My children think it's really "Awesome" that I went to East High School. I think they imagine me as a happy, bouncy-type teenager dancing around sparkling white and red painted halls with someone like "Troy Bolton".
Actually, the East High I went to was old, dark, inside walls painted a gross pinkish-grey, full of steep stairs I was always afraid I'd fall down and tended to be a little stinky....and my big teenage crush was....Michael Jackson.
My sister and I were "closet" dancers only-dancing only in the private of our living room to our faves; Donna Summer, Earth Wind and Fire, Commodores and of course Michael.
I showed my kids the "Thriller" video the other day and I'm not sure they really appreciated it.
"Isn't that the coolest?" I plead.
They see pictures of him on t.v. and the internet today and on their way back to the Disney Channel wonder at me; "Mom, he looks like a girl."
Michael gave me my first groove, back when I didn't know what a groove was and so I forgive him all his later weirdness. I hope if he didn't find peace and recovery from whatever it was he needed to recover from in this life that he's found it at last.
He taught us that "...after the Groove is dead and gone...that Love survives...forever on!"
I hope so.
Thinking about Michael today reminds me that it's been way too long since I've turned up "Rock with You" and danced around my living room.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
What to do when you're worried...
I had a conversation with my son yesterday about "what to do when you're worried".
We decided that it's better to talk about your worries and feelings with someone instead of keeping it all inside. Keep all your troubles and worries inside, and it becomes hard to concentrate on school or homework or other tasks at hand. Sometimes, it was acknowledged, kids/people who are too worried tend towards "escape" into video or computer games or even more unhealthy escapes like drinking or drugs.
Do some Moms spend too much time on Facebook for the same reason?
As soon as you can talk about what it is you're worried about, the sooner you can begin to feel some real relief. I'm not talking about a "Status Update"-but a real communication of deep thoughts and feelings.
It's true. Keep it all tightly concealed and you get into trouble. People are meant to share with each other, help each other and be connected.
Share it and you're on the road to peace.
This is easy for most people I think, but we have had to learn it little by little in our family.
I notice that the more difficult experiences we go through in our family, the more we are forced to talk about our feelings. I think we started out thinking we would really rather not talk about stuff.
Out of necessity we have learned how to feel, talk and share, and we are getting better at it.
Letting go of the need to keep it all in feels like a great relief and is a good thing to do when "You're worried."
We also decided that it helps to pray, help other people, get enough rest and exercise and that it's probably okay to save out a little time for some healthy "escapism" and even some video games and facebook.
We decided that it's better to talk about your worries and feelings with someone instead of keeping it all inside. Keep all your troubles and worries inside, and it becomes hard to concentrate on school or homework or other tasks at hand. Sometimes, it was acknowledged, kids/people who are too worried tend towards "escape" into video or computer games or even more unhealthy escapes like drinking or drugs.
Do some Moms spend too much time on Facebook for the same reason?
As soon as you can talk about what it is you're worried about, the sooner you can begin to feel some real relief. I'm not talking about a "Status Update"-but a real communication of deep thoughts and feelings.
It's true. Keep it all tightly concealed and you get into trouble. People are meant to share with each other, help each other and be connected.
Share it and you're on the road to peace.
This is easy for most people I think, but we have had to learn it little by little in our family.
I notice that the more difficult experiences we go through in our family, the more we are forced to talk about our feelings. I think we started out thinking we would really rather not talk about stuff.
Out of necessity we have learned how to feel, talk and share, and we are getting better at it.
Letting go of the need to keep it all in feels like a great relief and is a good thing to do when "You're worried."
We also decided that it helps to pray, help other people, get enough rest and exercise and that it's probably okay to save out a little time for some healthy "escapism" and even some video games and facebook.
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