This mom's life

“Having kids- the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings. Is the the biggest job anyone can embark on. As with any risk, you have to take a leap of faith and ask lots of wonderful people for their help and guidance. I thank God everyday for giving me the opportunity to parent.”

Maria Shriver

Sept. 2008 good house keeping

watch out

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

what is success

To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and affection of children.
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends.

To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others.
To live the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived,
This is to have succeeded.

By: Ralph Waldo Emerson

A reason to smile today

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If he has a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you
Flowers every spring. He sends you a sunrise every morning.
Whenever you want to talk to, he listens. He can live anywhere
In the universe yet he chooses your heart. Face it, friends-he is crazy about you.

-Author unknown

Attitude

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact
Of attitude in life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts.
It is more important than the past, than education,
Than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes.
Than what other people think or do.
It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.
It will make or break a company… a church… a home.
The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday
Regarding the attitude we will embrace that day.
We cannot change our past…
We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way.
We cannot change the inevitable.
The only thing we can do is play on the one thing we have,
And that is our attitude…
I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me
And 90% how I react to it.
And so it is with you…
We are in charge of our attitudes.”

By: Charles Swindoll