(via aesthetic outburst)
dear me,
2011 was a great year. as always, there is room for improvement. consider the following things as you welcome 2012:
—drink chug a glass of water every morning as soon as you wake up.
–spend more time with the chickens.
–sew more things (move on from just pillowcases!).
–be more like yourself.
–continue being honest. do your darnedest always to be kind in that honesty.
–offer your help. not just your opinions.
–take a road trip with jp and ramona.
–continue finding time to read for fun (google reader does not count).
–walk more. yoga more. get off your butt more. dance crazy around the living room.
love always, me.
(psst. i found inspiration for my 2012 resolutions here, where you can print off your own resolution kit. i’ll be filling one out and copying her idea of hanging it on the fridge to remind myself what my intentions are throughout the year. i also love her idea of writing new and revisiting old NYE letters to myself each year.)
thank you, bambula, for posting this.
laundry day with amy.
a glimpse of jp’s day at crema. thanks, brandon.
i came across this article about sandusky via a link on twitter. it’s certainly worth a read and i do appreciate the author’s approach to how we need to view the unfortunate relatively common occurrences of child sexual abuse and the perpetrators of these heinous acts.
as a parent, the statistics are terrifying. and it’s terrifying to think that, wow, sandusky isn’t some peculiar, deranged, monster. i say this in that there are a whole lot of people like him out there and they don’t always look like the creepy lonely pedophile we probably imagine. but we don’t realize it or don’t want to think that it could happen to us or to our children.
jp and i talked about this some, how we can do our darndest to set up expectations and boundaries and trust with ramona that this will never happen to her or if–god forbid–it does, she will not be shamed or trained into keeping silent or to keeping secrets from us.
i suppose i don’t really want to get into it anymore than this little blurb. but i do strongly urge you to read this article and consider ways you can start or continue to protect your child.
welcome
