We Need That

So it has hit my son full force. What might you ask? Commercials. I used to think of them as innoccous little annoyances that kept me from my show, but I am now aware that are actually meant to torture me through these words, " Mommy, I need that, I am going to get that for Christmas." Now we have just encountered this problem recently since my kids have started watching Nick Jr. versus Disney (who only has commercials about other Disney shows). My son has come to a full awareness that the commercials that come on in between Nick Jr. shows are for random crap - - I mean children's toys that he now needs. Not wants, but needs. So currently on his list are Bendaroos, some foaming bubble machine for the bath, various action figures, transformers, games, and the like. And since Christmas just passed, where he got a myriad of toys he now associates all gift giving with Christmas. So I say hello to the hell of commercialization and my sons obsession with owning every single thing that crosses the tv screen including non toys at times.

New Year

With a new year comes resolutions, desires, dreams and the like. I read a devotional today that marked for me the desire of my heart this year. " Be today who you want to be tomorrow." It really resonated with me because so many times I say that I will do it tomorrow, that I will do better tomorrow, but why not today. Why not get up earlier today, exercise today, love those around me today. So my hope and my "resolution" is to be today what I shouldn't put off until tomorrow. To love my children the best that I can today. To tell my husband that I love him whenever I think about it. To be thankful for the blessings of today and not worry about tomorrow. To embrace teaching again today and not worry about it. To volunteer now, to love what I do and be true to myself. To remember it is not always about me. To be careful to listen to God's words today and to be cognizant of my effect on others around me. To care about my attitude and how I speak to others. To be the woman God created me to be, to be the woman I want to be tomorrow . . .but instead make it today.