(For all you mothers out there who have babies that are resistant to Mylicon...Try Colic Calm- It's only sold at CVS. This non-addictive gas med is fantastic!! Melanie stopped responding to Mylicon... and amidst my tears Brett did some research and found this alternative. My review: Two thumbs up; It's for more than just gas...teething and tummy aches as well! I suggested it to a friend who was/is going through a teething stage with her sprout- I'm spreading the word!)Oh, and no negative side effects, if you guys were curious... okay,okay...aside from it's rich dark syrup stains clothes, but stain remover tackles that.
Reaaaallll quick! I would like to accredit my Husband, Brett Gravois, for being supportive while he's working hard to support our family. He is not around a lot and it's more painful for him than it is for me; He cannot physically be there to share the anxiety and hurt that I am witness to during such transition. He gives me time to breathe when he is home. He worries he isn't there enough; Puh-leasssseee; This is a far cry from a single parent household- Brett, you are there- Physically- when you can; emotionally- all the time through you're encouraging words that have worked as mantras' in my head and your encouraging text messages and phone calls while you're working.
It's juuuust about 4:43PM now...Melanie had just let out a shriek and slipped slightly back into her somber slumber. Why Somber? Because I know she'll wake up in a fury of pushing out a log :(..
I'm intensely thinking about an article I came across in my May issue of Cosmo...It was about bullying and how it made these three young woman strong. Bullying...Hmm....Sounds too familiar. There isn't a friend I have that hasn't had the least bit of bullying in their lives..Myself included...as a parent I'm scared of the bullying Melanie may have to face in her life... I'm borderline livid and it hasn't even happened yet.
My frustrations root from when I went to school and I was mocked because I made perfect grades and I looked "different"...As I look back at it now...Those children were uncultured and probably lived in a shielded/sheltered household...I say Shielded/sheltered pertaining to the fact that they weren't exposed to the different cultures that were out there in the world- what is sad aside from that being an environmental factor...they had no motivation to search and pursue the world around them...Rather than using that motivation for their on advancement..they squandered that ability on making fun of children who looked different or who does well in school...more than half of those people that bullied me either did not make it through high school (which is sad...), are into hard drugs, sell drugs, or work flipping burgers at a Mcdonald's because they were fired from Waffle House---> Along the road, you eventually come across your past through people and through the world of facebook :p...
As someone (because of their limited brain capacity,this person did not know that it had a negative connotation) once ignorantly called me a "mutt"... because of my different backgrounds my bloodline entailed...Here is my slap in the face to you: Not only am I rising to the top, eager for continuing education, matured socially,and am constantly bettering myself AND I have the life and love that all humans vie for...MY DAUGHTER will be a product of a world of knowledge, she is be my successor...she's my pride...and she will know manners, have keen instinct..and most importantly be a product of the strong family that surrounds her. She will constantly be a reminder of how much will power one had to continue on as others try to bring one down... In..Your..Face!
I believe the best way of revenge is happiness in your own success...harboring ill feelings only lets them have a leash on your life...Tough lesson I learned.
-M
