The Christmas Sweater

Inspired by the piles of snow we got this weekend, I have chosen The Christmas Sweater, written by Glenn Beck for April's Book. I am hoping that reading a book about a Christmas gift might work for us and bring spring immediately. Please, please, please!
Watch this amazon video that gives us an idea about what The Christmas Sweater is about. Make sure to scroll down to play the Amazon Video.
Happy Reading!

How to Get Rid of the Clutter

Back in December, I signed up with Clutter Diet, an on-line, get your life in order, program. I had been on crutches for weeks, staring at the clutter I hadn't really noticed before. I was ready to strip my house, and I did for about three months. As it goes, I lost motivation for two, maybe three weeks; okay a month! Turns out that was the best thing that could have happened because I realized how different my family operated with and without clutter.

I wrote an article about how clutter can affect our lives at Life with Balance which confirmed my experience. I am now, for the most part, back on track and it feels great.

Stay at Home Moms

Have we changed the role of 'Stay at Home Mom"?


How many times have I been talking to my Grandma or Mom and heard them exclaim, "Wow! I never did all that stuff with you kids!"
I began to examine what I believe my role as a stay at home Mom is.
When I declared to my husband years ago that I wanted to be a stay at home Mom, my thoughts were on my future children. I dreamed of days filled with diapers, nursing, rocking, and PLAYING. Yes, I thought, dinner ready would be nice and lots of emotional support for my husband. Never did I picture my job to include housework. Of course, I would do house work but only around my other duties.
Fortunately, my Husband is thrilled that I feel so strongly about mothering, though I am sure he wishes the house could be cleaner and more organized.
I am sure we have made our lives at home what suits us and our families but I do believe our generation, more than ever, can live a life that fits us, not fit into a life we are told to.
Why Play?
1. Playing is an important part of parenting.
2. The sweet sound of "come on Mom, lets play!"
3. Playing can be a nice alternative to errands and housework.
4. Playing is some how easier than being interrupted repeatedly while trying to complete tasks.
5. The Playing stage won't last forever.
6. The feeling of being a kid all over again!!!!!

I say, the laundry will always be there, go play!!!

What do you think? Does our generation have more opportunity? Comment or email me at littlemrsw@yahoo.ca.

What are Mommies Made of?

Have you ever wondered what other Mom’s lives look like? Have you been trying to get your kids out the door and thought “Am I missing something? How does everyone else do this?” Have you ever been interested in wanting to know more about Mom’s like you?

I was honoured to interview Bonnie Giampa from Virgil, Ontario. Here is a look into another Mom's life! Thanks Bonnie!

Please tell me about yourself Bonnie.

My name is Bonnie Giampa, I am a wife, mother of a five year old son Matteo and a three year old daughter Madison. I also opened my own business four years ago called Balance Fitness Studio. My day starts at about six A.M. when Madison gets me up. I would like to say she comes into my bedroom to wake me up, but I would not be telling the truth. Truth be told we play musical beds in our house. By the morning I am usually in my son’s bed, which is where Madison also ends up most of the time also. Then it is a mad dash to get Matteo on the bus. Every morning we do and say the same things. Hurry Matteo, Charlie (our bus driver) is almost here. We run out there with our jackets half off, and he makes it every time! One thing about me is I am always running behind. This also drives my husband nuts. After opening my business my husband and I work around each other's schedule so one of us is always home with the children. It has worked well for us, and yes it might be difficult at times but that is one thing I would never change. My work usually starts after the kids go to bed. I do most of my work from my computer, and have staff and a business partner who is at my business most of time. So my days are long, very long actually. Some nights I am on the computer or doing payroll until 2am. But too be honest I love that time. I like the time to myself where I can collect my thoughts, and have no one pulling me in different directions. I have always been a night hawk so it works well for me!

What state is typical for your living area?

My house is what I like to call a perfect storm. Why, because I know where everything is. I might have many piles, but I know what is in those piles. Move them around and I would be lost. My floors are dirty, my kitchen is clean, and my bathrooms well they have seen better days. I try to keep my children's toys in the living room, with the exception of (who are we kidding), there are toys everywhere. From books, dinky cars and dolls it is difficult to find a room that looks great in our house. Our house is lived in. I am pretty laid back and so is my husband. We are known to play hockey on our hard wood floors, and catch from our great room to our kitchen. Probably why it looks the way it does. But for us, again it works great.

