labels and buying it!

Have you ever noticed how everything and everyone in our lives tend to have labels??  We put them on ourselves, others put them on us, but do they truly define us?  How many labels can we each have, who gives us the right label?  Can we change our label with a razor and some goo gone?

Right now I am struggling with a couple of my labels, I don’t like them in fact, most likely I will lose sleep over them, and then I will need to add a label, (bad sleeper) but I have had that label for a long time, anyway, labels that I don’t like are currently defining me, I am not Dawn blah blah.  I am Dawn yuck yuck!!  How do I turn it around before the label drags me down?

And just out of curiosity sake, how do some people always embrace their beautiful labels, like good hair, nice teeth, charitable, Godly, inspirational?   And others just wholly embrace the negative ones like, grouchy, moody, dry skin, cold natured?

I want to be the writer of my labels, and cast out the ones I don’t want, or at least not buy into them so heavily, some of my things are just that, they are my make-up yes, but the do not define who I am.  I would guess that we each have about a hundred yellow post it note size labels on us, some self given, others Dr. given, spouses, inlaws, siblings.

I think my new label should be fushia, and it will just say GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME! and just for some extra flair, I might add sparkle!

February 27th, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments

This just in!

So I was sitting in church a couple of Sundays ago, ………wait, yes, Eric and I may have finally found the church we have been looking for, I know, I know, it will never be like that first time, that first church that really rocked my spiritual heart, but Alex REALLY wanted us to find a church, maybe something is up with that (he loves being read his “read and learn” bible stories ( ok so we all really like that) anyway, I digress.  So I was sitting there doing a little praying during communion when out of no where a thought hit me,  “He GAVE his ONLY Son” ” He GAVE his ONLY Son” whoa! I guess I had never wrapped my brain around that sentence.  I will hardly let someone borrow my son, much less GIVE, WOW  just the sheer magnitude of that!  You know they say it a lot, look at John 3:16 the one they hang over the rails at the ball games and the like.  How did I miss it, the meaning… maybe it’s like when you say something like cracker over and over and over, the word loses all meaning!  In my Christian and mommy heart, this was significant!

February 19th, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments

working title!?.., working title!?…, naw just a space filler…. hey good title

ok, so I am a homeschool mom, in a previous post I talked about my son growing up and me holding on, well I guess he is still growing and I am still holding, now just “with even more teachy goodness”

For reasons above and beyond my complete lack of faith in my “reside school district” I think homeschooling just rocks my casbah so to speak! I am just learning so much, stuff that I never knew, and trust me, when being taught by a 7 year old boy, we learn some COOL stuff. For instance, I never knew the average weight of 1 elephants poop, now… Oh I SO know that!

When we first started out, I was like “oh what are people gonna think, I am gonna be a big ol, floral print wearing jumper dress hair in a bun, ilky, oh so uncool FREAKKKK!

Well let me tell you, I just didn’t know how nice a floral jumper dress could be, and wow the ease of a bun,…………just kidding………..however a nice hair clip/clamp/claw type thing is a great value in any womans hair thingy drawer, ok well maybe not mine anymore since the “Valentines night incident of 08″ but that is for a different post entirely!!!

I realize homeschooling is NOT for everyone, hehe can you imagine, yowza! but for me and mine, it works great, the pride I feel, I TAUGHT ANOTHER HUMAN TO READ!!!! yeah top that!!! the absolute greatest thing I have done so far!

I so wish I had homeschooled my daughter, but she has turned out so smart and beautiful, hard to believe college in just a couple of months! And guess what, I really like the person she is becoming!

February 18th, 2008 - Posted in Uncategorized | | 0 Comments