Showing posts with label self esteem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self esteem. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

The memories

Make new friends
but keep the old,

one is silver
and
the other's gold.

I remember sitting next to a roaring fire under a dark Texas night sky.
Our voices raised up into the darkness like the sparks from the flames.


Photo by: Steven Ford

Oh running Bear, loved little White Dove
with a love, as big as the sky

Oh running Bear, loved little White Dove

with a love, that wouldn't die

It taught us things we never knew we'd learn
Summer camp was it's own school.
We created friendships, stared up at the stars
helped each other with things that they weren't good at
and then someone would help us when we struggled




We cried, laughed, sang, screamed,
learned to swim, ride horses, tie a safe knot,
make a fire and then cook over it.

T'was just a little bit of luck that I was born a baby duck with yellow socks and yellow shoes that I may go wherever I choose Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack, Quack

Do you remember any of these songs?
Did you go to camp during the summers?
Do you remember when....?


(Thank you to the memories of all the girls I shared summers with at Stevens Ranch in Nemo, Texas. Approx (1980-1990) )

Friday, October 22, 2010

Aloha Friday - 10/22


Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday.

In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that they take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response.

If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link at An Island Life. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!

My question is:

What do you do to encourage self esteem in your daughter, niece, granddaughter, etc?

This is an area I am not the best in! I have 5 daughters, the first and second daughters weren't my best work.

I've tried to teach them confidence, positive self thinking and beauty techniques. I think I lacked in some areas. Being a bit too harsh when critiquing their hair or an outfit.

My 19 year old seems to be slowly pulling out of the teenage angst and hatred of her own body. She's learning that we are our worst enemies and that the only person who will love her in the mirror when she wakes up in the morning is herself.

I've started to learn to halt the harsh ideas I have about my own body. I could stand to lose a few pounds, firm up that under bicep area (WHAT IS THAT??) but I'm also learning to keep it to myself. My kids don't need to know what I think about myself... they need to learn to love what THEY see.