"Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure."
- John McConnell, founder of International Earth Day

RIGHT NOW, and then again tomorrow and then again the next day and on it goes day after day,
1/2 OF THE WORLD lives on LESS THAN 2 DOLLARS each day.

Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
Do all you can and don't worry about the odds against you. Wield the miracle of life's energy, never worrying whether we fail, concerned only that whether we fail or succeed we do so with all our might. That's all we need to know to feel certain that all our force of diligent effort is worth our while on Earth.
Carl Safina, Voyage of the Turtle

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Yellow Easter day


So this morning I dress Tuks for the day (except for socks), and then I place her on the floor from the changing table. I immediately go into my bedroom and change my clothes. I hear her doing something in her bedroom, and soon after she walks with two socks. They are both yellow, not a matching pair, but certainly close enough that I know she picked out her socks so that they matched in color. She sits down and I watch her for a while and then I ask "What color are your socks", and she says "Yellow"

Now to truly understand this achievement, I need to tell you that I am one of those people who do not fold socks, braziers (Ok maybe, TMI) and under ware. I just throw them in a drawer and find what I need as the need arises. I do the same for Tuks (well her socks anyway) and look how well she maneuvered in her sock drawer.

I call today my Yellow Easter day!!

And today, after several days of feeling achy, nauseous, and just plain worn out, I managed to spend quality time with family. They were able to see the "real" Tuks personality. They haven't seen her since mid-January and her talking skills have exploded since then and her "tude" is definitely entering into the 2 year/3years
old defiance. They were a little surprised as to her strong independence and expressing her need not to do something I had asked her to. Me, well I just say it is all part of the parenting game.

The Easter bunny was more than generous to her, and her cousin N.

Tomorrow begins the 11 week countdown until the end of the school year in which we slide into the summer lazy days!!!!!!!!!!

2 comments:

Brenda said...

Way to go Tuks! You are such a big girl. And summer.....I will have 4 teens home this summer. The older ones need to find jobs!

veggiemom said...

Yay, Tuki!!!
Kerri and Ruby

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