Okay so Monday I had 11 teeth pulled and recieved my dentures!! So does anybody have any good recipes for pureed food? Today I finally started to feel better .. I actually got hungry..but I can't eat anything Mashed potatoes, soup, jello, pudding
I want food!! On the bright side , maybe I'll be able to lose some weight! I also saw myself with no teeth for the first time yesterday Was awful!! My son, on the other hand thinks it is absolutely hilarious that I can remove my teeth..just like pappy can! Any way what better place to share my pain than here in the stream!! TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR TEETH ALL! Dentures are no fun!
Grateful Blessings!
Have a great day!
Kwick

I am not the soldier
I do not fight in foreign lands
You fight for freedom
And the rest is in my hands
Compared to all you do
The day to day can seem so mundane
If I do not keep it in perspective
It’s enough to drive a crazy person sane
My duty is here behind the scenes
You have a duty to serve
This time apart is not easy
And I pray every day that I do not lose my nerve
I am proud of all that you are
I pray God keeps you from harm
I am waiting strong and true
For the day when you are back in my arms
I am not the soldier
I do not fight in foreign lands
You fight for freedom
And the rest is in my hands

Kwick

I am my mother's daughter and my daughter is mine. This can be an agonizing truth some days! I have a strong perspective and therefore I sometimes remember my mother as a monster, especially when my daughter has pushed me to a limit and I let go with both barrels..reminding myself of mommy dearest mixed with Linda Blair's character in the Exorcist. My daughter will be in tears and then it becomes all about the fact that I screamed or cussed at her, never mind whatever it was I was going off about. I hate these moments..if I could just keep my composure...I am sure I would be more productive...not! I suppose it is because she is my daughter and soo much like me ...which by the way terrifies me... that I am so much more vehement in dealing with her than my son. I used to think I was being to hard on myself and that maybe I wasn't harder on her than on him. She moved to her dads and I had to face the hard truth...my outbursts seem to only occur when she is home! Cold hard facts right in my face. She seems to know which button exactly to hit, probably because her buttons are in the exact same place!! I am not sure how to combat this..because I feel there are important lessons she needs to learn, like not to blame others for every accident or mistake she makes! However, she has a forgiving and loving heart that I am not sure I had during all my mother's outbursts...
This Mother's Day she chose to give me a gift for every day she was home...3 days worth. On the first day she gave me a picture frame covered in purple matrial with a little doll attached to the side. On the second day she actually gave me 2 gifts...a lanyard decorated with stars( i collect stars) and a hand made bracelet with beads that spelled out BEST MOM EVER. Today she gave me an incense burner...very similar to one she had broken in a fit!! I could learn so much from her. We were at each other neck and neck this weekend and yet she would stop everything just to give me my next gift!!
It has been extremely difficult to deal with her living with her dad. He doesn't do anything right (my perception) and no he has total control over my time wiht my daughter!!! She also wanted to live with him because she doesn't like not being an only child...something that absolutely infuriates me!! I spend so much time trying to convince her that she needs to love her little brother and trying to convince him that she actually does. It is a very painful situation for me...but I have began to learn to cope...not having an option can do that to a person. Today she helped make him breakfast so I could take a hot bath before church and she actually played toys with him for an hour...no fights or manipulation that I could tell. It was wonderful! Moments like that are few and far between. I pray that I can figure out a way to communicate with her that doesn't involve me screaming at the top of my lungs. And I hope that she can learn to be happy in her skin even when she makes mistakes! I could probably babble on about our relationship all night..but must sleep sometime..I hope. I guess I am just acknowledging that on my journey I already know that I have the potential to be the subgect of years of therapy for my daughter...and I pray that I can do better before it gets to that point!!
Happy Mother's Day all!!
Grateful Blessings!
Kwick

My son had his first baseball game this morning...
His team won
Had lots of cute pics but I could only get one to upload this is my second favorite


Here is one of diving meet last week...but I only had the cell phone so it isn't great.



Have a great weekend!
Kwick

This week before Mother's Day has been rough. My hubby is overseas. My Grandmother passed away in December and this is the second Mothers Day without my Step mom. I have had people calling to tell me their wonderful plans for gifts for the moms in their lives and started to get a little put out. I know petty right? My son yesterday..end of his preK week..brought home the cute card with the handprint and flowers in a styrofoam cup...I had forgotten that the school would make sure that they made something for their mothers. My daughter has been talking for weeks about this special project she has been making for me. So I kinda got over it...my kids were still thinking of me on mother's day what more did I want? But today I got home from work and had just set down in the stream...I got a call from one of the ladies in the office. "Kwick..are you at home?" I replied "yes, Why?" "ok, that's all I wanted to know" ...dial tone. That was odd and I thought I was maybe supposed to work late and had left the office without first checking. Then came a knock at the door...scared me! When I answered the door it was a flower delivery lady with this beautiful spring boquet of flowers for me. I opened the card and it simply said Love, Timmy and Davi. Tears flooded my face! Someone remembered that I was home with no hubby to take the kids shopping for Mother's Day and had just made my day!! I called my daddy...he tried not to own up, he said "What did the card say?" "Well then I suppose you should be calling those kids" Then he asked if they were pretty...he is very particular about the flowers he sends to my sister, my grandmother and any other woman he feels needs flowers. I just wanted to share this with all of you. If you know a mom who may not have someone in her life to let her know how special she is...do something nice this weekend...it really is nice to be recognized! We would continue to do all the mom stuff without recognition but still it is nice!!

Happy Mother's Day

Grateful Blessings!
Kwick