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Dear Younger Self: The cool kids wont always be cool. No one will ask you or care about your SAT scores in your adult life Sometimes your Mother really will be right. And even if she isn't, she will always be looking out for your best interest. Keep practicing piano Play a sport Dont believe every line a guy feeds you Dont believe any line a guy feeds you Study hard Someday your mother will be your best friend. I know things are really hard and stressful sometimes. I know sometimes you feel you need to be accepted and sometimes you dont feel so great about yourself. That will change. You have more strength and courage and sense than you realize. Your heart may feel broken now but you will love again. I promise. Your prince charming is not the football star or the musician. He is the one who treats you well and cares about your well being. He is the one who respects you. Remember that word. It's an important one. Things get better. And things get harder. Small kid= small problem

Signing my credit card receipt my 5 year old looks at me and tells me that my printing wasnt "my best effort. Two days prior he told me "sometimes Mommy you need to be a little patient with me" Who is this kid??

As I complain how I'd like to lose 10 lbs I'm thankful I'm at least not as homely as Sandra Oh. Sorry Sandra. It's the truth Am thankful I had the insight to get the flu shot on my opposite shoulder from where I'm recovering from surgery. I swear it hurts more this year than past. Am convinced my house is being scouted for some massive robbery attempt every time a car slows down on my street. I need to keep reminding myself that we live on a semi busy street near an intersection. Youngest comes out of school every day grumpy as heck to see me. However, he LOVES school. Guess he isn't happy to see me? I could watch Law and Order re-runs all day long. A matter of fact, now that the boys are in school full days, I AM watching Law and Order re-runs all day long. I love my girlfriends. I'm repeatedly being told that it takes a full year to recover from shoulder surgery yet I'm still complaining that at three months post-op I'm in pain. Physical Therapy is

Last week a student at Rutgers University killed himself after his friends showed a video of him that was humiliating to him and outing him as being gay. This is only one of the dozen suicides in the recent months. Kids are being bullied Everywhere I have to admit that of a parent of an extremely shy, developmentally delayed child, I am terrified of what this world has become. Kids.. KIDS Kids as young as 6 and 7 are bullying others. Over what they eat What they wear How they talk Kids are afraid to go on the bus afraid to walk to school afraid to dress differently There were bullies when I was growing up. I was teased by two, so called, friends who would gang up on me and make me feel horrible. I found my own niche of friends and it got better but to this day, I remember how it felt. Scary Lonely Sad I am heartsick over this bullying. I am positively terrified it will happen to one of, if not both of, my sons. As a mother, I can only do one thing. Educate Remind them over and over and