"My intrinsic motivation comes from knowing the services I provide to children, benefits them. It's of no benefit to me. I have committed to providing services I want to give based on experiences I was provided as a child. People offered me opportunities, now it's my turn to offer opportunities. I'm just wanting to make a difference."
"It's not all about you. You gotta take your ego out of it. It's about what's best for the child."
"Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country."
William J. Clinton
"We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons."
William J. Clinton
"Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity."
Lyndon B. Johnson
"We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors."
Lyndon B. Johnson
"Poverty must not be a bar to learning and learning must offer an escape from poverty."
Lyndon B. Johnson
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Personal Childhood Web
My Aunt Sydelle-Aunt Sydelle was a school teacher and would always come get me and my cousin (who was also my best friend) and take us on different outings. My parents had four children, so rarely did we get to gout to movies or the fair or anything like that. My aunt would come get me and take me out to eat at nice restaurants or see a new movie. She would take me to shows and to Busch Gardens amusement park. She would always encourage me to do well in school and she was always funny. She would make jokes about different things that were silly and I would laugh like it was the funniest thing in the world. I remember telling her that at my college graduation this May, as I prepared to walk across stage to receive my degree I thought about her. When I was a little girl I watched her take out her lipstick and she said to me, "Let me put some paint on the barn door" I laughed and laughed. Well before I stood up to go across stage, I took out my lipstick and said, "Let me put some paint on the barn door for Aunt Sydelle!" I try to do some of the same things with my nieces and nephews because I want them to think of me fondly as I do of Aunt Sydelle. The most special thing she ever did for me was to rent me a limousine for prom because my boyfriend had broke up with me and he was going with another girl. I was crushed and didn't know what to do. So she decided she would make me the belle of the ball and rented me a limo. His face was shell shocked when he saw what he could have been riding in. She and I laugh about that to this very day.
My Aunt Juanita-Aunt Juanita was always available when my mom was working, to take me shopping. She would say well I have some cakes to make (She was a maker of decorated cakes-weddings, b-days, etc.) but I should be finished in enough time to take you to West Point. She would always let me wash her car and vacuum it so I could make money to shop with. I would always say, "I'm so hungry!" and off to the tasty freeze for cheeseburgers and fries we would go. She always made time for me, even when she really didn't have time. She would talk to me and ask about school or how I was doing, and showed interest in me. It felt so good to be around her. It still does, and my children love her just as much as I do. She treats them the same way she did me.
My Aunt Mayflower-Aunt Mayflower lived behind us back in the woods and she would always tell me stories about my grandparents who died before I was born. She made me feel special because of my Native Heritage. She would often talk to me about how proud I should be that of the fact that I was Native American. I remember her consoling me one day when kids made fun of me because I was Native American. they were laughing at me at school and making noises like TV Indians make. She talked to me that day and made me feel so much better. She made me proud of who I am and I still feel that pride as an adult today.
My Grandmother-Grandma was such a special person to me. She kept me when my mother started to work. She would always cater to me and make me feel important. She would cook whatever I wanted and we would watch whatever I liked on TV. She would sit and sing songs with me and we would work seek and find puzzles. It was quality time together. I miss her terribly. She died in 1998. I always felt so loved and safe with her.
"Ra-Ra"-This is another aunt who lived right beside me when I was growing up. She was always there to support me in everything that I did. She was there for every important occasion in my life up to my wedding day. She was the coordinator for my wedding. She was there for the birth of all three of my children. She stays involved in everything that they do. She supports them in sports and special occasions of their lives as well. When I was a child she would read to me. She would walk over and see me most every evening after school and bring me candy or soda. She would take for rides in her new cars. It would always seem as if she got a new car all the time. She was and still is so important to me.
My Aunt Juanita-Aunt Juanita was always available when my mom was working, to take me shopping. She would say well I have some cakes to make (She was a maker of decorated cakes-weddings, b-days, etc.) but I should be finished in enough time to take you to West Point. She would always let me wash her car and vacuum it so I could make money to shop with. I would always say, "I'm so hungry!" and off to the tasty freeze for cheeseburgers and fries we would go. She always made time for me, even when she really didn't have time. She would talk to me and ask about school or how I was doing, and showed interest in me. It felt so good to be around her. It still does, and my children love her just as much as I do. She treats them the same way she did me.
My Aunt Mayflower-Aunt Mayflower lived behind us back in the woods and she would always tell me stories about my grandparents who died before I was born. She made me feel special because of my Native Heritage. She would often talk to me about how proud I should be that of the fact that I was Native American. I remember her consoling me one day when kids made fun of me because I was Native American. they were laughing at me at school and making noises like TV Indians make. She talked to me that day and made me feel so much better. She made me proud of who I am and I still feel that pride as an adult today.
My Grandmother-Grandma was such a special person to me. She kept me when my mother started to work. She would always cater to me and make me feel important. She would cook whatever I wanted and we would watch whatever I liked on TV. She would sit and sing songs with me and we would work seek and find puzzles. It was quality time together. I miss her terribly. She died in 1998. I always felt so loved and safe with her.
"Ra-Ra"-This is another aunt who lived right beside me when I was growing up. She was always there to support me in everything that I did. She was there for every important occasion in my life up to my wedding day. She was the coordinator for my wedding. She was there for the birth of all three of my children. She stays involved in everything that they do. She supports them in sports and special occasions of their lives as well. When I was a child she would read to me. She would walk over and see me most every evening after school and bring me candy or soda. She would take for rides in her new cars. It would always seem as if she got a new car all the time. She was and still is so important to me.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
A quote about children
Working with children may not make you rich financially, but it has enormous benefits to your soul-Chinese Fortune
I received this while dining at Chinamen's Buffet in Colonial Heights, Virginia in January of 2007
I received this while dining at Chinamen's Buffet in Colonial Heights, Virginia in January of 2007
My favorite children's book
My favorite children's book is by Max Lucado Just In Case You Ever Wonder. I like this book because it tells the child about how much love you have for them before they even are born. It tells them about how God made a decision to make them, how he chose just the right family for them, how he made them unique and special, and then how their smile is like no one else, how their whole being is special. It makes me cry everytime I read it, because I think of my own three children that are so precious to me.
Friday, September 10, 2010
I Love my family
Building strong families will build strong communities. Support family building activities in your area. There is nothing greater than spending quality time with family. The benefits to your soul are priceless!
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