If you had to pick one thing that you enjoyed most about being a Mom, what would it be?

I love just being with our children. When I cuddle with them, hold them, kiss them it makes me realize what is truly important. They are the best part of me, and love so unconditionally. I remember so many nights just holding and rocking in the dark bedroom and feeling, nothing could ever be more fulfilling. To be honest I miss those nights, so when they come to get me out of my bed I don’t mind going to cuddle with them one more time.

If you had to pick one struggle that you have, being a Mom, what would it be?

I struggle with the pull of trying to be a stay at home mom, and business owner all at the same time. I try so hard to be there whole heartily when we are together, and sometimes I wonder is it enough.

What is the most important thing you want to teach your children?

I want my children to follow their passion. To never settle for something they don’t want, and to love unconditionally.

What are you afraid of?

I am afraid of three things. Losing my husband, my son or my daughter. I know I would never recover.

Do you have any tricks for getting out the door?

I have no tricks for getting out the door, because I am always late. Still trying to figure that one out.

What are some things you continue to do for yourself?

The struggle of being a mom and wife and still doing things for yourself is always a battle. But there are things I continue to do every week. I play volleyball in a girls league, with my sisters and my girlfriends. It is our time, to be just us. I am also known to get myself a Tazo Chai from Starbucks and sit at Chapters reading a great magazine or book! Got to love Starbucks.

If you are interested, or know someone that would be, in being a featured Mommy on Tea Time please leave a comment or email me at littlemrs@yahoo.ca.

Laughter Feels so Good and is Healthy!

I am a big fan of laughter and we (my family) find ourselves doing it a lot, mostly at ourselves. I was asked to do an article on how laughter and well being are related, check it out at Life with Balance.
We have been having fun with joke websites lately:
What did one eye say to the other eye?

There is something between us that smells!

For more jokes like this one go to Good Clean Funnies List and Yahooligans! Jokes.

Randy Pausch, author of The Last Lecture, is a hero.

This is a picture of Randy,the author of The Last Lecture, and his three children. Just seeing this picture breaks my heart but also helps me really appreciate this book. As I read, I find myself thinking 'Would I have the strength to create such a legacy for my children as I am dying of cancer?'. I pray I will never know that answer but I believe that Randy Pausch is a hero for doing so.

Page 39: There are two kinds of head fakes. The first is literal. One on a football field, a player will move his head one way so you'll think he's going in that direction. then he goes the opposite way. It's like a magician using misdirection. Coach Graham used to tell us to watch a player's waist. "Where his belly button goes, his body goes," he'd say.

The second kind of head fake is the really important one--the one that teaches people things they don't realize they're learning until well into the process. If you're a head fake specialist, your hidden objective is to get them to learn something you want them to learn. This kind of head-fake learning is absolutely vital. And Coach Graham was the master.

Comment or email me, littlemrsw@yahoo.ca, with your thoughts on this man's legacy.

Happy Reading!

BRAVE AND HONEST!

Kelly Corrigan is the author of The Middle Place, February's book! It was a very comfortable read that had me laughing at her funny stories, crying along side her as she endured cancer treatments and connecting with her love for family. I loved her honesty and am thankful she shared her story. I would definitely read another book written by Kelly if she decides to write one.

What are your thoughts on The Middle Place? Comment or email me at littlemrsw@yahoo.ca.

Happy Reading!

How do you fit exercise into family life?

I am always trying, key word trying, to stay active! Before kids, I was only active for myself but now I feel exercise has a bigger purpose in my life! I hope to pass down healthy living to my son by osmosis! Now that being said, fitting a workout into family life is not always easy. I was asked to do an article on 'Great Tips To Help You Stay Motivated To Exercise' on the Life With Balance blog; what I learned was very helpful and inspiring! I always expected that one day I would all of a sudden love exercise and it would naturally fall into place in my life. I realized that most people that routinely exercise have the same struggles I do. The difference is that they accept the challenges and confront them with successful, motivational practices. Check out the motivational tips here, comment or email (littlemrsw@yahoo.ca) to let me know if you have some of your own motivational practices!

I opened the mail box and what did I find...?

