me doubting that was even the case! That kid probably knew every one of his attackers and had instigated their wrath. Sure, call me a skeptic but the truth about random violent acts is that they are extremely rare! Even in the ghetto. They are alot more rare than domestic crimes, that is for sure!
