Okay, so... the past few years have been very trying. I lost a job and decided to return to college. It took longer than I expected to complete my degree but I picked up a second degree in the mean time. During that time I worked part-time at several temporary jobs.
My parents are 76 and 67 and neither are college educated. They have not a clue what dedication and hard work goes into obtaining a degree. They also don't understand why someone would start working part time to get one.
Never mind that the highest salary I could have hoped for was $12/hr. EVER.
But ...I did it. I got the degree!
Today I started the first full time job I have had in 6 years.
I am on top of the world!
It feels good to be back at work!
And everyone that I work with has a degree. It is a requirement.
I love it!
The simple things in life that I am grateful for today:
grandchildren
children
perseverance
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
The Paraplegic Teddybear
I was a very young mother. At 21 I was the mother of four children. Today, at 47, I am grandmother of 4 with another grandchild due in a couple of months. It is a wonderful life on that account. I love my children and grandchildren very much! I see my daughter's children often and it is the highlight of my existence.
I am "Granny Fix It". I visualize in 3-D and have good logic skills, so repairs come naturally to me. Sewing did not. But I learned early. I like to do small hand-work pieces, and that turns out to be a really good thing these days.
Verde
"Verde" is a bright lime green teddy bear that belongs to my 2nd eldest grandchild, my daughter's eldest son, Braden. Verde is well favored and is now limping along in elder-teddy-years. He has suffered spinal injuries and amputations, severe gashes and evisceration. This week Verde came to me in three pieces. As I was performing emergency surgery, reattaching his right arm and leg, I noticed that his anus was also blown out. He has been drawn and quartered!
I thought about it and checked the other seams..... even the old scared surgeries of days past have begun to wear. I have re-sewn every seam now. I have also run out of lime-green thread.
I went to go to my favorite sewing store ( the only one left locally) and discovered it is moving.
Although Walmart carries sewing supplies it is not of the quality nor of the variety that I could find elsewhere. What are future grandmothers going to do?
My daughter does not sew and has not the inclination for it. I must get my granddaughter interested in it early! I don't mean to be sexist on this account. If any of my grandsons would sit still long enough, I would teach them too. Boys just don't usually exhibit the inclination or the nurturing attitude that would lend itself to sit for hours sewing teddy bears back together. My youngest son was the exception to that. He can actually sew and took a "homemaking" class in High School. He is going to be a father this fall.
I am "Granny Fix It". I visualize in 3-D and have good logic skills, so repairs come naturally to me. Sewing did not. But I learned early. I like to do small hand-work pieces, and that turns out to be a really good thing these days.
Verde
"Verde" is a bright lime green teddy bear that belongs to my 2nd eldest grandchild, my daughter's eldest son, Braden. Verde is well favored and is now limping along in elder-teddy-years. He has suffered spinal injuries and amputations, severe gashes and evisceration. This week Verde came to me in three pieces. As I was performing emergency surgery, reattaching his right arm and leg, I noticed that his anus was also blown out. He has been drawn and quartered!
I thought about it and checked the other seams..... even the old scared surgeries of days past have begun to wear. I have re-sewn every seam now. I have also run out of lime-green thread.
I went to go to my favorite sewing store ( the only one left locally) and discovered it is moving.
Although Walmart carries sewing supplies it is not of the quality nor of the variety that I could find elsewhere. What are future grandmothers going to do?
My daughter does not sew and has not the inclination for it. I must get my granddaughter interested in it early! I don't mean to be sexist on this account. If any of my grandsons would sit still long enough, I would teach them too. Boys just don't usually exhibit the inclination or the nurturing attitude that would lend itself to sit for hours sewing teddy bears back together. My youngest son was the exception to that. He can actually sew and took a "homemaking" class in High School. He is going to be a father this fall.
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