Rev Run's Words of Wisdom

I received this in my daily email from him, and I thought I would share this quote.

"Good morning. Success is not final. Failure's not fatal. It's the courage to continue that counts."

Keep the faith!

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A Lesson From "The Princess and the Frog"

My daughter and I watched "Snow White" the other day on DVD. On the DVD was the first six minutes of the upcoming movie "The Princess and the Frog." The color wasn't completely filled in on every scene, but watching it got me really excited for the movie to be released. Just in that short span we learn how important it is to be supportive of our kids and to always encourage their dreams. In thinking about that movie I realized that it's important to not only be supportive of the things our kids want to do, but be encouraging of things that they do that may not be so "important." It can be something just as small as braiding hair for example.

I've mentioned before that my daughter is six. She will be seven next month. This year, we've been getting our hair braided a lot. Well one day she came out of her room and said "Mommy, look what I did." She had braided her dolls hair and put rubber bands on the end to hold the braids. I may be biased but I thought the braids were really good for a six year old. I know I couldn't braid my dolls hair at six. I asked her where she had learned how to do it, and she said she taught herself. My guess is she had watched some of what my girlfriend was doing in braiding our hair, and then proceeded to do it on her dolls hair.

On our trip to Hawaii, she also had fun braiding and styling the hair of So In Style Stylin Hair Grace. I enjoyed watching her do it.



I bring up all of this to say this is one of the areas that I realize I should encourage her in. I am not trying to pre-define what her permanent job will be in the future, but this could definitely be a skill set that she could possibly make money on the side, if she chose to. She may braid other people's hair in high school or even college, to have a little spare change. Or this could be what she chooses as her profession. Maybe she does neither, and after marrying has a baby girl. She will be able to save money, by not sending her child to the hairdresser, and doing her hair herself. In either of the scenarios the outcome is positive.

So make sure to not only encourage the dreams of your children, but give them the all important praise and affirmations for "insignificant"(no not really) things like braiding hair.

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"Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak

My co-worker informed me about this book a few weeks ago. She mentioned that it was one of her favorite books growing up, and that a movie was being released. I ordered the book here, in anticipation of the movie. Lil Mama and I read the book together, and now she can't wait to see the movie.

The link to the official trailer is here. The movie comes out today, and I want to try and see it sometime this weekend.

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Michael Jackson's "This Is it"

Who hasn't heard the song yet?



When I listen to it, I have to admit it makes me a little sad. I am still missing him. He was one of my favorite entertainers.

Here is the official movie trailer.



Lil Mama didn't know anything about Michael Jackson until after he died. She just loves anything he does including his role in "The Wiz." I plan on taking her to see "This is It" at the movies. Hopefully we will see it the week it's released.

I had every intention, if he had ever gone on tour again, to make sure that I was at one of his concerts. He was at the top of my list for people that I wanted to see live. That wish will never come true for me but I will still look forward to seeing this movie.

Boy do I miss him!

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Have You Ever Looked Back and Wondered How You Got Over?

Sing some of the lyrics with me!

Chorus:
How I got over,
how I got over,
my soul looks back and wonders
how I got over.

Verse 1:
Soon as I can see Jesus (oh yes),
the Man that made me free (oh yes),
the Man that bled and suffered (oh yes),
and died for you and me (oh yes).

I thank Him because He taught me (oh yes),
I thank Him because He brought me (oh yes),
I thank Him because He kept me (oh yes),
thank Him ‘cause He never left me (oh yes).

Thank Him for the Holy Bible (oh yes),
thank Him for good ole revival (oh yes),
thank Him for heavenly vision (oh yes),
thank Him for old time religion (oh yes).

Bridge:
I'm gonna to sing (hallelujah)
You know I'm gonna shout (troubles over);
well I thank Him for all He's done for me.

We all go through trials and tribulations, but once that particular trial is done do you ever look back and wonder how you go through it? Well it's through God's grace and mercy, that we were able to get over that hump in the road of life. I am ever thankful to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for all that He has done for me and how far He has brought me. If you are feeling down about the situation you are in, then pray that God will grant you the strength to overcome it. We may not see it while we are in the trial, but the trials indeed make us stronger, and our goal is to have learned important lesson(s) from them.

Philipians 3:14(NKJV) -I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Jesus Christ.

We need to press on even in our darkest hour, and continue to give God incessant praise. What a joy it will be to look back and wonder how you got over, and be able to SHOUT your troubles are gone.

I recently purchased Vickie Winan's newly released CD "How I Got Over." I love listening to the title soundtrack. Vickie's music has always been an inspiration to me and I just wanted to share the video of "How I Got Over."

I hope you enjoyed the video. I am going to leave you with part of the last verse of the song.

Coming from the north, south,
east, and west, (oh yes),
on the way to the land of the rest (oh yes).
I'm gonna join the heavenly choir (oh yes),
gonna sing and never get tired (oh yes).

Remember your prize!

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I Can't Believe It - I Got An Award!!!

I was so blessed to receive this award from my good friend Margaret on Dress My Doll. Thanks so much! I feel honored.



Here are the rules for this award:

This award is bestowed on to blogs that are exceedingly charming.These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends.They are not interested in self-aggrandizement.Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers.Deliver this award to other bloggers who must choose others to pass it on to and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

I'd like to pass this award on to the following blogs:

On My Way To Fabulous & 40 - It's a blog about her fabulous journey to forty.

Roxanne's Dolls - A blog about her dolls in these very entertaining stories.

Margaret, I really appreciate the award.

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A Shout Out to Lil Mama

I received her first report card/progress report this week and her average is 97.83. I am so proud of her! Way to go Lil Mama! Keep up the great work.

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