Beneath the Wraps

  I think in many cases the “personality” quizzes are geared towards job/career and not so much “personal” life.   But I seldom ever take a quiz with a job in mind, let alone a career.   Why not just make a career out of uplifting others?   Even if it means one doesn’t get paid.   Money isn’t everything.   Nor does it necessarily equal success.   Not in my book anyway. There have been many times I have passed up opportunities or advance in promotion when I know that someone else can benefit.  I think putting another’s happiness before my own can make me equally as happy if not more than if I allowed myself to take the reigns.  One example that comes to mind is when a friend and I had joined a bowling team.  One of the members was a single guy who seemed to be interested in both of us, and I knew she liked him.  I could have gone out with him but thought she might do better in his company.  They were marrie...

CD from Peggy Bird           A month before Jenna was born, my former neighbor and second mother, Peggy had given us twelve children’s books and a CD. I had exposed Jenna to music early in life.   Before she was born I would put headphones around my stomach and let her listen to Classical Baby and primary songs.          As she got older, we would go to the library and check out CDs featuring Ronno, Bill Harley, Eric Herman and Patty Shukla.   We learned rhymes, rhythm, laughter and more.   Jenna was always singing – she’d sing songs we had learned and often she would just make up her own words and tunes.   Jenna has always been a happy girl.   She has always been confident.   scrapbook page of my sister and her husband with Jenna and Anna As I had mentioned in this post, we had listened to CDs that we played in her childhood. When she made the comment about Ronno’...