.....February's Book, The Middle Place; the month isn't quite over, right?

I am currently on page 69 and I have been enjoying my time learning about Kelly Corrigan. I find her writing comfortable and humorous, like she is telling me a story over coffee. She had me laughing out loud with the following exerpt:

Page 43: And this is how the story has always been told: Booker bought a defective snake. A depressed snake. A snake not meant for suburban life. On his very first night in his new home, Shifty Corrigan drowned himself in a bottle cap of water. My Mom was on the phone with the pet store manager by 9 A.M., demanding a refund. No one was gonna mess with one of her kids, not on her watch.

Did you manage to snag a copy of The Middle Place? What do you think?

Happy Reading!

What do you want to be remembered for?

Most of you have heard of this book, seen the professor on Oprah or have already added it to your book case. What ever your status, I welcome your comments or emails regarding this great read. littlemrsw@yahoo.ca.

The Last Lecture, Randy Pausch, with Jeffrey Zaslow

As it appears on the front and back flap:

A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?

When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave---"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"----wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have...and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.

In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration, and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.

Happy Reading!

Celebrating Friendship!

I received a gift from a friend this week and was reminded how much sweeter life is when I can share it with the people around me. During the valleys, my friends have held me up, listened to me and shown me love. On the mountain peaks I have danced, celebrated and laughed with my friends! Sometimes the speed of life has fooled me into believing that I was too busy to connect with my girlfriends! I am thankful for today when I am over flowing with feelings of gratitude and the knowledge of the importance of friendship in my life!

Thanks Kim!

With Childhood Obesity on the rise, what can families do to promote healthfulness?

Photo Credit: Safeway

The Childhood Obesity Foundation recommends following the

The 5-2-1-0 rule:
5 or more servings of fruit and vegetables per day
2 hours of screen time or less per day
1 hour or more of physical activity per day
0 sugar sweetened beverages per day

One of the best ways to decrease childhood obesity is for parents to live well, making good food choices and exercising regularly. The childhood Obesity Foundation says Studies show that older children are twice as likely to be active if their mothers are active and are almost six times more likely to be active if both parents are active.
Eating at home and together (especially breakfast), making sure to have appropriate portions and not having sugar snacks and beverages available in the house are some other ways to help prevent childhood obesity.
Lets pass down healthy living to the next generations!

Celebrate Your Strengths All Week!

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I was a really GOOD MOM before I had kids!

We spend so much time thinking about what we could do better or where we are weak! I am dedicating this week to CELEBRATING OUR STRENGTHS!

What do you do well as a Mom! Think about it, appreciate your gifts and celebrate! Let me know what you do well and how you are going to take time to value your strengths! Comment or email me at littlemrsw@yahoo.ca.

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
~Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty

Thanks for the great quote Zainab!

Waiting for delivery of The Middle Place!

For those of you in doubt, yes, I did finish Nineteen Minutes! I was very happy to come upon the last page and ready to move on to February's book, The Middle Place! To my dismay, I have not been able to get a copy into my hands and so, have ordered it through Chapters, to be here this week. My predicament is the explanation behind my lack of posts regarding The Middle Place! I know there are some of you out there that are reading this book (Zainab), please let us know what you think. Comment or email me at littlemrsw@yahoo.ca! With out giving away the book, what do you think?

Happy Reading!

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Exercise your way to stronger bones!

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Due to a series of broken bones (including the same foot twice) and having a history of osteoporosis in my family, I am always on the look out for prevention tips. To find out what strength training has to do with osteoporosis, check out Life With Balance and read the post I was honoured to do! One of the tips involves babies and toddlers!

Cannot Get Into A Groove With Nineteen Minutes!

We are into February and I am not yet finished Nineteen Minutes. In fact that is an understatement, I am forcing myself to finish it, even skipping paragraphs to get to the last page! Though I have heard countless praise for this author I can not join in. Yes she continues to draw me in, as if I am there with the characters but the book is ..dragging..!

Photo credit: Amazon

• The constant shifting of who is speaking makes it very difficult to just pick up the book and fall back into the story line.


• I think the book could have been shorter, by page 245 I get that their life sucks, now tell me what happened.


