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- Dakshin fills my cup with water.
D: Amma you should refill filter with gas water (aerated flavored water).
Me: No tap is healthier than that...
D: But that comes from the ocean.
Me: No ocean water is salty. Tap water comes from the river. The county used chlorine to clean it, then I use a filter to get rid of the chlorine. It's extra clean
D: But somebody could have peed in the river. Just saying..you never know. You could be drinking it now!
Me:
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- I have a lot of natural light flooding my bedroom.
Dakshin says, Mommy look, I found a lot of flying ants!
Me: What color are they?
D:White.where do they go mommy?
Me: wherever the wind carries them.
D: Where did they come from?
Me: Your bed. Give it a few taps.
D: Taps and goes. WOW! I did magic. Look there was nothing and now I made so many of them! Look at them go! Whoa!!!
Me: Dakshin, we call it DUST!
D;
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- Cobweb cameras
This past week we saw temperatures drop drastically. It's a bit too cold anymore to walk your kid to the school bus without a jacket. As I was hurrying back home, my eyes caught an interesting sight. I thought I saw what looked like mirrors or glass shining in the grass.
How did all this glass land up in my grass? Did the garbage spill over? was my first thought,
so I took a closer peak...
What I saw made me happy!
They will little cobwebs filled with rain from the previous night. The sun was shining on them and making them dazzle like glass with rainbows.it was magical...
I wondered what they were looking at, these little cobweb cameras? Then I saw these charming mushrooms posing for a shot, one looked like a while flower, then there was a group of little brown one, followed by a family of big yellow ones. It looked like fun fall party I was happy I could be there just for a little bit of time...
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- What goes on in a 2 yr old's mind before sleeping...
Dakshin (D) wide eyed staring into the ceiling.
Me :What are you thinking?
D: I am thinking of the crocodile.. He goes aaav aaav aaav to bite, right?
Me: Yeah, but don't worry he won't bite you.
D:Can u keep me safe? Can u bite him?
Me:(Squeezing him) Yeah I will keep you safe, I can eat him for you.
D:But u will get a tummy ache..
Me: Don't worry D, I can let out some...
D: I will be very mad at you , don't be naughty like that.. Don't fart on the crocodile, he is in the zoo.
Me: What is he doing there?
D: He is playing on the swing and the slide..
D is still not sleeping..
Me:What are you thinking of now?
D:I am thinking of the dinosaur, roar roar..
Me: D, don't think of the things that scare you. Why don't u think of things you like..
D:I don't like dinosaur, I like the stars and the moon.
He then sings twinkle twinkle little star..
Me:D do you know you are made from the stars?
D:I may look like a star, but I am not a real star..
Me:Why?
D: I like . I am butterfly!
And now I am half asleep, but he is still wide awake...
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3 yr old
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Me: Dakshin one day can I take a tiny bite out of you? Please?
D: If you do that you will never see me again. Only my wires will show. They will be stuck to my bones.
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Dakshin wears a mask in preschool. They change it if he sneezes.
I open his mask and it is wet.
Me; Dakshin what happened, why is your mask wet?
D: I was licking it. I was bored ..I didn't tell my teacher. Ha ha ha.
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Dakshin: Mommy, chickens are so cool.
Me: Really? Why?
D: Every time they fart we get an egg! Ha ha ha...
Me: LOL!
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4 year old jokes
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Dakshin brings home a broken toy...
Dakshin:Amma, one of my friends is really stupid.
Me:Why?
D:I just TRIED to break an airplane, she broke it for REAL! Who does that? A stupid person right?
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Me: Sorting through my clothes..
Dakshin eyes my white satin underskirt.
D: I'll take that. I am going to be a GHOST for next Halloween!
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D:Mommy I need 2 things to UNGET hungry everyday.
M: What are they?
D: Icecream, chocolate and cookies.
M: You said 2 things and now you are adding more?
D: Yeah you have to change it up a little everyday right?
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11: Dakshin loves to chat up a storm before bed.
D:Mommy are you hugs filled with kiss flowers?
Me: Yes! How did you know?
D: Because I see it in my eyes!
Me: How does it look?
D: It looks like tiny stars.
Me: What color are the stars?
D: Rainbow
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12: Mommy how many fingers do I have?
