Thoughts and Perspectives From the Mind of a Common Girl
“Think about it… with every painful moment in your life, you became stronger and more prepared for the next hurdle. By now, you’ve accomplished more than you thought you ever could, and by enduring those pain filled moments, you have gained great confidence. So at this point in your life, you should now be able to do almost anything, because once you’ve survived enough pain in your life, everything else becomes easier.” ~M
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With the New Year approaching, I started thinking about the list of things I learned in 2015, and thought I should do another list for this year as well. So without further ado… here’s what I came up with.
I’ve learned…
1.) How important it is to set aside time to read.
2.) To just be myself and not worry what others might think about me.
3.) Not to hold anything back when it comes to love.
4.) That random acts of kindness are good for the soul.
5.) To never give up on someone.
6.) That my girls really are as crazy as I am.
7.) That I enjoy macaroni and cheese entirely too much.
8.) To be more understanding.
9.) That going to the gym isn’t entirely overrated.
10.) That I enjoy having time alone.
11.) What it feels like to be told that you may have cancer.
12.) How hard it is to recover from loneliness.
13.) Not to push people beyond what they are comfortable with.
14.) That I have a heart for people who need to be cared for.
15.) That I like to have plenty of time to plan ahead.
16.) How having a brightly painted room, can completely altar one’s perspective.
17.) How much I love homemade chai tea.
18.) How girly I really am.
19.) That my house can be messy and I don’t really care.
20.) How a single note both good or bad can affect my entire day.
21.) How quiet my house really is with only two daughters living here instead of four.
22.) That I can’t eat tomatoes or anything spicy anymore without consequences.
23.) That really good job opportunities are extremely rare nowadays.
24.) How in just a few short months, my daughters can be married and gone.
25.) The importance of a true and trusted friend.
How about you? What have you learned over this past year or over the course of your lifetime?
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Don’t get me wrong here, I love my girls to the moon and back. However, I’ve come to the conclusion, that the reason most parents don’t warn their own children about having babies, is simply because they realize that if they do, the human population would eventually cease to exist.
It’s not so much about the infant or toddler years. Heck, even the grammar school age is fairly simple. But the teenage years and a little beyond that….. Yes, those are the years I should have been forewarned about! Plus, parents don’t warn their children about having kids, because they have to be able to get even somehow! Lol….
Anyway, my children are driving me insane right now, and if God doesn’t intervene soon, I may not make it through the end of this month! I am dealing with a wedding this week. Yes, my second oldest this time around. And if my two oldest daughters can’t be civil with one another, I fear I may not survive!
Just a few more weeks…. I’m home free after December 31st! Hope I last that long! 😉
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“Wishes and dreams are like sugar cubes. Each one is sweet and satisfying until the rain comes, and then they disintegrate completely.” ~M
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