• One of my friends mentioned that she had a difficult time reading because she didn't feel any hope wrapped into the story. I have to agree, I felt just plain depressed.

Nineteen Minutes was given a grade of A by the Entertainment Weekly Readers, so don't let me stop you from reading the book (if you haven't). If you have read it, what are your thoughts? Maybe you liked her style? Please leave me a comment or email me at littlemrsw@yahoo.ca.

I will continue to forge a head and hope to find my groove in the next 200 pages!!

Happy Reading!

Easy Steps to Recognize and Extinguish Unhealthy Mommy Guilt!

Easy Steps to Recognize and Extinguish Unhealthy Mommy Guilt!
Written by Mari Wiwcharuk
Get rid of that annoying side kick, mommy guilt, by making positive changes, remembering your role as a mom, talking to good friends and remembering to forgive yourself.
It seems as a mother there are no shortages of things to feel guilty about, the glass of wine you had the day your baby was conceived, did you exercise enough or maybe too much, did you produce enough milk, did you buy the right kind of formula, just can’t seem to get on top of that laundry? The feeling of guilt can be helpful but becomes detrimental, stealing joy from your experiences, when you are always feeling like you are not enough.

How to Stop Mommy Guilt in it’s Tracks
In the article A Mother’s Guide to Dealing with Guilt written by Susie Cortright (editor of two “just for you” websites: http://www.bestselfhelp.com/, http://www.momscape.com/ Susie lists ways to combat this guilt condition.

• Re-examine your goals and priorities Leslie Spencer, founder and director of Home Based Working Moms, offers sound advice. "If your guilt involves not spending quality and quantity time with your children, then the issue should be taken seriously," she says. "Decide your goals and where they are falling short. If you work at home to spend more time with your children, you’ll have to address the issue of a growing business that requires more time or growing children who require more time. Don’t hesitate to hire outside help to help you accomplish your goals."


• Remember Your Role as a Parent It is our duty to set limits. "Understand that setting priorities, limits and boundaries...about time, money, gifts, etcetera, is part of being a parent, and requires no apologies or guilty feelings," she says. "Don’t let yourself be run or controlled by these emotions, especially when it’s in the best interest of your child to stick to the limits or priorities you’ve set."


• Learn from Your Mistakes Discuss the object of your guilt with people whose opinion you respect. Give yourself permission to make mistakes and vow to learn from them. Be honest and upfront with your children, if you determine you are at fault. Offer a sincere apology and explanation.

Now is the time to hire that babysitter/house cleaner, continue to make them make their beds (without feeling bad about it), admit your mistakes humbly with many apologies and enjoy coffee dates with your friends. Sounds like guilt free living…but what about that yummy piece of chocolate cake?

Check out this working Link!!

Please forgive me for my lack of Tech Suaveness!!! Please try this link to see our February Book Author!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4qwVLqt9Q

Happy Reading!

Powerful Words

For more information about our February Book check out the author, Kelly Corrigan 's website!

Happy Reading!

February's Book

February's Book

I don't have a picture of it yet but below is an amazing video that gives us a glimpse of what our next pick is about! I know we are all busy but please take time to watch this one...it is worth it!


Tea Time has sent you a RealPlayer video link:

Facebook Message: Transcending: Words on Women and Strength by Kelly Corrigan An amazing video about our February Book.....

.....THE MIDDLE PLACE by Kelly Corrigan.

Thanks Kim for the great suggestion!!!! If anyone has book suggestions or comments please email me at littlemrsw@yahoo.ca.

Thanks.

Thanks Dana for giving us a glimpse of your life as a Mom! I really appreciate your honesty in answering those questions and I loved hearing about what goes on in your house every day!
Dana's blog is amazing; she gets lots of traffic and has been very popular with the media these days! Check it out at Frugal in Virginia!

Please leave a comment or email me at littlemrsw@yahoo.ca.

First Featured Mommy

I am happy to introduce to you Dana Adams from Charlottesville, Virginia(my sister in law and friend).
Dana is the first Mommy to be featured on Tea Time; I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I did.

Who are you? Name, location, describe your family, what does your day look like?

My name is Dana Adams. I’m married to my high school sweetheart, Ryan, and we have a beautiful little girl named Sadie. A second child is on the way too, due in June. We live in the great state of Virginia in the eastern U.S.

