Tiny Tots

I have recently been helping out with a daycare for the very first time and let me tell you, I don't know how the provider does it on a daily basis 24hrs a day. Some days I am with the children for an hour and a half and other days I am with them an hour and a half in the morning and two hours in the afternoon. It is amazing to watch them play with each other but what is really cool is the fact that they will be fighting one minute over a toy and the very next second they are the best of friends again and will have forgotten what just happened not even two minutes ago.

I had taken the kids outside in the backyard to play because it would have been a crime to have missed out on this beautiful weather. Anyway, one of the little boys was swinging the play lawnmower around and I looked at him and said "Honey, we don't do that with the lawnmower. It's made to be on the ground not to swing." What he said next was so funny that I was shocked. He looked at me and said "Yes we do do that." I was just in shock for a few seconds. He soon put the lawnmower down and went to play with his buddies.

My son and I were outside earlier today, along with the daycare providers son, and we they were watching the planes go across the sky. With pure excitment my son, who has just turned two years old, said to me "Mommy pane pane!" I told him that I saw the plane and without hesitation he responeded "Get it get it!" I couldn't help but laugh as I was telling him that I couldn't reach it. He seemed so disappointed because he even said "Pease mommy, get it." He eventually realized that I was not able to get the plane after trying to reach it himself for about three minutes.

We adults need to take a lesson from these tiny tots and learn to love more instead of being angry with each other because we don't like how someone is dressed or because of the color of someone's skin. God made each and everyone of us unique individuals and that is why we are all very different. If we were all exactly the same, then this world would be a very boring place to live in. I know there are parents out there that feel the same way I do when I say how I wish I could just bottle up my son's innocence so that he can always remain that way. Unfortunately, that is not possible as much as I wish it were. All I can say is that I hope my son will stay the way he is even as he grows into a man. He is sensitive and caring. He is so affectionate, especially if another child is crying or hurt. He has to go up to them and give them a hug and tries so hard to make them better.

This blog is dedicated to all of the tiny tots in the world, because they are so pure of heart and they speak what is on their minds at all times. They are hardly afraid especially if they see that a sibling or their friends are doing something, they will do their best to do it too. Have you loved on your tiny tot today? :)

The Best Reward In Life

There are many rewards that a person can receive in this life. It may be getting a new promotion at work, buying your very first home, maybe even getting that raise that you have been working so hard to get for the past 4 years. For me, the reward in life is being a mommy. For those of you that are reading this and are parents, i'm sure you can see where I am coming from. However for those of you that are not parents, try to see where I am coming from.

Being a mommy is more than just changing diapers and making sure that my son is fed. It is about kissing every little boo boo that he gets and watching all the new things that he is learning as he grows. My favorite thing about being a mommy is how he will come up to me whether I'm standing or sitting and out of the blue give me a hug and say "I wuv you." It's so cute and so sweet that it almost makes me cry.

I love watching him play and listen to the excitment in his voice everytime he tells me that he sees a cow or saw motorcycle go by. Even though he gets on my nerves at times he always knows just what to say and do in order to put a smile on my face. Just to be able to watch him grow and learn each and everyday is the best reward. I have thanked God for many blessings that I have received in my life, but the best reward that He has ever given me is the reward of being a mommy one last time.

After I had my son I decided that I didn't want to have anymore kids so I had the surgery. Dustyn is my last chance to do it right and I am not about to let him or God down. I love the reaction I get when I go to a job interview and I am asked "What is my greatest accomplishment or the best reward I have gotten?" My answer is always the same to both questions. My greatest accomplishment is being a mommy and my best reward in life is being a mommy to my beautiful, amazing son Dustyn.

Dead Beat Parents

Majority of the time, if you look around, you will see mostly two parent families. However, if you look really close, you will see that there are single parents now than what there was years ago. I bet the one thing that you didn't know is that alot of those single parents are doing what they can to make it on their own because of one parent, whether its male or female, is absent. Who knows why the absent parent isn't around, all society sees is the custodial parent living off of welfare. This is were society starts to judge us. They say that all we do is sit back and collect the money. This statement is so untrue. I am speaking from experience, I did not CHOOSE to be on welfare. I was left with no choice to be on TANF and food stamps because of the fact that my son's father wants nothing to do with him and could care less about the welfare of his son. I am a single mother trying my best to raise my son the best that I can WITHOUT the help of my son's dead beat father.  There are hundreds of single parents that are in the same situation that I am in. They are doing there best trying to make ends meet in a society that won't even give us a chance. The absent parent would rather spend their time drinking, getting high, or just being a bumb then wanting to contribute to their child or children. Then when child support comes after them they complain that they shouldn't have to pay when they don't even get to see their children. I would give anything for my son to know his father, but he CHOSE NOT to have anything to do with him so why should I force the issue. If those two parent families could just live at least a month in our shoes they would look at us alot different and see that being a single parent isn't about the money, its about doing what is best for your child when there is noone else. Being a single parent is about hoping and praying that you will do everything within your power to make sure that your child or children don't wind up being anything like the absent parent.