Dear Son decided he wanted to begin calling Gwenn and myself ‘momma’ and ‘mommy.’  For those who don’t know, Dear Son is my adopted nephew who has now officially been living with us for almost a year and who’s adoption went through legally in April of 2008.

When Dear Son made this proclamation he was so happy and you could tell his heart was melting with joy.  You see, everyday he sees and hears the children at school talk about “mom’s, mommies, momma’s” and inside we could tell he was feeling left out, misplaced, confused.  The discussion begain about ‘mommies,’ what they are, who they are, their role in a family.  Last night, Dear Son decided he wanted to start calling us officially his ‘mommies.’

To all you mommies out there… take that name with joy and pride, there was a little boy who has been waiting for 3.5 years to truly understand what a momma and mommy is and I will wear the name with honor and do my best to love him, teach him and care for him always!

“I want to be in the light.”

“I want a heart for humanity.”

“I dare you to move.”

All quotes from amazing songs that inspire and make me wonder what am I truly doing on this Earth.

Put them together… I want to move into the light with a heart for humanity. Surely makes me think about my choices.

This morning on my drive into work, on my way out of Flower Mound, through the quiet neighborhoods and the green grass lawns there was a man jogging.  He was hot and sweaty and seemed as if he was overheating.  It was already 87 degrees outside and it was only 7:45 am.  I watched him approach a set of sprinklers of a house whom must be determined to keep their grass green and nourished.

The man was jogging on the sidewalk, this house had grass adjacent  to the sidewalk, but concealed by a fence so these set of sprinklers probably are not seen often from the house.  As the man slowed down to the sprinklers, appearing to overheat and in need of a drink, he bent down, cupped his hands and drink from the broken sprinkler.   He then took the water the washed it over his face and then continued jog.

As I pulled away, I realized even the broken have a purpose.  Who knows how long that sprinkler has been broken for, but today on this hot morning - that man needed a drink and who knows what would of happened had that sprinkler not been broken for him to have one.

The past few days I have been reconnecting with past friends from both my youth and young adulthood.  I’ve mentioned in previous posts that I am searching for my purpose and/or vision for 2009, I feel that going backwards a bit and remembering who I was and all the people who helped me to be the person I am today will allow me to focus on my future and where I am to go.

I am realizing with each person I find and each memory I feel how much each person can affect our lives in such a special manner.

Some of these individuals I haven’t been in contact with in over 15 years and yet at first glance I knew it was them and was drawn to know the rest of their story.

To each person whom has ever touched my life.  Thank you…

Does it get much better?

The real goal of discipline isn’t to punish.  It’s to help kids really want to do the right thing.

It really made me think about how, when and why I discipline Dear Son.  This quote is so true… discipline should be for teaching, a lesson - not to punish or make them feel guilt or shame.  Going forward I will think of this quote with each disciplinary action needed and really think does the discipline match the ‘crime.’

We were driving to grandma and grandpa’s over this past 4th of July holiday weekend, when Dear Son excitedly blurted from the back seat “I see a sheep in the clouds!” Gwenn and I paused for a moment and looked at each other, this was his first cloud image. We both got so excited and started playing along with him. The game continued on the rest of the afternoon randomly whenever anyone saw an image in the clouds. By the end of the afternoon we had seen, flying dogs, race cars, sharks and much much more. It was such a moment of joy to see his imagination at work and for us to remember that childhood fun.

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I read a quote yesterday…

Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

Wait for it..

wait for it…

WOW!

Just imagine going into each project, each vision, each goal with that type of attitude and aspiration.  The quote is so right, things to not just get handed to us.  We must work hard to accomplish and reach our own definitions and heights of success.  We must be focused and passionate each day, burning to reach success, otherwise really what is the point?

Each of us has a different definition of success.  For some, it maybe owning a company or writing a book; for others, success is simply going to work each day and keeping the a job.  However you define success, do not let others definition of success ruin your vision, your passion or let others define success for you.  We were each given a purpose in life, how we fulfill it is our OWN destiny!