She's Amazing

How To Annoy Me

1. Smack. Smack your food, your gum, your toenails, or anything else you might have in your mouth. It makes me want to harm you.

2. Leave the kitchen cabinet doors half open/closed. Because really, I know that the extreme heaviness of those doors is a major drain on your energy reserves. Take one finger and tap the door. It just might surprise you!

3. Read over my shoulder. I am tempted to poke your eyes out.

4. Stop in the middle of the road (or Wal Mart aisle) to have a conversation. Really? MOVE!

5. Invade my "space". See this immediate area around me? MINE. You are not welcome in it. Try to touch my face, I am going to try and break yours.

And...with that HAVE A GREAT AND JOYOUSLY HAPPY DAY!!!

Uh Oh

Yesterday a boy in her class kicked Masen in the rear end. In response, she two handed shoved him into a set of bleachers. While he was down, she informed him:

Do NOT mess with me.

I asked her if she wanted me to do anything about it (talk to a teacher)she responded with "Nope, I took care of it."

Okie Dokie.

The Boys of Fall

Sooo much better than watching the NFL!

Letter To My Wildflower

I'm a wildflower growing in the sunshine
Soaking up the way of life I was raised in
Running barefoot
Blooming in a summer shower
Ponytail dancin'
I can't help it -
I'm a wildflower - The Jane Dear Girls

To my daughter:

My beautiful girl, I wish so much that you could see yourself through my eyes, that you could see you the way I do. I look at you and I see the most amazing creature. Your soul is beautiful and kind. You have an inner light that shines so brightly that your eyes sparkle with it. Your smile, your sense of humor are all an extension of that light. You know who you are.

The song above could have been written about you. I have a picture of you on your horse, bareback and bare-footed. You are free and strong. You are natural. You are amazing.

I pray as you grow up that you can separate the weeds of this world. The ones who tell you that you have to look a certain way, act a certain way, exceed at certain activities in order to BE SOMEONE. I hope you can look at the "roses" standing so pretty and perfectly in their vases and realize that they have been pruned and groomed and tinted and manufactured so much that their natural light and beauty has been diminished. You don't have to fit into any worldly box to be someone. I hope you don't take to heart those that tell you a wildflower isn't good enough for the florists window. The truth is that a wildflower has to be so much stronger, so much more resilient in order to survive, and the beauty of that flower standing in the sunshine, in the middle of a field of weeds, is breathtaking. It's you.

And always, always remember these two things: 1. Always place your faith in God. He will never leave you and He understands; and 2. If God lined up all the 12 yr. old girls on earth and looked at me and said, "OK, you can take your pick", I'd choose YOU. YOU are my gift from Him.

Love, Mom

With Special Thanks to Brad Paisley

Driving down the road with the radio on. Nothing special happening. Then Dillon says:

D: Mom, what does that mean?
Me: What does what mean, son?
D: On that song....copped a feel...what does that mean?
Me: uhhhhhh

Oh NO!

Last night:
Me: (looking at a Rods catalog): Oh I want that pillow!
CF: Why, what's on it?
Me: Boots.
CF: WHAT??!!
Me: booTs you perv.
Dillon: I thought you said something else too!

OH NO! He's a BOY.

How To Torture Your Daughter

NETI POT

This Kid Talks Too Much

Masen went home with a friend (K) recently and I got this text from her Mom:

Conversation they had on the way to town.

K: Wow Mom, you got to town in like 10 minutes!!
K'S Mom: Driving like Mickie, huh?
Masen: Nope, you can't see the little signs beside the road when Mom drives.

Geez kid, you don't have to tell EVERYTHING!!!

Juuuuuussst a Bit Outside...

"K" (one of Masen's friends): "Hey, I know who sings this song."
Me: OK, who?
K: Joan Jett and the Blackheads.

LOL. You are close K, but juuussst a bit off.