I Miss Mayberry.....Part 1
Rascal Flats has that song...."I miss Mayberry" - and you know what? I do! I have been doing a lot of soul searching this new year. What is important to me and what I want to teach my children...that kind of stuff that you always say you are going to do and never do. Children seem to learn more from their parent's examples. You can lecture all you want but what they see you do...they will copy - sometimes unwillingly.
I want my children to help someone in need. I want them to have favorite charities. I want them to do what will make them happy. I want them to work hard and get every inch, every breath out of the life my husband and I have given them.
So how should I start? What should I do? I need to start with me. I need to work on myself. I don't respect myself. I have become obese. I let my anger go....and not control it. I have many many more faults.....and I know I should list them - but I won't. I think I will work on one thing at a time.
So first thing is first. I am going to work on myself....I will try to not procrastinate in all aspects of my life. In procrastinating, you just can't win. My mother fought cancer for 6 years and during that time she scurried around trying to get stuff crossed off her "To Do List". I don't want
to waste my time like that. Andy Taylor seemed to not procrastinate....but did what was important and left Barney to go OCD over everything else.
One more thing.....I am going to respect myself. I currently weigh 221 pounds and am only 5'3". Not something I am proud of. I used to be hot! I was a cheerleader. I did aerobics everyday in college. Then life happened....unhappy in my job, unhappy with some of my relationships, fertility problems, fertility treatments, pregnancy, nursing, pregnancy, nursing and now here I am! UGH I am more Aunt B instead of Andy Taylor's girlfriend - what her name was.
Please don't think I am trying to be a goody goody or being preachy. I think we just need to start sharing opinions and work on ourselves and make this world a better place....one person at a time! "Inch by inch is a cinch, yard by yard is very hard" - my Mom always said this to me. It makes sense - doesn't it?
I want my children to help someone in need. I want them to have favorite charities. I want them to do what will make them happy. I want them to work hard and get every inch, every breath out of the life my husband and I have given them.
So how should I start? What should I do? I need to start with me. I need to work on myself. I don't respect myself. I have become obese. I let my anger go....and not control it. I have many many more faults.....and I know I should list them - but I won't. I think I will work on one thing at a time.
So first thing is first. I am going to work on myself....I will try to not procrastinate in all aspects of my life. In procrastinating, you just can't win. My mother fought cancer for 6 years and during that time she scurried around trying to get stuff crossed off her "To Do List". I don't want
to waste my time like that. Andy Taylor seemed to not procrastinate....but did what was important and left Barney to go OCD over everything else.
One more thing.....I am going to respect myself. I currently weigh 221 pounds and am only 5'3". Not something I am proud of. I used to be hot! I was a cheerleader. I did aerobics everyday in college. Then life happened....unhappy in my job, unhappy with some of my relationships, fertility problems, fertility treatments, pregnancy, nursing, pregnancy, nursing and now here I am! UGH I am more Aunt B instead of Andy Taylor's girlfriend - what her name was.
Please don't think I am trying to be a goody goody or being preachy. I think we just need to start sharing opinions and work on ourselves and make this world a better place....one person at a time! "Inch by inch is a cinch, yard by yard is very hard" - my Mom always said this to me. It makes sense - doesn't it?
