It's has been a long break between now and my last blog. I'm not going to make any excuses. I have been doing a lot of living and not much documenting. The reason I started this blog was to write down things that interested me and maybe someone out there would find it helpful in some way.
There were some days I would sit down and start writing and then I'd read back a few lines and it was basically the same thing as my previous posts. The last few months have consisted of more de-cluttering, packing things away in boxes etc. I can finally say that phase of my life is over. It's all done. It took a long time, however there were so many things that needed to go. From furniture, to clothing, make up and the odd bric a brac stuff that I had been carrying around from one move to another.
This also consisted of clearing things out of my personal life. For a long time I was surrounded by people who were just fuelling negativity. I have never been a negative person, but I found myself sucked into it and I felt unmotivated, uninspired and I began questioning myself just a bit too much.
So those people had to go and things are now better. I have one more stage to complete, but that's at the end of the year. Now I am concentrating mainly on my kids and their needs. I've joined my son's school committee which has been interesting to say the least. It's amazing what you learn about education, budgets and other mother's. I have enjoyed raising money and participating in events. It does take up a bit of time but it's a great distraction for me from my every day chores.
I have also spent a lot of my time with my son at home doing educational projects. Everything from learning the alphabet, how to draw, write his name, paint pictures and build train tracks. My daughter has just started taking an interest in drawing so we have had a lot of artwork hanging in our home.
I find this extra time has been very beneficial and I see great improvement. I wanted my son to be ready for school next year. I have noticed that they put a lot of pressure on small children to be at certain levels, but at this age I think they should be allowed to be kids too. It seems to be very competetive and cut throat. I have mentioned this already in my previous blog. I'm also hearing a lot about how they want children to "conform"
I'm going to be honest. I hate that word. I am very much a non conformist in many ways. In school I didn't "conform" to peer pressure, I also didn't "conform" to society pressure. I lived my life my way, mistakes and all and I learnt a lot more than if I had just done what everyone else did. I have been judged because of this. Actually I'm still judged, but I think a person should not lose their individuality to be someone else's dream or ideal. We are all different and unique and that should be praised and applauded. Not pushed to the side and made to feel like it is wrong.
I see already that my son is the type of child who thinks outside the square and I know he may face judgement as he gets older. But that's what I'm here for. To teach him that there is nothing wrong with having a bigger imagination, a different way of doing things. This may just be the thing that brings you to a form of greatness or gives you the ultimate happiness. It may also be the thing that saves your life, that gets you out of sticky situations or just gives you a bit of an edge.
A road less travelled is sometimes not an easy path to take. But life isn't easy at the best of times.
So as you can see its mostly been the same old stuff. I didn't want to bore you all with the same stories. We have had my son's 5th Birthday. (Gosh he's already 5) Its a cold Winter, quite colder than what we have been used to. Everyone is sick including me. Yes I've finally caught a virus. Normally I'm immune but no, this time it's knocked me out. I'm hoping I will recover quickly because no one has time to be sick!
In between commitees, kids, household chores, birthdays, a few social outings and cleaning up I've found a bit of time to think about my vision board and what I want on it. So I will be collecting all my little bits and pieces and putting that together. I have quite a few plans I want to execute in the next few years. I'm looking forward to that. I feel like one chapter is closing and a new adventure is beginning.
I leave you with this today:
Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with and the hardest thing for a society to live without. William Sloane Coffin Jnr
