I'm a Female

"Heck Yes, I'm a female. I push doors that clearly say PULL. I laugh harder when I try to explain why I'm laughing. I walk into a room and forget why I was there. I count on my fingers. I hide the pain from my loved ones. I say it is a long story, when it really is not, just to get out of having to tell it. I cry a lot more than you think I do. I care about people who don't care about me. I am strong because I have to be, not because I want to be. I listen to you, even when you don't listen to me. And a hug will always help. Yes, I'm a girl!!!!! Re-post if you're a lady and proud!" --original poster unknown

 

I saw this today on a Friend's facebook status, and honestly my jaw hit the floor. Why is it that women put themselves down? Why is it that they repeat these things in a social media? I was completely lost on how to reply to this with a comment but I did. I know the poster is an awesome woman with a fabulous daughter. She's also completed a Business degree and works hard for her daughter and herself. Continuing to copy and paste this status teaches younger women what exactly?

I don't mind a woman being emotional, and showing their feelings. Tears, laughter, and showing your feelings are healthy, everyone should give it a try,  but we don't know the complete story ever. That's not even the part that bothers me. Yes women can be strong and work hard for themselves and their families and show their feelings but when did it become part of being a woman to be forgetful, unable to do Math or push a pull door? Within 4 sentences "I'm female" became I'm stupid? 

I'm a female and if you take time to get the time to know me? You'll figure out how to describe me and just how different "I" am from any other person you meet, male or female. 

Random Going ons

I meant to post the new yesterday but I got side tracked (again) by answering all my Birthday wishes on FB. Happy Birthday to me. Well yesterday. I'm still getting messages today. I think FB made Birthdays better. How else could a person feel like the center of the universe.

I also took one son to the Dentist, yes on a Wednesday. Those that have been reading a while realize we usually do Tuesday Dentists but well it just happened to be a Wednesday. When I booked it I booked it on my Birthday so I wouldn't forget. Birthdays make it hard to forget appointments.

I picked up the boys  about 5minutes early from school and we had Lunch at a local restaurant. The boys were so nicely behaved. I love it that they are getting older and learning how to keep themselves entertained and ordering for themselves. It's so very nice and calming. I don't cook, I don't do dishes and everyone gets to eat what they want. YAY! Taking the kids also lowers the "Drink" bill. LOL 

I dropped hubbie back off to work and we did the dentist thing, and picked up a few treats. :) It was such a great" me" day.  We got home and my oldest arrived home, his Wednesdays are longer school days than the younger ones.  After school snacks, leftovers for supper, YAY! no cooking, And hubbie arrived with the cake pictured above. hmmmmmm cheese cake. Brownieshmmmmmmm and carmel sauce.

Hubbie is participating in Movember this year, if you'd like ot make a donation to his group/his page please follow this link. It's also a chance to introduce you to my Hubbie.

The younger boys are also getting into the Movember spirit. They have decided Cool Whip Mustaches are Cool too.  Happy Thursday.

Movember

Remembering November

Our Province has an official Statutory Holiday for Rememberance Day. Nothing will be open tomorrow. no stores, no offices, and other businesses. Not all provinces in Canada will "celebrate/remember" in this way. 

Today I have 2/3 of my kids home due to illness. They will miss their schools ceremonies and talks with veteran and Canadian Soldiers. These ceremonies will cement the young minds much more than anything they happen to hear in the news or read in a book. It will give them a real opportunity to Thank those that have fought for our Canadian outlook on life, with their lives and those that are still continuing to protect our country. I'm sorry my 2 will miss this years ceremony but am so Thankful for our province seeing the importance to leave it in their curriculum. We have friends and family in the military but even those stories told to young children aren't the same as the Remembrance Day Ceremonies in School or in town with many others sharing the memories. And some wont share those stories at all. It's just too much for themselves and they want to protect their friends and families. The protection continues.

There are some that will willingly take their children out of school today because it's too "close to home" and others that will take them out because there will be prayers. Isn't it so great to live in a country where we have that option? Isn't it great that we make those choices. I feel bad today that some may think my 2 boys are out for those reasons. They are not, they were out earlier this week too but to those that do not know us? these are the things that enter my mind.

This month we wear our poppies as a Thank You. I will continue to pray and hope and dream of a world where Peace is a reality and no one dies in battle over right and wrong, and that knowing what's right so much more important than anything else.  I did say dream.