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Connect SimplyIf you would like to spoil the day for a grouch, give him a smile.
~Author Unknown
Thanks for dropping by! I'm glad to meet you.
A little about myself, I'm a retired Air Force Brat. Growing up we traveled a lot. I got the love various parts of my country, met a lot of cool people, learned much from my parents, and occasionally sat on my little brothers.
Today, I'm a go-here-and-there mom of 7. Stay-at-Home Mom is a weird term, I'm betting most of us put more miles on our vehicles than many traveling salespeople. Like my kids, I have to be creative.
I love people; I enjoy watching what they do. I really like watching my kids grow up as frustrating as it can be at times. My youngest loves the park; we have a great time there. It is sad to think that on the beautiful days, many moms and dads can't be out with their kids. They are stuck at work and their kids stuck at the day care. (Not that working and day care are bad things as much as they can't choose when to be there and when to be somewhere else.) I've usually had that luxury and don't want to give it up. When kids are little they want all your time and attention, as they get older, they want money. Gets tricky balancing both.
I'm a great believer in luck,
and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
~Thomas Jefferson
When you have your own business, you are your own boss, control your own time. (Although I know a shop owner whose shop seemed to own him until he put his business online, got it going, closed up his shop). Years ago, (long before my time) many families had their own business, farm, blacksmith, shop, etc. They worked and learned together, they choose their own lifestyle.
We've also gotten away from the sense of community that used to exist. I was teaching a class and 2 ladies were sitting next to each other and they were shocked to glance at each other's info and saw that they were next-door neighbors. They could recognize each other's cars but not each other. They became friends, but one was moving and had already sold her home. I asked myself how well I knew my neighbors and came up short, something I'm working on. I like these online communities, Ryze is a good one, but don't forget the in-person community in your own neighborhood.
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Sticks and stones are hard on bones
Aimed with angry art,
Words can sting like anything
But silence breaks the heart.
~Suzanne Nichols
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