peace & happenings
Peace is something that doesn’t usually last for very long for me but for some reason after all the sadness, disappointment, hurt and all the other shit that was September, I have been able to find a cozy cliff of peace filled with new happenings. I won’t say that everything is peachy but things are good. My heart is so at peace while I get to enjoy the many roles I fulfill (mother, teacher, friend, wife, lover, daughter and the list goes on). As I go about my days, I roam through the corridors of my own head more than ever before, unlocking the doors that I had locked long ago and discovering new doors some of which I have they keys to, others I have yet to find a way to unlock. Things are happening all around me – carefully, cautiously, slowly but at the same time quickly.
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men are simple not stupid
For reasons unknown the Celestial Planning Committee decided to only give me male children. I get to raise Kings instead of Queens. In watching my sons grow I am learning that the male species is driven by sex from a very early age. Tonight, out for a walk with my Kings, DII, just barely from within ear shot of me very quietly said to his older brother, “Check out the HOT chicks in front of us,” then he continued, “I like the one with the longer hair.” Now, if he was a teen, hell maybe even a preteen, I wouldn’t be shocked AT ALL by what he said but he doesn’t turn seven until September so, I was a little surprised. When I asked my son what made the chicks hot he gave me a short and honest response, “They had pretty faces and short skirts.” The girls he was referring to were teens wearing very short skirts. The fact that my sons who minutes earlier had no other objective but to get to the park as soon as possible, were now walking very slowly staring back at these girls made me chuckle.
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