A Special Guest Blogger

As most of you know by now, Lena is graduating from 8th grade today! Over the weekend, I took her out for some pampering and girl time. It was a great day and my favorite part was our lunch together. During lunch, Lena asked if she could read me something she has been working on (yup, Lena is a writer just like her auntie!) . While I was reading them, my anxiety over her next steps was taken over with a sense of pride and excitement. And the best part? She asked me to post them on my blog. So here you go, my first guest blogger, Lena!!!


Risk
Every person takes risks, every day. When you look back and reflect on life, can you say I regret nothing? My mother says " I try and live my life with no regrets, I have made mistakes, but I regret none." Mistakes, some big, some small help us develop into people, I have made mistakes, but I learned, I think I would only regret them, if i had not learned from them. I like to think that teenagers are the best risk takers, and why is this? you may ask, it is because whether subconsciously or not, we understand that if we fail from the risk, well at least we know not to do it again. For some, you need to fall a few times before you understand that what your doing is not working. Sometimes you need to take risks to make life better, whether it is telling your crush you like him/her, or even finding one moment of complete, idiotic courage, the courage to fight for what you want. Of course in some cases , risks are not advised, like stealing, or even worse. These risks, I like think are not risks, but a lapse in judgement. That is also another thing to think about, am I doing something brave, or just plain stupid. Although it seems that from the bigger mistakes we learn, and learning is something you never stop
doing, no matter what the age.


Growing Up
There is a point in your life when you grow up and began to become the person you chose to be. When you realize, you are not a little kid any more. I am growing up , it is not easy, but as soon as you let yourself grow, life gets better. New opportunities open up for yourself like dating, staying alone at home, and so much more! When you tell yourself, and realize, that your growing up, and that your freaking awesome. It is not easy growing up, with new opportunities, comes new challenges, and these challenges you will face will be the most difficult thing you will ever face in life. Maturity, you need it to grow, but it is ok to let yourself have fun, make friends, listen to music, go out, and live! Perserverence, a big word, but it deserves it. It's the will to face a new day, pick yourself up after being knocked down, to keep on keeping on. To try the hardest you possibly can even when the universe throws you curve balls. Despite my little experience, I know that life will keep throwing you curve balls but the real challenge is standing back up, dusting yourself off, and batting again. All the challenges and curve balls you deal with and recover from, make you grow. So this is what i say to those challenges , " Bring it on!"


Hope you enjoyed them! 


L

This is MY Mom

Let me keep it real, this year I have felt like such a crappy parent! With my change in hours at work, I haven't been able to volunteer weekly in David's classroom like I did for him in kindergarten and like I did for Lena every year from K-6th! Of course my guilt is enhanced whenever David comes home and shares how EVERY parent but me has been volunteering! With my availability so limited, I tried to overcompensate by sending class treats and school supplies but it still wasn't enough for David.

So today I finally volunteered in David's 1st grade class. Even though almost a year has passed since I volunteered, I was pleasantly surprised to see not much has changed. David still had that grin as he walked me down the hallway and I was still treated like a rockstar getting introduced to all his friends with pride as he said, "This is MY mom!" I also got to finally match the stories with the faces. I met David's crush, David's bf, David "mortal enemy"(his words). I also got to see him flirt with the nurse (yup, my son has moves!) and interact with his teacher (yup, he is the teacher's pet). It was so much fun just to watch him. He really is the best mix of me and his Dad.

When it was time for me to leave, David gave me a great big hug and I felt my feelings of guilt finally go away. David is just fine and I need to stop being so critical of myself! My boy is a happy, smart, well adjusted, well behaved kid who just enjoys showing off his mommy.

And yes, I'm going back again next week!(;

Hugs and Raspberries,

L