M: 4.
D: No, only 3 have fully grown, others are not there yet.
M:
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13: Me: Dakshin tell me a word that starts with A.
D: Apple.
M: Give me another word with A.
D: Aaaaaaaaaah
M: What happened?
D: it's a word that starts with A when someone falls down
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.14: Dakshin: You are just the biggest Pteradactyl
Me: Why is that? Because you are the meanest dinosaur
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15: D:Tell me a story.
Me: I am tired D, go to sleep.
D: I am going to do nothing for you. I will not find a special rock, use the hose, clean and make it a present. Nothing for you.
M: Hey I give you treats too. How about that?
D: Its not the same. Those are from the store. I made the rock. I said nothing for you.
M: Fine let's read a story.
D: No, make one from your head.
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16: Me: Dakshin if you break your tent, I am going to take your building blocks away.
Dakshin: If you take my toys I am going to take all your Pants AND Shirts away. For real!
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17: D: Mommy won't it be funny if your armpits can fart? Ha ha ha!
Me: Silly Dakshin, they don't.
D: How about your nose?
Me: No
D: Then what is that noise when you blow your nose?
Me:
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18: D visits a new doctor.
D: Mommy is he a girl or boy?
Me: Boy
D: Why is wearing a ponytail?
Me: Boys can have ponytails too. Would you like one?
D: Yes
Silence .. D thinking ....
D: Does that mean I will never see a barber again?
Me: that's right.
D: No lollipops or haircuts?
Me: None of those.
D:I don't want a ponytail.
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19: This afternoon I saw the sun shining on my son's black hair. The light had created countless tiny white bubbles each refracting a rainbow. My naked eyes enjoyed a kaleidoscope of a million rainbows dancing on his head. Alas! If only I knew how to paint such a visual treat on paper. So grateful someone has shared this beauty to see a similar spectacle!
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20: D: I don't want to flush.
Me: Pls do it.
D: If you ask me one time, I am NOT going to sleep with you.
Me: Are u sleeping with Daddy today? Go flush the toilet.
D: No I choose you but you are just being very unfriendly right now!
Me: Ask you to flush your pee pee is unfriendly?
D: Yes! Do u want to be my friend or not?
Me: if you don't do it it's going to be very dirty and you won't be able to use the toilet again.
D: It's OK. I will PEE in my PANTS. We do laundry anyway.
Me:
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21: Me; Dakshin pls sleep in your own bed. I need some space. You are kicking me too much at night.
Dakshin: I can't do that Amma, who will take care of you? You are going to be very afraid sleeping by yourself, are you not?
Hear that noise? It's a bad guy! You are not very strong?
Me:Why?
D:What did you eat this morning? Tea right? That's not even good for you!
Me: I had some nuts to go with it.
D: Wooaa.you had a snack first thing in the morning that is not nice!
Me: Its a healthy snack.
D:Still not enough to fight a bad guy.
Me: No bad guys are coming. Our doors are all locked.
D: They can jump from the windows!
Me: I locked them
D: They will come from the skylight. Can u lock that?
Me:Ok Dakshin you can sleep with me. Just don't kick me all night OK?
D: I am thirsty, can u get me some water!
Me: Go get it.
D: No, you get it. I don't want the bad guys to catch me.
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22: Children have such interesting perspective-
D: Mommy do boys wear hairclips?
M: No but you can wear one if you like.
D: Which one is a boy one?
M: I like the one on the left.
D: I would like the one with the BALL on it!
Now when I look at the one on the left I think I picked a bat and he picked a ball.
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23: Me: Dakshin what is your favorite color?
D: Blue
M: what is your favorite food?
D: Yogurt with rice
M: what is your favorite snack
D: Cookies and Icecream
M: What part of your body do you like the most?
D: MY HEART
M: Why is that?
D: I love it so much
M: Oh, why sweetie?
D: Because it shows me how to be KIND.
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24: D: Do you know a lot of things?
Me: Maybe
D: Can u tell me, Why is an orange orange?
Me
Me: Let's ask Google
Google: Orange as a colour adjective dates from the early 16th century; therefore we can say that the orange is called orange because it is orange, as well as orange is orange because of the orange.
D: What did Google say?