Thankfully, I have been given the opportunity to stay at home with our daughter, so my typical day is full of book reading, doll hugging, and snack times.

We usually start our day around 7:00 with breakfast, and Ryan is out the door for work around 7:30. Sadie and I often spend our mornings running errands or going to playgroups. My favorite morning outing: playgroup at the local coffee shop. After lunch, Sadie goes down for a (long) nap. That’s my work time. I have a home business (website), so I spend most of nap time working on that. The rest of nap time is spent getting things done around the house. By 5:00 we typically start cooking dinner, and Ryan is home by 5:45. After dinner, the evening is usually spent doing things around the house as a family.

What state is typical for your living area? ie. Can you eat off your floors, an organized mess (perfect storm), or a complete disaster (a tornado went through).

I’m definitely not a great housekeeper, much to Ryan’s dismay at times. I would say our house is typically a “perfect storm”. The time I do have to clean is primarily spent picking up after a (very) active 16 month old. If I had two more hours in the day to myself and a little more cleaning motivation, I perhaps would have a cleaner house. Maybe.

If you had to pick one thing that you enjoyed most about being a Mom, what would it be?

It’s so wonderful to see our daughter learn new things and get so excited about life! It’s just amazing, and I get so much enjoyment from it. She learns different things everyday, and it’s so fun to see her excitement over things that we take for granted. (What a great reminder to me!) Just last week she got a baby doll. She was thrilled with this doll from the start. Immediately she started to call it “baby”, a word she hadn’t said before. She has hugged that baby, given it rides on her baby tricycle, and tried to feed it again and again since it was give to her. The learning experience and excitement over that doll has been contagious in our house! I have such a wonderful time watching her learn and enjoy.

If you had to pick one struggle that you have, being a Mom, what would it be?

Discipline. We’ve already seen many signs of a strong will and independence from our daughter. She can be one tough cookie- at 16 months. It’s been such a struggle and learning process to learn how to discipline her best. Any ideas would be appreciated!

What is the most important thing you want to teach your children?

To love and obey the Lord. From her love for the Lord will flow strong values.

What are you afraid of?

I love my husband and daughter so much that I just don’t know what I would do without them. Something happening to them is a pretty scary thought.

Do you have any tricks for getting out the door ?

I keep the diaper bag pretty well stocked at all times. (But not so much it weighs me down.) It always has a spare outfit, a few diapers, snacks, etc. The only thing I have to throw in is a sippy cup. It makes that part of getting out the door easier.

What are some things you continue to do for yourself?

I have a home business. It’s a blog, and from it I’ve been able to make a little part time income. I started the blog several months ago after Sadie was born, and while the earnings are nice, and I’ve continued to do it primarily for myself. It’s a great professional and creative outlet for me. After I became a stay-at-home mom, I felt like I wasn’t tapping into my potential, and I was just bored. My site has allowed me to have some “professional” time each day as a work, and it gets my brain going. Plus, I am building my resume for the time I decide to return to work.

And that's what Mommies are made of.....

Love and Laughter!

LOVE AND LAUGHTER....

I am very excited to introduce to you my new segment "What are Mommies made of?"!

Inspired by the well known poems 'what are little girls made of' and 'what are little boys made of', I made up my own version for Moms.

What are Mommies made of...
What are Mommies made of...
Why..love and laughter...
and everything after...
That's what Mommies are made of

In this part of my blog I will be introducing you to many Moms all over the globe. The questions I ask will be ones that join us together in our experiences of motherhood. If you are interested in being a featured Mommy please email me at littlemrsw@yahoo.ca!

I Need To Pinch Myself!

I NEED TO PINCH MYSELF, page after page...

You know the friend or family member that you have that sobs during every drama, if not crying they are yelling and throwing things at the characters on the screen? Well...I would be that friend! Yes, I have to choose my movies (and books) wisely because I get so involved that it is absolutely exhausting! My point to this little tid bit or tim bit of information is that Nineteen Minutes (January's Book)is exhausting for me to read!!!! Jodi Picoult does such a fantastic job at bringing you right into the book....I feel like I am the Mother running to see if my child is hurt...I feel like I am the policeman at the horrific scene...I feel like I am the kid being bullied....

Here are two segments I pulled out..

