Helping Our Children Feel Good About Themselves and Create Positive Memories for Later
We have so much influence over the next generation! Lots of times we forget how much influence, as our children or grandchildren can appear to ignore us, forget us or even worse--run from us in one way or another. Sometimes, we must just accept the fact that lots of times positive actions happen without positive recognition! Therefore, it behooves us as the 'grownups' in our personal worlds to keep looking for ways to help the young ones experience good times, feel nurtured and loved and to walk away from situations just a little more one the road to developing as a whole person with a good sense of self. I can assure you that insistence on creating a meaningful world for our children does eventually pay off!I'd like to share with you how Lorna did just that with her daughter Sabrina. Here is some of what she wrote to me:Yesterday afternoon Sabrina, my six year old daughter, was helping me make Chinese sesame cookies for our church's girls' club. Sabrina attends weekly club meetings and is always happy to help me out with the snacks for club.
These cookies needed to be rolled into little balls and then rolled into sesame seeds. The seeding' of the cookies was Sabrina's job. We were halfway through the dough. She was rolling away. Suddenly she said to me without looking up, "This is great! I get to spend quality time with Daddy and now more time with you!"She was referring to her Sunday evenings alone with her daddy.
Sunday evenings at 5:30 pm, I leave and take my 9 year-old son to the boys club at church where I also help with snacks. During the time we are gone, Sabrina and her daddy have a tea party almost every Sunday evening. They turn the lights off, light the candles that I have usually in the center of the table, then boil water, and set the table. There is usually some kind of tea cookie' (like shortbread) in the pantry. They take those and then serve each other tea and cookies.
Sometimes they act silly. e.g. Acting very aloof with flowery language or just simply talking about this and that.Last Sunday evening I did not have to stay at club until it was over. I got home just in time for the tea party. Sabrina set me a spot at the table.
She offered me sugar and cookies. We chatted. She acted a little silly. It was really cute and I was glad I got to peek in on what she and my husband usually do. After I had a couple sips, I slipped away to my office to check email so they could have their usual special time alone.'Lorna, Sabrina's mom, is describing such a wonderful activity that lends itself both to building self-esteem and to beautiful positive memories in the future.
I can picture Sabrina sharing her tea parties with her daddy years later with her own children! Exercise: Play Date with a Child in Your LifeCan you think of something special that you could offer a child in your life? You don't have to be a parent or grandparent. You may know a child down the street, or a cousin or even a friend's child. A special outing or treat can go a long way to bringing delight to a child. I remember when my aunt Rose arrived at my cousin's home with a surprise for me! It was a box in the shape of a treasure chest and it contained some perfume and soaps all designed for a little girl. I was thrilled and felt very special.
I can still remember lovingly keeping my treasure chest and eventually filling it with other treasures after I had used all the soaps, lotions and bubble bath. Yes, this treasure chest did make me feel special, very feminine and created a great memory trace.I know you will have fun with a play date. Keep us posted on what you do..
The Mask I Wear
Copyright ? Jan Tincher - All Rights reserved
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The more I wear the mask, the more I am it. I may start out unsure of myself, but the more I wear the mask of surety, the more I am sure.
What mask are you wearing?
Is it a mask named *Success*? Look at the mask and what do you see? What are you succeeding in when you wear it? Who are your friends? What are they saying? What is the weather like outside when you are succeeding? Can you feel the cool breeze or do you feel the hot sun? Is there air conditioning inside, or is there heat? What type of clothing do you wear when you are successful? Do you have a special scent for success, cologne, perfume, candle? Look in the mirror to see what you look like. Are your shoulders back? Is your spine straight?
Or is it a mask of relaxed competence? When you look at that mask, what do you...
