I have lived in Tennessee my entire life. My family while not overly zealous about athletics growing up were still supportive of the Tennessee Vols. My husband sold programs at the football games as a little boy, my son is a mega fan and is extremely overly informed about the coaching situation that has come before us here at the end of 2017. I specify that because it seems like all to often the Vols are having coaching situations and I just wanted to clarify.
I do not genuinely care about who the coach is. My concerns are more so in the character of the team and the coaching staff. Are these humans aware of the fact that young children are watching their life choices and basing their own choices likewise? Are they representing the state of Tennessee as it should be with character and integrity?
Our athletic director was hired and paid a large sum of money to manage the athletics of the University of Tennessee. Why is it that we are not willing to allow him to do his job? Is the information that you are basing your witch hunt of each candidate on fact or rumor? Do you personally know the men that you are throwing around "facts" about or are you just a part of the firestorm that is misinformation.
I have no dog in this fight. My husband and son will still go to the games and cheer on their beloved Vols no matter who is wearing the name tag that reads coach. I will still watch the games from a mother's perspective of wanting those young men to not get hurt, to do their best, and to know that we love them not just because they wear our orange on Saturday, but because it's the right thing to do.
Go out...Be kind. Go Vols.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
The story of the tortoise and the squirrel.
I am a self proclaimed schizophrenic squirrel married to an anal retentive tortoise.
I shall explain.
I don't often write about my husband. I would never want to embarrass him, but since he is a major part of my life I have to at the very least write about him every once in awhile.
My husband and I were high school sweethearts. We would break up and get back together all throughout college and dated for 8 years before we finally married 19 years ago. We are polar opposites and yet we work. I would tell you how if I knew but quite honestly I'm just gonna go with we are two imperfect people who refuse to stop trying no matter how annoying the other person is to us at times. I'm annoying. He's annoying. You're annoying. You're spouse is annoying. If you didn't realize this fact and this is all you gain from my little rant then Merry Christmas. Marriage 101..we are all annoying at some point and time.
I digress.
My husband is a highly intelligent detail oriented individual who will not even begin a project without knowing that he can complete the task to perfection. I am a fun loving people person who starts lots of projects at once who may or may not eventually get around to finishing them all. God put us together to balance each other out.
I could look at the way that my husband and I are different and be upset that he doesn't like to do things the way I do, or I could appreciate the fact that because of the way my husband does things we are more likely to reach the goal that we have set before us. My husband could look at the way I do things and get frustrated that there is no order or reason to the way that I do things or he could appreciate the joy and laughter that I bring to our world.
Every situation can be looked at from many different perspectives. Stop looking at situations that annoy you from your own perspective. Look at them from the other persons perspective and try to figure out why they may have done it the way they did. You may never figure it out but you don't have to get mad just because it wasn't done the way you would have wanted it done. Just be glad it's done, and move on because there are 50 million other situations coming at you daily. You want to spend your life in frustration and disappointment or do you want to get over your self and find joy?
Go with Joy! It's way better. Go out...Be kind.
I shall explain.
I don't often write about my husband. I would never want to embarrass him, but since he is a major part of my life I have to at the very least write about him every once in awhile.
My husband and I were high school sweethearts. We would break up and get back together all throughout college and dated for 8 years before we finally married 19 years ago. We are polar opposites and yet we work. I would tell you how if I knew but quite honestly I'm just gonna go with we are two imperfect people who refuse to stop trying no matter how annoying the other person is to us at times. I'm annoying. He's annoying. You're annoying. You're spouse is annoying. If you didn't realize this fact and this is all you gain from my little rant then Merry Christmas. Marriage 101..we are all annoying at some point and time.
I digress.
My husband is a highly intelligent detail oriented individual who will not even begin a project without knowing that he can complete the task to perfection. I am a fun loving people person who starts lots of projects at once who may or may not eventually get around to finishing them all. God put us together to balance each other out.
I could look at the way that my husband and I are different and be upset that he doesn't like to do things the way I do, or I could appreciate the fact that because of the way my husband does things we are more likely to reach the goal that we have set before us. My husband could look at the way I do things and get frustrated that there is no order or reason to the way that I do things or he could appreciate the joy and laughter that I bring to our world.
Every situation can be looked at from many different perspectives. Stop looking at situations that annoy you from your own perspective. Look at them from the other persons perspective and try to figure out why they may have done it the way they did. You may never figure it out but you don't have to get mad just because it wasn't done the way you would have wanted it done. Just be glad it's done, and move on because there are 50 million other situations coming at you daily. You want to spend your life in frustration and disappointment or do you want to get over your self and find joy?
Go with Joy! It's way better. Go out...Be kind.
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Happy frozen Thanksgiving!