Me: An orange is orange
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25: Me: Dakshin wash your hands like they taught you in school. Don't play with the water.
D: they have instructions on the wall with pictures, where is yours?
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26: Me: You love to hug Mommy, what about kisses?
D: No kisses. Kisses make me tired. But hugs can be for long. I can hug you sitting, I can hug you sleeping even standing up. But I can’t kiss u for a long time.
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27: D: If I don't eat, I need to sleep.
If I don't sleep, I need to play.
If I don't play, I need to eat.
You see my problem?
Me: What do you want to do?
D: I want to watch TV. Can you feed me?
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28: Me: I am going to have a tantrum one day too. Everyone in this house has one.
D: U can have it tomorrow. Do it in the morning.
Me: Why?
D: Because I will be in school!
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Dakshin has taken this to school today to show his friends. This nest has been safe under our deck since spring. Nothing has disturbed it.
So much to learn from birds - geometry, engineering, construction, geological location for safety, art and wisdom to let go.
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Dakshin loves to stuff his pocket with little treasures for his Mommy. He favorite thing to do is take a nap with his favorite tools and treasures - safety scissors, toy hammer or pliers which he uses to rake up his treasures..
'Pretty girl' as he likes to call me, puts a big smile on his face when I wear his gifts
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Me: Dakshin you are growing too fast.
One day you will be as old as Kedar and then even bigger like Daddy. I am not going to be able to cuddle and kiss you so much.
Dakshin: Don't worry Amma, when I am as big as Daddy you can marry me!
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Dakshin is getting ready to attend pre school this spring. Here is an interesting conversation this morning...
Kedar: If someone is mean to you, please tell me Dakshin.
Me: Why what are you going to do?
K: As his elder brother, I will go to his school and talk to that child about being kind and not to hurt others.
Dakshin: If someone is mean to me I will punch them in their face.
Me: No, don't do that. Dakshin pls tell your teacher. She will help you.
Dakshin: No, I will punch them. What if they try to kill me. I don't want to die.
Perspective is such a personal thing.
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I am playing 'Heal the World' by MJ
Dakshin:That's very girly. Can u play another song?
Me: It's a boy who is singing it.
D: Are you kidding me?
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It is a neat practice for kids to keep a daily journal. Dakshin's school has him do a journal entry every day. I would have never known my son's fascination for electricity if they didn't share his entries with me
L to R - Electricity, Electric Generator, Electric Boat.
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D: Santa won't give me a toy gun mommy? Hmm..not fair... I made my own. TADA!
Can i have some water?
Me: To drink?
D: NO silly. It's a water gun!
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D: When are you going to get as big as Daddy?
Me: Why do u ask? U think I am very small and need to grow more?
D: No, u are not small. U are half the size of Daddy.
Me: It will take me 2 years to become as big as Daddy.
D: Why will it take you so long?
Me: I don't know
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5 year old jokes
5 year old jokes
29: Me: Dakshin why are you cutting this?
D: I am making all sizes of money so it can fit any pocket and I can buy everything I want.
Me:
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30: D: Mommy this picture stinks.
Me: Why don't you like it?
D: Just smell it, it stinks .
Me: Who smells pictures Dakshin?
D: You mean you have never smelled one before? That's weird.
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31: Absolutely. It always brings tears in my eyes which is embarrassing because I am not crying. My paternal grandma used to see us this way. When I was young i thought she was sad or in pain. Now I know she was seeing with her heart
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32: Saturday late evening story: Don't hide marbles.
Mommy I have a marble in my butt!
M: Ha ha ! Good joke D, are you sitting on it?
D: No mommy for real, it is inside my butt!
Mommy is totally panicking now!
M: How did it get in there?
D: I don't remember when I put it there. It was a small, green marble. I should have taken a picture for you. Sorry I didn't.
M: Why did you put it there?
D: I was playing HIDE and SEEK with my friend and wanted to hide it where nobody will find it.
M: What did you do exactly?
D: I just stuck it there. I thought it would hang like clothes on the hanger. I didn't think it would go inside. Anyway when I poop, it will come out OKAY?
Mommy is in super panic mode. Reading up on it, calling a nurse friend, running to get a laxative! Gave him ane and braced for him to go to the bathroom many times at night.
