Your Mother Should Know

Everybody needs to be treated to something special now and then. And nobody more so than we 40-something women. We’re working hard, taking care of our families . . . and discovering new aspects of ourselves with each passing day.

In a very real sense, even with all the responsibilities that we tackle everyday, our lives are blessed. But it’s no secret, though, that every now and then the entire process can be overwhelming. It seems that when one aspect of our lives starts to unravel everything else does as well. It’s like that thread in your favorite suit. Before you know it there’s not much of the suit left!

That’s when it’s time to take a giant step back and s-l-o-w d-o-w-n! Actually it’s time to give yourself the best gift of all: the present moment! Here are seven presents to yourself to keep yourself firmly planted in the present moment – and enjoying it – for as long as possible.

1. Let go of a long-standing grudge. Don’t ruin your “right here” good feelings by reliving an incident that didn’t turn out the way you would have liked it. Sit yourself down and write a letter to the person explaining that you’re no longer holding a grudge. Tell her the past is the past! Now, if you don’t want to send it, don’t. Merely tuck it away someone. Just letting go of those feelings make a tremendous difference in your attitude.
2. Take a walk in nature today. Go ahead, enjoy the sun, the wind, even a light shower if you’d like. If it has just recently rain, don’t forget to jump into every puddle you find along your way. Revel not only in nature, but in the thought of being as free as a child in your delight of everything around you. When you return to work or home, notice how much more light hearted you are!
3. Make a list of your strengths. Do it right now, yes. After all there’s no time like the present! Every time you feel as if you’re not living up to your potential or you feel as if nothing is going right in your life, study your list. Don’t tell me you can’t think of any strengths to list. If you hit a roadblock listing them, consult a close, trusted friend. She’ll let you know what your strengths are. Then list hers for her. Have your friend perform this activity as well.
4. Tell yourself – and actually believe it! – that you can when a new project deadline is dropped on your lap. That is the first – and most important step – to success: believing in your own talents and abilities. The next step? Actually using them! Yeah, it really is that simply!
5. Believe that dreams come true! Because they really do. And when we reach our 40s that’s when many of our old dreams resurface. Don’t let them die the second time around. In fact, right now, right this instant, name one dream you’ve always had but never acted on. It doesn’t even have to be a big dream. Now believe you can accomplish this dream. And begin to take steps today to make it happen. Don’t stop visualizing it and working toward it until it really does materialize for you.
6. Cross one item off your to-do list today! Give yourself a short break!
7. Buy pizza tonight or supper, serve it on paper plates and then spend the time you have spent cooking and doing dishes in the bathtub luxuriating in a long, hot glorious bath.

After all there’s no better present than the present! At 40-something, every one of us deserves it!
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(sung to the William Tell Overture)
by Anita Renfroe

What a mom says in 24 hours, condensed into 2 minutes and 55 seconds!

“The Mom Song”

Get up now
Get up now
Get up out of bed
Wash your face
Brush your teeth
Comb your sleepyhead
Here’s your clothes and your shoes
Hear the words I said
Get up now! Get up and make your bed
Are you hot? Are you cold?
Are you wearing that?
Where’s your books and your lunch and your homework at?
Grab your coat and gloves and your scarf and hat
Don’t forget! You gotta feed the cat
Eat your breakfast, the experts tell us it’s the most important meal of all
Take your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tall
Please remember the orthodontist will be seeing you at 3 today
Don’t forget your piano lesson is this afternoon so you must play
Don’t shovel
Chew slowly
But hurry
The bus is here
Be careful
Come back here
Did you wash behind your ears?
Play outside, don’t play rough, will you just play fair?
Be polite, make a friend, don’t forget to share
Work it out, wait your turn, never take a dare
Get along! Don’t make me come down there
Clean your room, fold your clothes, put your stuff away
Make your bed, do it now, do we have all day?
Were you born in a barn? Would you like some hay?
Can you even hear a word I say?
Answer the phone! Get off the phone!
Don’t sit so close, turn it down, no texting at the table
No more computer time tonight!
Your iPod’s my iPod if you don’t listen up
Where are you going and with whom and what time do you think you’re coming home?
Saying thank you, please, excuse me makes you welcome everywhere you roam
You’ll appreciate my wisdom someday when you’re older and you’re grown
Can’t wait till you have a couple little children of your own
You’ll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly
But right now I thank you not to roll your eyes at me
Close your mouth when you chew, would appreciate
Take a bite maybe two of the stuff you hate
Use your fork, do not burp or I’ll set you straight
Eat the food I put upon your plate
Get an A, get the door, don’t get smart with me
Get a grip, get in here, I’ll count to three
Get a job, get a life, get a PHD
Get a dose of,
“I don’t care who started it!
You’re grounded until you’re 36″
Get your story straight and tell the truth for once, for heaven’s sake
And if all your friends jumped off a cliff would you jump, too?
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said at least a thousand times before
That you’re too old to act this way
It must be your father’s DNA
Look at me when I am talking
Stand up straighter when you walk
A place for everything and everything must be in place
Stop crying or I’ll give you something real to cry about
Oh!
Brush your teeth, wash your face, put your PJs on
Get in bed, get a hug, say a prayer with mom
Don’t forget, I love you
And tomorrow we will do this all again because a mom’s work never ends
You don’t need the reason why
Because, because, because, because
I said so, I said so, I said so, I said so
I’m the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom!!
Ta da!!!

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