moonstarling61

Ahhhh yes, once again the Silly Season is upon us and it gets distorted....

HENCE the picture to make some stop and think? (okay maybe Some..alot think they are above any of the deadly listed...)...

I wonder if anyone has learned this year that it is NOT what you can "get" out of this season (gimme, gimme, gimme) it's about how you handle yourself and teach your children all along.

Obviously mine do GET IT as I read a blog from Andrea.

No I am not out trying to talk the relatives into spending money they don't have to 'get the kids everything they WANT' playing sides as too whomever spends the most is obviously the better set of grand parents....

That would make me as bad as the rest of the GREED that is out there....Instead I have (and done this before) a trip to the local homeless shelter can show kids of the electroniuc age, they actually have everything they NEED. Also teaches them compassion and humility....

I don't run around stressed like a chicken either...I'd rather be home, then out with those who think ONE time a year they should be kind and giving, nice to eachother.

I really hope no one that reads these can relate to any of the
DEADLY sins....

Looked inside lately?
Jealous of anybody? Worried about money? Think you deserve to be better then anyone else? Pushing your kids to be what YOU want (because it makes you look good & gain status in whatever community you feel you belong to)and not who they are?-- The list can go on and on....

Children learn and speak by who they are taught by. They are the greatest gift in the world. As an adult, I have always thought it was my sole purpose to put myself on a backburner and raise them into adulthood.

Andrea's blog honors me..

Alex's choices and conversations lately HONOR ME just by a statement he made to me the other day in the car.One of many conversations lately,...This one was on someone he once respected in his life, an adult male..." Mom this person is acting more like dad everyday, I have seen that now for awhile, I just didn't feel the need to say anything"-He is 15, and THAT is certainly NOT a compliment-Ever the Hawk that young man.

Gabbie, well she is Gab..we ask," What do you want for Christmas baby girl?"

"I dunno mom anything Santa brings is fine.. There are alot of kids out there who have nothing"

Be the example... Not about WHAT you get..it's about what you give and teach these young people..It will be who they become.

Lately I see too many acting like the rotten kids in Willy Wonka. (okay, only example I can think of as, "I want a golden goose and I want one NOW! trips thru my head)..They learn this from the adults in their life. They learn this because no limitations are set.


Every choice you make has a ripple effect and if your going along skippin thinking those you have wronged by act, deed or word will go unseen, well....everything has a ripple effect.


Choices are a part of life. Making the right one is often hard because we don't take the time to look at everything it will effect. Even an unkind sentence can have a lifetime of affect long after a half assed apology has been made (oh look there is anger)

So in this time of hustle and bustle, me,me, me and WHAT MY KIDS want...I turn it all around give them what they NEED..

It also increases the Surprise element...

But every day, I teach them it's about compassion, giving and not some toy that will be played with a month then stuck in a closet because they HAD to have it...and NOT just for the month of December. ALWAYS


Be thankful for what you have and if it is possible try bringing a smile to someone who is REALLY suffering this season and I am not talking about cash flow..if you have your health, you have everything and can make a difference.

Watch your words, and deeds in front of your kids, because whether you realize it or not, they act and speak like YOU do.

And for those like myself that are much more aware then the Norm... Not much we can do except watch the others skip along blindly in their "me" world.
Sheilds up to that energy..

Heh I was once titled "The Ice Queen" now I find it a compliment..I have no time for any of the deadly sins mentioned. I have risen way above them.

PEACE