You've GOT to be kidding me!

Come ON people!! ...why is the american family in shambles today???  Because parents can't discipline.

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/madlyn-primoff-when-has-it-become-wrong-to-discipline-your-child-450763

I'm incensed.

poetry: Emily Dickinson

Wild Nights - Wild Nights! (249)

by Emily Dickinson

Wild Nights - Wild Nights!

Were I with thee

Wild Nights should be

Our luxury!

Futile - the winds -

To a heart in port -

Done with the compass -

Done with the chart!

Rowing in Eden -

Ah, the sea!

Might I moor - Tonight -

In thee!

poetry: Emily Dickinson

It's all I have to bring today (26)

by Emily Dickinson

It's all I have to bring today -

This, and my heart beside -

This, and my heart, and all the fields -

And all the  meadows wide -

Be sure you count - should I forget

Some one the sum could tell -

This, and my heart, and all the Bees

Which in the Clover dwell.

So, I've finally made a bit of a breakthrough in my job...with my relationship with my boss.  We had a really good conversation yesterday and I feel so much more resolved and supported.  It's funny how poor communication creates barriers between people.  I've found that very often it's because of misunderstandings with communication rather than people really being "jerks".  It's a good lesson to me that I shouldn't let others affect my confidence so much.

I've lost a LOT of my confidence over the past couple years.  And I'm asking myself why I allowed that..and how I can get myself back.  I miss that confidence and "wholeness" feeling.

I just finished reading J R R Tolkien's "Children of Hurin".  I loved it.  But it's a sad, dark story.  There's so many really cool, interesting characters that Tolkien created.  I wish there was more extensive writing on a lot more of the characters he created.  Also, I curious more than ever about the whole history of Middle Earth.  I want to know more about the dwarves but I don't think Tolkien enlarged much on their history.  And I want to know about the hobbits..where they came from.. and I want to know more indepth about the elves..  What a great story.  It's timeless.  And the more I read the more I gain an appreciation for the parallel to life Tolkien's writing is.  That's what makes these stories of his so great.  I have to say...in my opinion, Tolkien's writing is among the top writing of all time.  But, I understand that opinion comes from a very uneducated mind.  :)  I haven't begun to read all there is to read "out there".

Looks like I'll have to buy the "History of Middle Earth" all volumes.

Soooo... I've just read the first book in a science fiction series, Ender's Game.  This has been around for a long time but I FINALLY DISCOVERED IT.  I can't believe I haven't read this before now.  However, I love the fact that I can still find great reading.  The book is an easy, quick read, not sophisticated per se but very interesting and the plot carries you along.  I had a difficult time putting this book down.  Besides the well written and well developed character of Ender, the ethical and moral issues were interesting and thought provoking.  I grew to love the Ender character and the end of the book came too soon.  Anyway.. if you haven't read this book, let me recommend it to you.  Maybe I'm the only 40 year old on the planet that hasn't heard of this book..that could, quite possibly, be the case.  :)

It always affects me deeply when I hear of a girl being abused and/or raped.  I heard of one such situation today with a niece of mine and it's terrible.  What a person goes through after an experience like that changes the course of their life.  She will never be the same person she was.  I've often thought it's worse than a death sentence because, at least, when you're dead, there's not the suffering.  She will suffer and suffer with this.  The perpetrator of the crime has no idea what he's just done to this beautiful person.  He's killed a part of her that will never be again.  It's not that she can't triumph over the situation but it'll take a lot of work and awful experience before that happens.  I feel for her.. and hope she's getting the information, support, and love she needs.