Nothing.
He wakes up, goes about his usual day. I am stuffing him with extra food,
still nothing.
Sunday evening rolls by.
D: Mommy I need to poop! But I am worried about the toilet
M: Why? JUST GO D!
D: The marble is hard right? If it falls into the toilet and we flush it, it will break the toilet.
M: I don't think so.
D: We have to see about that.
From the toilet.
D: Mommy it's out! Are you proud of me? Hmm?
I quickly go grab a stick to make sure it's really out.
D: No mommy! That's my favorite stick Why did you bring it ?
M: D pls you have many more sticks saved up. Let mommy use this one.
D: See I told you, it's there! Can I have it?
M: No!!!! It's very dirty. We have to flush it.
D: Ok next time I will hide it in the front.
M:
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33: When life throws mud we can grow flowers.
Made this crazy fellow in my clay class. He taught me a beautiful life lesson and I cherish it for that.
At the beginning of the year I had signed up for my first creative class in pottery. As the universe would have it, the class coincided with our move to a new neighborhood. I was only slightly deterred by the fact that now I had to drive 6 weeks to a class that wound up being a 3 hr round-trip after a full day's work and lasted 3 hours on a Friday night.
If u have not taken one of these classes, a potters wheel needs a lot of practice to center a piece of clay not to mention getting used to the abrasion from the sand the clay spits out as it dances on the wheel to take the perfect shape you envisioned. Needless to say I was not a natural.
After a few weeks of optimism, something changed my perspective. That particular week we lost our car to a highway accident, luckily nobody was physically hurt. My husband had to travel out of state and I needed to make a choice whether to fight the CLAY on the wheel that Friday night; which meant I had to skip my supper to get supper for the boys, drive my younger one to the nanny, then go to class after an already long day at work.
I did that...I know it's crazy. In hindsight, I guess I was trying to prove I am still in control when life threw mud at me?
Something shifted that evening- It struck me that I did not sign up for this class to fight with clay. I showed up every week wanting to have fun with it.
It was my choice what to do with the CLAY.
So I rolled out a slab, didn't go near the wheel. Then i joined the edges like a piece of paper, used my fist to plump out some cheeks and made a hysterical pot that would make people laugh.
Laugh at life, laugh at themselves for taking it too seriously like I did, but more importantly to remember that life is like mud and we have a choice what we make of it.
It sits in my husband's office and always serves as a reminder to those who visit that it is OK to laugh when u are having a crazy day.
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34: D: Hmmm, I don't get any ME time.
Me: Dakshin you can have plenty of ME time!
D: That's not true! Nobody is spending time with ME
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35:Daddy: Dakshin what did you do?
D: You like it? I took all the crayons and colored at once. Its faster!
Quick color
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36: Mindful Monday!
Dakshin loves to hear the sound of milk bubbles and smell the different colored inks from his pens. Things I would never do.
We discovered Red and Green inks are stinky
Listen to bubbles
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37: D: Mommy the cat is eating your hanging plant!
M: Oh no!
D: Is it poisonous to cats?
M: Yes!
D: How about humans?
M: Dakshin! Did you .....?
D: Hey don't get mad. I want to try some too...
M: Dakshin all plants are not for eating! You don't eat the lunch I packed and you want to eat my hanging plants?
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38: When you need to deconstruct your limiting beliefs, go to your garden.
I picked up this tiny plant from a leftover plant sale last spring. The only reason being it had edible flowers. It's called a Pin Cushion Flower. Not a native to this country, but a perennial meaning it dies in the Fall and comes back in the Spring.
What's so spectacular about it, is the fact that it's the only plant standing green this winter!
It not evergreen,
it's not an established plant with years of established root system,
nor did I plant it under full sun which is where it likes to be.
Despite all this, it is so tender and strong even in -10F(-23C) weather!
Everytime I complain about life, my pincushion flower comes to my mind, to be tender, to be strong.
Every morning when I drop my son at the bus stop, I enjoy watching it thrive in the harsh winter wind. I bow to it's cheerful spirit and remember to carry the same inside me. My garden is my temple. My plants are my nourishing spirits. I hope to be like my pincushion flower, Tender and Strong; not at all easy for me; because mty conditioning has taught me they are opposites qualities. I will keep trying...
