Monday Motivator

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10 guilty pleasures in no particular order. 1. A nice long bath 2. Lazy Sunday's with my family aka as jammie days 3. Homemade caldo de pollo 4. Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey 5. Uggs with no socks - but not for too longer cause I'd hate to make em stinky 6. The rare peaceful moments with my daughter - since she's a tween & at the got to have the last word phase these are few and far between 7. Flash mob videos 8. Wedding shows - I always cry during the vows 9. Wrapping myself in a blankie and reading a good book 10. Girlfriend time - I loveeee a good catch up session with my girls What are some of yours?

sticks and stones

As kids we’d respond to teasing, taunting – BULLYING with the nursery rhyme… “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” Looking back at this as an adult I have to call this little comeback for what it is…BULLSH*T! Excuse my language but that’s the word that comes to mind when I think of this verbal shield we were taught to use as kids. Yes, its true sticks and stones CAN break your bones but words, they can leave a forever impact especially when used in a negative manner. As a kid my mother was verbally abusive. I will not go into full details of the things she’d say to me but I will say they are things you should NEVER say to a child; especially your own. I do not know why she would say the things she said to me. I do not know why she made me feel like crap as a kid the the point that I would wish I was never born. This is a hard post for me to type up because as I’m typing the things she’d say to me are rushing to the surface and reopening those old ...

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