Page Forty:

Labor was hard for everyone, Lacy knew, but especially hard for the women who had expectations and lists and plans, because it was never the way you thought it would be. In order to labor well, you had to let your body take over, instead of your mind. You revealed yourself, even the parts you had forgotten about. For someone like Alex, who was so used to being in control this could be devastating. Success would come only at the expense of losing her cool, at the risk of turning into someone she did not want to be.

Page Sixty Six:

A boy with ape arms and a backward baseball cap grabbed the lunch box out of Peter's grasp. "Hey , freak," he said, " you want to see Superman fly?"
Before Peter understood what the older boy was doing, he opened a window and hurled Peter's lunch box out of it. Peter stood up, craning his neck around to see out the rear emergency door. His lunch box burst open on the asphalt. His apple rolled across the dotted yellow line of the road and vanished beneath the tire of an oncoming car.
"Sit down!" the bus driver yelled.

How far are you in? What do you think? Let me know with a comment or send me an email, littlemrsw@yahoo.ca.

Happy Reading!

Tea Anyone!

Tea anyone....?

Three books ago, when I first introduced 'Tea Time', I wasn't sure what it was all going to look like. I wanted to connect with people; books were a natural way for me to do that. I have had so many conversations regarding the posts, and blogging and even made some new friends. Your comments, feedback and support have been so amazing, I appreciate them very much. I hope you will continue to be with me as I develop, tweak and add to my vision.

Sincerely,

Carrie (Yes, I am really drinking a cup of tea.)

January's Book

I am excited to introduce January's Book:
Nineteen Minutes written by Jodi Picoult!
As written on the back cover:
Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens-until the day its complacency is shattered by an act of violence. Josie Cormier, the daughter of the judge sitting on the case, should be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened before her very own eyes-or can she? As the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show-destroying the closest of friendships and families. Nineteen Minutes asks what it means to be different in our society, who has the right to judge someone else, and whether anyone is ever really who they seem to be.

Have you read it? Have you heard of Jodi Picoult? Let me know..if you can't comment please email me at littlemrsw@yahoo.ca.

Happy Reading!

TRAGIC!

TRAGIC! The Swallows of Kabul - Yasmina Khadra


I really enjoyed this book, though the ending was so tragic. Books that stir up human compassion and understanding are wonderful. We are so quick to judge, to be so sure 'I would never do that! or How could they?'. This book shows how terrible events and situations can lead to unspeakable, unthinkable, and horrendous outcomes.

A couple of passages that made me think:

Chapter 6 - Page seventy two:

Zunaira is no Taliban, and her husband's not mad; if he lost his way in a moment of collective hysteria, that's because the horrors of everyday life are sufficiently powerful to overwhelm all defenses, and human degeneracy is deeper than any abyss. Mohsen is behaving like other people, recognizing his distress in theirs, identifying with their degradation. His deed provides proof that everything can change, without warning and beyond recognition.

Chapter 9 - Page one hundred and eighteen:

Even if you find an answer to every question today, you still won't be safe from whatever unknowable event may take place tomorrow. The learned man knew many things, but he was ignorant about the essential thing. Basically, being alive means keeping yourself ready for the sky to fall in on you at any time. If you start from the assumption that existence is only an ordeal, a test we have to pass, then you're equipped to deal with its sorrows and its surprises. If you persist in expecting it to give you something it can't give, that just proves that you haven't understood anything. Take things as they come; don't turn them into a drama. You're not piloting a ship, you're following the course of your destiny. Yesterday, I lost my mother. Today, I went to spend a few moments in silence at her grave. Now I'm at Khorsan's getting a bite to eat.

If you managed read this book during the busy month of December, please leave a comment! If you are unable to comment, please email me at littlemrsw@yahoo.ca.

Soon to come, January's Book!

Happy Reading!

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year to everyone! Now that 2009 has rolled in (can you believe it?) I am excited to get back to blogging! We have two books under are belt and I will be announcing January's Book in blogs to come!

I am excited to introduce to you 'What are Mommies Made of?' coming this month!

This picture pretty much shows what my family and I did over the holidays....cold or not we were out there, mostly making snow angels!!

A book should serve as an axe for the frozen sea within us. FRANZ KAFKA

HAPPY READING!