I just finished going through the "labels" I have placed on each blog entry. I am doing my best to streamline this blog. I also gave it a new look....hopefully getting representing my blog style and attitude. I am now on my own to determine what blog topics would be interesting...now that I have completed 31 Days to Clean. I plan on continuing the "beyond" projects, but I will also be doing a other types of blogs entries. We'll see how that goes.
This is the last week of school for the ladybugs. I now have a 2nd year preschooler and a 1st grader! Hard to believe the time has flown by. Yesterday I had the end-of-school conference with Evie's preschool teacher. Evie is doing quite well academically (she would be ready for Kindergarten in the fall if she was old enough), and her maturity is far beyond Zoe's at her age. Problem: she sees everyone and everything in BLACK & WHITE. You are EVIL or GOOD, RIGHT or WRONG, etc. With Evie there is no gray. No matter what the circumstance or the people involved, she will decide which side you are on. And all of these decisions are split-second: immediate.
I got to thinking...what kind of a person am I? And the more I thought about people the less I felt anything strong enough to suggest I saw life as black and white. I am definitely living in shades of gray. I admire many, but only give my time, love and attention to very few. However, I also have a very difficult time believing there are truly evil people in this world. And if there are, I pity them. See how gray I am?
Speaking of gray...I am on a Civil War kick lately (you know, the good 'ol blue and gray?). I am currently reading all books about the war and finding all information welcomed. I'm sure I'll be blogging more about the War Between the States during these warm summer months. Hope that keeps my readers coming back for more!
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I think it's normal, this good and evil business...at least for that age. That's why Walt Disney makes so much money. It's hard, though, when we as mothers fall on the wrong side of that line, when we say no, when we take away privileges for bad behavior...luckily those moments don't last long. But that's how they learn about life. They have to start out with a point of reference and then develop from there. Tristan (9)is really just starting to get out of that phase, but it takes a lot of talking. We spend a lot of time talking about that sort of thing, and now he's at an age where he not only UNDERSTANDS what I'm saying, but he's willing to listen. And yes, Michelle, I have missed you. We should plan some time together if I ever manage to get back to the States! The Other Michelle
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