Slow news day, (Mondays?) although I did find a news article that Lilly might like to read.
The bright, sunny day belies the intense cold outside, because it simply screams spring. Barbara Blundell is displaying a lovely photo of daffodils from a corner of her garden. It made me think of a poem by William Wordsworth (I wandered lonely as a cloud) that I had to memorize with expression for a school elocution contest as a child. I grew up in Jamaica, but as it was a British colony, I guess that's what they taught us although we had no daffodils growing in the area!
Japra and I are happy with our teenagers, but I've recently been hearing stories of regular drunken weekend parties that high school students attend and it's sounding like the norm. So we can't take anything for granted. Everyone wants to be popular and a part of the 'in' crowd.
Well, those are my thoughts for today.
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The dynastic plastic of Barbie
6 comments:
Love William Wordsworth! :)
Oh, yes, that is a lovely poem. I found that last year (no dafs in Texas--LOL) and wanted to remember it for this year's daf season.
Roxi is going through a pretty intense "Health" class right now. It's scary (for all of us), but I think it's great the way it's really opened up communication about sex, drugs, alcohol. Even Roxi's dad joins in--makes for interesting dinner conversation ;-) I hope that this open communication will continue...
We're back to overcast and rainy here. Enjoy your sun!
Hi Christine,
You seem to have a wonderfully caring and understanding relationship with your children and think that they will avoid the drunken parties or at least behave sensibly if there.
You could always hold a few supervised orgies yourself so they wont miss out.
Paris, maybe he can inspire your next song!
Wow, Japra, that's deep dinner conversation, my kids never give me any details on the stuff from school, but I know it's pretty graphic and can be embarrassing.
Barbara, orgies...haha. Thanks for the compliment though.
He he loved the news article! And the Wordsworth poem too. Yes I think you have a great relationship with your children too. Things happen when they are teenagers but its the communication that is important. Oh its tough, so tough but we get through it.
Thanks, Lilly. If you could hear the fighting over who gets the front seat in the car, you wouldn't think so much of our communication skills!
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