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Valentine?s Day Tips ? Top Ten Most Outrageously Expensive Valentine's Gifts
With US consumer debt surpassing a staggering $1.7 trillion, America is gearing up for another expensive Valentines Day, according to financial author and former Price Waterhouse CPA, Jim Trippon. Trippon, who runs a boutique wealth management firm in Houston, TX, is considered one of America's foremost authorities on the financial habits of American self -made millionaires. "Well intentioned gifts of Valentine's Day often produce money arguments the rest of the year," says Trippon, who has released this years top ten list of the "most outrageously expensive" Valentines Gifts.The National Retail Federation says Americans will spend nearly $100 on average for Valentine's Day this year. Given the credit card rates often at 24%, and assuming minimum payments, Trippon says this year's day of love will cost the average American Cupid closer to $1,300 when interest and finance charges are included. "Some people really go overboard with their spending," Trippon says, "It's not necessary to...
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Seven Things You Should Consider For Your Meditation Room
Meditation is one of the great skills everybody should learn as it helps you in developing a more effective mind and to help keep you at a state of calm.
If you are serious about meditation having a room dedicated to the practice does one of two things.
The room will after periods of time bring about a sense of calm as soon as you walk into the room because of the association between the room and peace.
The meditation room will also encourage you and remind you to stick with the practice.
All too often people start out on the meditation journey only to abandon the practice a few months in because they are feeling great.
The downside to this is that if you do not continue practicing your meditation you will never master the art and more so each time you restart the meditation practice it will take you a while to get back into the swing of the art.
Meditation is something that needs to be practiced every...
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What Are The Perfect Gifts for Single Mom's?
Copyright 2006 Monique Hawkins
Single moms, like the rest of us, enjoy receiving gifts. Whether it is Christmas, a birthday, Mother's Day, or a gift as a token of love, gifts have a special place in their lives. Some of them might joy musical gifts such as ballerina music boxes, musical jewelry boxes, wooden keepsake boxes, and other music boxes. However, not just any type of gift will do! They are certain types of gifts that single moms will appreciate more than others. Let's discover what they are.
First, here is what to avoid: purchasing hats, scarves, expensive bottles of perfume, and other pricey items unless they are items she truly desires.
Some people think these types of gifts will be greatly appreciated since she could not afford them herself. For the most part, this is not the case. Most single moms will, of course, be gracious. However, in their heads they likely are thinking, "I could have used the money it cost for this gift to pay my car...
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Nelson & Nelson Antiques Acquires “Scent-sational” Treasures Rare Silver Overlay Perfume Bottles, Decanters Now Available
New York, NY (ContentDesk) July 28, 2006 -- Nelson & Nelson Antiques announces the acquisition of a large collection of rare silver overlay perfume bottles, decanters and porcelain items, all beautifully accented with silver overlay decoration.In Europe, silver and crystal were usually combined by topping cut glass items with silver stoppers, but Yankee ingenuity took a distinctly different approach and devised a new technique where the silver was chemically applied directly onto the glass in a variety of patterns.
These were then decorated, often with exquisite detailing, into beautiful works of art.
This uniquely American design style, named silver overlay, is now highly sought after by not only collectors, but all lovers of beautiful objects.From approximately 1880 until the early 1920s, no upper middle class household in America would have been without items decorated with silver overlay.
At the height of its popularity the technique was used to decorate...
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Plants, Herbs, and Roots for Love
In the column Plants, Herbs and Roots For Prosperity, I explain in detail how to practically use a plant material to attract things to you, so refer to that if you have never used plant matter in magic before.In brief, the main methods of using plant material to draw love are: carrying the substance on your person in a locket or a sachet, boiling the herb and sprinkling the residual water around your residence, putting a sprig of it under your bed or in your pillow and burning it as incense. Also with love attracting, just keeping the living plant in your house can help increase your vibrations. Some flowers can also be dropped in a bath.Here is a list of common plants, herbs and roots used in love magic with some tips about how to use them:Apple Blossoms: One of the simplest love attracting spells involves dropping these pretty blossoms in your bath. It is said to make others thing that you are more attractive than you are! Apple blossoms are also said to increase fertility. Carrying...
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