There I was, being all productive. I had prepared my Kroger Clicklist the night before, and I was going to pick it up between dropping my children off for their different schools. (If you haven't used Kroger Clicklist...game...changer! you totally need to try it at least once.) I digress. I had picked up my order and I thought I had time to get some Chickfila for my son and husband as a surprise for breakfast. Apparently everyone else in town had the same thought because therein my time crunch problem was born. I got home. I had to change my clothes, unload the groceries, and take my son to school all in about 10 min, and we live 7 min away from school.
Everything was going smoothly until....I dropped the frozen turkey square on my foot. Now, I have on boots so I don't think I am mortally wounded but I am most definitely in pain. My son seeing the look on my face said What is wrong with you? I explained and with his typical dead pan humor he made my day. He said....
Well, you know what they say...It's not Thanksgiving until someone drops a frozen turkey on their foot.
No one says that.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Everything was going smoothly until....I dropped the frozen turkey square on my foot. Now, I have on boots so I don't think I am mortally wounded but I am most definitely in pain. My son seeing the look on my face said What is wrong with you? I explained and with his typical dead pan humor he made my day. He said....
Well, you know what they say...It's not Thanksgiving until someone drops a frozen turkey on their foot.
No one says that.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Can someone cure cancer already?!
Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Tell the ones you love that you love them every time you see them. Life is short.
How many phrases can I think of to describe what is going on in my world right now? My precious beautiful friend from my youth has died. Cancer has taken a bright light and extinguished it. Cancer sucks.
I met Stephanie in middle school. Stephanie was my friend. I called her Stepherdee. She was kind. She was good. She was all the positive adjectives. She took great pride in lifting others up even above herself. There are not many left in this world like Stephanie, and cancer just took her away.
I knew that Stephanie was sick. I had gone to one of her doctors appointments to see her face to face because as life happens she and I had lost touch. We would text or talk on the phone intermittently but as far as seeing her on a daily basis that had ended in high school almost 27 years ago. Where on earth did 27 years go?
My daughter has a friend that is Stephanie like in nature. Mackenzie is always kind, always happy, always loving and there when you need her. I told my 13 year old daughter that my friend Stephanie had died and my daughter didn't understand how I could be so upset when she didn't even know her. I said Stephanie is my Mackenzie, only we didn't keep in touch after we got out of high school.
Friendships are integral in your development! Learning give and take, learning to put someone else above yourself, learning that you are not the center of the universe. I feel like this world has many things wrong with it and one of which is that we have lost the ability to learn how to be a friend. We are so quick to jump in and "fix" conflicts that our children have with other children and this impedes their social development. We sit behind little screens throwing out comments with no regard for how our words will make someone else feel. We do not look at the big picture only at how the situation effects us, and most times it isn't about us.
I found out that Stephanie's situation was dire when I was sick. I didn't want to go visit her being sick because I was holding on to the fact that of course she would kick this and I didn't want to get her sick and hurt her already compromised immune system. I didn't go. I didn't do a million things I would have loved to have done for her and now she's gone, and I can't.
Do not wait to do a good deed because you have all the time in the world, because you don't. Be intentional in your friendships be a helpmate and support to those around you.
Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Rest in peace sweet Stephanie. You ran a good race!
How many phrases can I think of to describe what is going on in my world right now? My precious beautiful friend from my youth has died. Cancer has taken a bright light and extinguished it. Cancer sucks.
I met Stephanie in middle school. Stephanie was my friend. I called her Stepherdee. She was kind. She was good. She was all the positive adjectives. She took great pride in lifting others up even above herself. There are not many left in this world like Stephanie, and cancer just took her away.
I knew that Stephanie was sick. I had gone to one of her doctors appointments to see her face to face because as life happens she and I had lost touch. We would text or talk on the phone intermittently but as far as seeing her on a daily basis that had ended in high school almost 27 years ago. Where on earth did 27 years go?
My daughter has a friend that is Stephanie like in nature. Mackenzie is always kind, always happy, always loving and there when you need her. I told my 13 year old daughter that my friend Stephanie had died and my daughter didn't understand how I could be so upset when she didn't even know her. I said Stephanie is my Mackenzie, only we didn't keep in touch after we got out of high school.
Friendships are integral in your development! Learning give and take, learning to put someone else above yourself, learning that you are not the center of the universe. I feel like this world has many things wrong with it and one of which is that we have lost the ability to learn how to be a friend. We are so quick to jump in and "fix" conflicts that our children have with other children and this impedes their social development. We sit behind little screens throwing out comments with no regard for how our words will make someone else feel. We do not look at the big picture only at how the situation effects us, and most times it isn't about us.
I found out that Stephanie's situation was dire when I was sick. I didn't want to go visit her being sick because I was holding on to the fact that of course she would kick this and I didn't want to get her sick and hurt her already compromised immune system. I didn't go. I didn't do a million things I would have loved to have done for her and now she's gone, and I can't.
Do not wait to do a good deed because you have all the time in the world, because you don't. Be intentional in your friendships be a helpmate and support to those around you.
Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Rest in peace sweet Stephanie. You ran a good race!
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