This has been a disastrous week. I have the same feeling of doom that I had the week of 9/11/2001 only without the loss of life. There is so much information out there right now that I don’t have time to really read it all and get a good understanding of what is going on. All I know is that CEO’s where greedy and instead of trying to derail this impending disaster that they surely saw coming they decided to get all they could out of the American people before taking there millions of dollars in payouts and hitting the road.
Now the government wants to spend $700 billion dollars to bail the company’s out. What happened to the old American tradition of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps? All I ask is: if it is good for the poor and underprivileged children of America why isn’t it good for wall street?

My wonderful husband got me these beautiful flowers yesterday. Thank you hunny!

My last day at work was today. My husband and I decided four weeks ago that it would be best for me to stay home with our 19 month old daughter. I hate the term “stay at home mom” but that seems to be the most popular thing to say and I can’t think of a different term to use. So for now I guess I am a “sahm”.
Before I became a mom I always thought that I would work and that I would never have a problem taking my kids to daycare. Well, then reality hit. What I have learned since becoming a mom is that no one will handle my daughter the way I want to. From discipline, to diet, to what kind of cups she drinks out of. Also, you really cannot ever get this time back. I was working on her babybook the other night and looking at her pictures and was in tears that I can never get that time back with her and don’t even remember that much of it. I am positive that I will never look back on my time home with her and say “I wish I hadn’t spent that time with her.”
Now, I want to make sure you kow that I in no way judge mother’s who work. This is a very personal decision that everyone has to make for their own family. At this time this is what is best for us and I feel so blessed that I even have the opportunity.
I worked at this job for over three years and learned so many invaluable things about being a parent and raising kids. That is another part that is really exciting, now I get to actual DO the things that I am talking to other parents about every day. I loved helping other people become better parents but now it is time for me to give that to my daughter.

Okay, I know, abortion is a hot topic and I don’t really want to get into all that here. I just want to talk about my reasons for refusing to vote for someone based on their views on abortion.

1. Abortion is legal. The supreme court ruled that it is legal and that is what it has been for over 30 years. No matter what my beliefs on the issue are, in our law books, it is legal.

2. No president since Roe V. Wade has been able to make abortion illegal.

3. Both parties have turned it into a game to garner more votes. If you are pro-life you must vote for a Republican, and if you are pro-choice you have to vote for the Democrat. They have essential narrowed every election down to this ONE issue. I refuse to play that game.

There was a time where I based all my voting decisions on what the candidate’s stance on abortion was. Well, that got me nowhere. So, this time I am voting based on the million other issues that matter. Like our national security, emergency preparedness and aide, health care, our collapsing economy, and education.

I’ll be honest I haven’t completely finished this book yet but I only have four chapters left. I bought this book because the author was recommended to me by my dad.

Ben Carson is a pediatric neurologist who was raised by a single mother in a very bad neighborhood of Detroit. He ended up graduating from Yale and the University of Michigan School of Medicine against all odds and is now a world renowned neurosurgeon at John Hopkins. He has worked on some very difficult surgeries, and saved patients lives when no one else would operate on them, including conjoined twins.
In his book Take the Risk he recaps his childhood, college, and professional life story and gives his formula for risk analysis.
I went into reading this book thinking I would learn a few things about knowing when to take risks in my own life mainly for financial gain or to prevent financial loss. What I got out of it was a way to measure risk in all areas of my life. More important than even that, I learned a few things about parenting along the way. Ben Carson’s mother was a very smart woman and leaned on her faith when it was most important. I hope that I can be that kind of parent and help my children to face and overcome any challenges they may have.
I recomend this book to everyone but especially parents.