Random Thoughts of a Supersmock

I was thinking back on my life of the different types of people there are in the world.      Those that are introvert and Those that are extroverts    Those that are optimist and Those that are pessimist    Those that are givers and Those that are takers    Those that agreeable and Those that are disagreeable    Those that build up and Those that tear down I often reflect on what type of person am I .. Sometimes I feel pessimist and sometimes I feel optimist.  Sometimes I give a lot and sometimes I take a lot.  Sometimes I build up others and unfortunately sometimes I tear others down.   No one is perfect but it's import to recognize what type of person you are ... what type of person you would like to be and what type of person you tend to hang around.  I have found myself cutting people out of my life that tend to just tear me down.  They don't really celebrate my accomplishments or j...

My Sophomore daughter is convinced that the only real way to get into college these days is to overwhelm herself with ton's of AP classes and having a GPA of 4.5... because her current 4.0 GPA isn't good enough.   But  high school guidance counselors  convince freshman and sophomores they won't get into college at all, if they don't take these AP classes or have 4.5 GPAs.  My daughter seems to believe that her high school education is highly pivotal to future successes and college acceptance.   Over and over again we try to tell our children to work hard and do their best but to enjoy and live life.   Last night my husband told our daughter about a women who went to his high school.  She was tried and true an academic, was the highest ranked in her class,  with the best GPA ... maybe she was even class valedictorian (and yes I had to spell check that.) She worked so hard in school and gave up a lot of the fu...

Both of my children are pretty great kids.  (Thanks be to God.. he made them!) They are intelligent, kind, compassionate and loving... but even still they both have had run ins with bullies over the years.   Bullying isn't really anything new... it dates backs to the beginning of human beings.  I am sure each of us can all think of someone who was or is a bully.  Someone who abuses their power or takes advantage of others. I have been pretty good at kissing scraped knees over the years .. but when it comes to scraped hearts...  It's been so much harder.  My husband and I often say to each other "man, kids can just be so mean..." As parents we want to protect the innocence or our children but also not shield them from the world.  We don't want them exposed to unnecessary torment even still teaching them to rise above the sinful hearts of others.  It's a very hard balance to turn the check but also not be so naive and let people take ad...