Picture on left was in Spring 2023, Right is now in winter 2024.
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39: Betting in 1st Grade.
Me: what is word on the side of the Reading/writing sheet?
D: Yuvi wanted me to spell Telugu.
If I spell it wrong, I owe him $5,
If I spell it right, he plays with me.
Me: this is a very smart friend, he wins either way. Why won't he give you $5 if you are right?
D: I made the rules.
Me: Dude! Why would you bet with money?
D: Why not?
Me: You don't earn it. Daddy works hard to earn it.
D: No, I do too. I sell my tooth to the toothfairy.
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40: Dakshin has to learn new spellings every week. He gets upset when it's not intuitive, like the word States Nudge, Pages, Cent etc
Once he learns new words, he needs to do a fill in the blank exercise. If he does it right, he gets a small prize from the teacher.
D: Seriously? Why does C and S, J and G have the same sound? Who invented English?
Me: Nobody
D: That explains all the mistakes. I need to fix it.
Me: Just learn it. Nobody is going to follow your rules.
D: Fine. But I am.not doing the 'fill in the blanks.' It's a waste.
Me: Waste of what?
D: My teacher's money. She needs to buy those prizes! If I don't do it, I save her money and my time. I am not doing it.
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41: I have seen rainbow sprinkles on icecream and cupcakes, this is the first time in water!
It was not visible to the naked eye but the camera gave us this treat.
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42: Yesterday was a special Halloween for me. I was taught what 'real trick or treat' means by a sweet little boy who visited me. He was around 9 years old, wasn't even wearing a costume, he had a sports jersey on.
He received candy from Dakshin, and then said to us, 'Wait I am not done yet.'
I asked, ''Would you like some more?'
He didn't answer, instead he searched his candy bag, pulled out a big Snickers bar and gave it to Dakshin and said, 'Here this is for you."
And Dakshin said, 'Amma, this boy is doing the "real Trick or Treat, this boy is in my Elementary school. He does Safety in my school."
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43: D: Mommy I found it! I found the bayblade that I lost in school. An older kid in the Dragon's team was playing with it.
Me: How do you know it is not his?
D: Because it is a custom bayblade that Kedar Anna made for me. It had a yellow top, a special ring and a purple bottom.
And...
It smelled just like Anna's bayblade. I know it's mine.
Me: Nice, we surely tell the teacher then.
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44: Holiday shopping at school.
D: I want to buy something special for Thatha/Paati (grandparents)
Me: D don't buy silly things like fake coins or something you like because everyone else is buying them, think about what Thatha/Paati really like before you buy them a gift.
D: Thatha and Paati love kids. I can't buy kids.
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45:“Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” ~ Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” ~ Denis Waitley
“Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” ~ William Jennings Bryan
“When you make a choice, you change the future.” ~ Deepak Chopra
“What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.” ~ Madeleine Albright
“Nothing in life, including our circumstances or potential, is fixed. Reality is bendable to our will.” ~ Brendon Burchard, The Motivation Manifesto
“Choices may be unbelievably hard but they’re never impossible. To say you have no choice is to release yourself from responsibility and that’s not how a person with integrity acts.” ~ Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men
“The spirit of a man is constructed out of his choices.” ~ Irvin D. Yalom, When Nietzsche Wept
“If you limit your choice only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.” ~ Robert Fritz, The Path of Least Resistance
“There are two paths of which one may choose in the walk of life; one we are born with, and the one we consciously blaze. One is naturally true, while the other is a perceptive illusion. Choose wisely at each fork in the road.” ~ T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with “The Divine Presence”
-Elephant Journal
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46:D: Tell me the truth, where did I come from?
Me: Ok you didn't come from my belly, momies have an extra pouch to keep babies safe.
D: I asked you where I came from, not where you kept me.
Me: Explained biologically where babies come from.
D: DID EVERYONE SEE THIS?!!!
Me: See what?
D: Where I came from!
Me: Just the doula and her assistant.
D: WHY Amma? Why would you let them see us?
Me: Someone needed to catch you as you jumped into the water, so you wouldn't drown. Then there was the umbilical cord. You were stealing all my food! We had to cut it. It's a lot.of work. I needed some help.
D: Fine.
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