It's getting toward the end of the year and I feel like as we get closer to 2014 I need to talk about the things and people that made huge differences in my life this year. After last weeks post about the non-tangible gifts that I have received from my family I thought that I would take the opportunity today to talk about the people who have become new additions to my family. New additions typically means "oh, someone had a baby". Nope. Not this time. This time the new additions are the people who have become such good friends that it's like they are family. It's the family that you choose. I still consider my first ex-husband and his family to be my family. I have a couple of friends, Lindsay and Mi'Cole, that I think of as family. They may as well be. This year I lost an entire family, that mess was obviously never "family" to begin with. But what I gained makes up for that loss in spades. It's kinda funny how fast Veronica became like family. I'm sure I would have made it through these past six months without her but I wouldn't have had nearly as much fun. Veronica is my voice of reason. She is the first person to tell me to CTFD. Veronica is one of the most honest people I know and she has taught me the art of sharing my feelings and not holding crap in. This blog can be attributed to Veronica as can my new found status as a cat woman. She get's my crazy, not very many people do. I get her crazy too. We need each other. She is definitely family that I got to choose. Or maybe I didn't... we chose each other. I also feel like I gained family in Josh's mom and dad, Chris and Steve. The thing is they have always been kinda like family. When you have known someone since you were 13 it's pretty much inevitable. I feel like I have a second set of parents. I get a second mom who looks out for me and a second protective dad. The level of support that I have received from them this year is awesome. And I feel like that support would have been given regardless of if I was dating their son or not. That's the biggest thing I think, support being given because someone genuinely likes and cares about you, and not because they are obligated to. Then there is Josh. Another person who has kinda always been like family. One that you don't see and don't talk to for years but when you do nothing has changed and the feelings you had before are still there. Everything could go to hell in a hand basket tomorrow and I would still consider him family for the gifts he has given me this year. He has helped me realize a lot about myself, the most important is that I am who I am, and someone who loves me is going to love that person. There is no reason to try and be anyone else. The knowledge that you should be accepted exactly how you are is a gift that can never be matched, repaid or taken away. It certainly isn't a something that I will ever forget. You expect the people who share your DNA to love you. They don't have a choice. The people who don't share your DNA, the one's who choose to love and support you, even though they don't have to, those are the one's that become family. The ability to choose is a powerful thing. And the people that choose you, and that you choose, help you become more powerful. Just like the support of a family is supposed to.
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That time of year has finally come to our house… back to school. My sophomore's first day is Monday. My 7th grader is lucky and is spared the dreaded day until the day after Labor Day. {She gets a week to rub that fact in to her sister.} As a momma, I can get caught up in thinking about what my girls' growing up means for me….. {I still find it really hard to believe I have a sophomore in high school and that my baby will be a 7th grader.} But this summer has provided many opportunities for me to remember that it is not about me, it's about them……. Raising girls is not for sissies…….you dream that they will be confident, kind, smart, ambitious, hopeful, brave, funny, uninhibited, moral, driven, conscientious, good decision makers….and so many other adjectives! And I am proud that so many of these seeds have taken root in my girls…..but oh, their ages, peers, media can challenge everything and anything that we have helped them become….. My girls are very different…..one is naturally self-assured {sometimes when she has no business being so}, the other has struggled with her identity and who she really is. I have to say this was the summer of break-throughs for my struggler - Praise the Lord! It is a wonderful thing to watch your child really figure out who they are, what brings their being to life, embrace their uniqueness as special and worthy…..ah, no feeling like it all! And then there is the high schooler…..I hear sophomore year brings some changes…..driver's licenses, friend shifts, facing sometimes moral decisions {ahem}, school gets harder, there is more at stake……Those adjectives listed above will be tested, I predict……My girl is strong but has a soft heart and I know sometimes through her tough girl exterior she hurts, is stressed and has tinges of self-doubt……I know this is totally normal. Heck! I am OFTEN stressed, hurt and have feelings of self-doubt. But boy, would I like my girls to be spared of all of that crap! This week tested both my girls in many ways……it was tryout week for both of them - one for volleyball and the other soccer. It was a week filled with stress, anticipation, self-doubt, exhilaration and mixed-emotions, but ultimately, a good lesson in practicing all those adjectives listed above……… They both ROCKED it! Sophomore year and 7th grade……here WE come! *All images via Pinterest…..follow me HERE!
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I have blogged before about stupid girls, and stupid boys in the past. Which is funny because my friend Veronica has blogged about stupid girls and stupid boys on more than one occasion as well. There was the time about blocking stupid girls on Facebook. And then there was the other time about crazy girls checking their significant others emails (which is something boys have been known to do as well...). Oh and we can't leave out the "Because Girls Are Bitches" blog. This leads me to believe that, as a whole, the human race can be rather stupid. This stupid girl/stupid boy blog has been inspired by the "ex". Unfortunately, we have all had experience with the ex. Whether it is the ex-boyfriend or girlfriend. The ex-husband or wife. Your current significant others ex. Or your best friends ex. In one way or another our lives have all been touched in some way by someones ex. There is nothing more dreaded than the statement "I got a text from my ex today". It inspires tears, frustration, anger. Excessive drinking of wine... Ex-spouses are dumb. It doesn't really matter if they are ex-husbands or ex-wives. However, in my experience girls are more ridiculous than boys are. Especially about the fathers of their children. Although, men can be just as ridiculous about the mothers of their children it just seems to me that they don't cause the same level of drama. And boy, do girls cause drama. I have blocked two people, ever, on Facebook and both are ex-wives. I still have X2's ex-wife blocked because, even now, she tries to cause drama. This is something that I just don't understand. Why are you purposefully going to make someones life more difficult? If I'm leaving you alone why aren't you respecting things and leaving me alone? Not just that but why do you even care? Maybe I'm not the average ex. Essentially, I just don't care (Big Underwater Jesus). Obviously, if there were an issue with my child and the person that my ex is with I'm going to care. But outside of that scenario I am going to be HAPPY that my ex has found someone. Just because it didn't work out between us doesn't mean that I don't want it to work out for him with someone. Everyone deserves to be happy and find love. Everyone. If I did have an issue I would approach my ex directly. Like an adult. Even if I knew it was going to be a difficult conversation I would know that I am no longer with this person, which means, essentially, that I don't get to react the way that I may have when we were together. I am going to have a calm, to the point conversation. Like a rational adult. You know what I wouldn't do? I wouldn't send Facebook messages to his current girlfriend. I wouldn't call her. I wouldn't approach her and ask her to coffee so I could hash out the problems I'm having with my ex. The issues that he and I are having are none of her business. It's his responsibility to deal with her, not mine. Not just that but the likelihood that the issues that I am having at the time have anything to do with her are slim to none. Girls cause drama. They make shit up. They never forget anything so they bring up old shit from the past. They react emotionally, rather than intellectually, which leads to drama. The worst ex's are the ones that use their kids as leverage. This nasty ex habit is not exclusive to girls or boys. The second that someone uses their child to punish their ex in any way, they fall into this category. It is not your child's fault that you don't like their mom or dad. It is not your child's responsibility to make sure that the two of you get along. It is your responsibility, as an adult, to make sure that your child has the best relationship possible with your ex. It is irresponsible for you to do anything that would harm that relationship. Using your child as leverage is irresponsible. Not just that but one day, your kid will realize that's what you have done, or have been doing, and the blame is going to all fall right back on you. Drama. Drama. Drama. Why? Why? Why? It just doesn't make sense to me.
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