In My Opinion

Rylee at 5 Months

2009-03-08T11:16:00.000-07:00

Here's our little angel all dressed up! Isn't she a beauty.

THE ACCIDENT

2009-03-05T13:44:00.000-08:00

Monday March 2nd I was involed in a three car fatal accident. I can not tell you how horrible this accident was for me. Emotionally, I can not get the face of the lady who died out of my mind. I tried to get to her to perhaps pull her from the car, but she was already dead when I got to her side of the car.
The Accident happened as I was heading to Atwater to visit one of my students work sites. I was doing 55 along with the other cars around me. I saw up ahead a Camaro going into a spin and he was heading for the center lane of the 4 lane highway. I thought that if I moved to the right hand lane I would miss colliding with him. Unfortunately he was doing 70 MPH and he could not slow his spin. The Camaro spun out of control and hit the Camry in front and the the right of me. He hit them so hard his Camaro blew apart. It was literally raining car parts and glass. I then, without control flew into the Camry. The impact was so hard! So violent! After we hit, the Camry stopped on the shoulder of the roadway. I eventually stopped about three car lengths ahead of them. I was shocked to find that I was not seriously injured and could get out of my car. I ran to the Camry and tried to wake the driver. He was a 72 yr old man who was completely lodged in his car by the car door. I then saw there was a passenger in his car. I ran to her side of the car thinking I could get her out. To my horror she was not alive and I then got very ill. How could I walk away and this lady was dead? the images ofter come to me when I close my eyes. I have prayed for her and her husband everyday and for the young man who was responsible for the death of another person.
I know this young man did not wake up that morning and thinking he would go out an kill someone with his car. He arose that morning like any other day and when about his business. He was on his way to the college for classes. What he is responsible for that morning is his decision to drive much to fast on a road that was heavily traveled, under wet conditions.
I just want us to remember to be careful, do not drive like you are some skilled race car driver. Consider the people around you . I have been on the freeway many times and had some young looking kid fly by me like I was standing still. I usually cuss at them....now I think I will pray for them...and ask God to protect others that might come in contact with that young inexperienced driver.
Also remember a vehicle is a 2000lb loaded weapon! and it has the potential to kill.
I am so happy that God spared me from a serious injury or even death. One more thought; I am so glad I was not on my cell phone, or playing with the CD player or radio. Had I been I know I would feel some shared responsibility for the accident. As it is, I know I did whatever was humanly possible to avoid this accident.

BE WARNED- THE JACK ATTACK!

2009-01-07T17:07:00.000-08:00

I LEFT MY LAPTOP OPEN AND ON WHILE I MET A FREIND FOR BREAKFAST LAST SATURDAY. WHEN I RETURNED HOME I FOUND MY CAT 'JACK' SLEEPING ON MY KEYBOARD. AFTER GETTING HIM OFF, MY LAPTOP WOULD NOT BOOT UP. I HAD A BLACK SCREEN AND OF COURSE I IMMEDIATLEY FREAKED OUT.

AFTER A VISIT TO BEST BUY (THEY GAVE TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE), AND THEN TO A LOCAL BUSINESS IN TOWN WHO EMPLOYS SOME GREAT HONEST PEOPLE; I FOUND OUT THAT THE CAT FRIED MY PC. THE HEAT OF HIM LYING ON THE KEYBOARD FRIED THE MOTHER-BOARD...WHATEVER THAT IS. I DO KNOW IT MEANS THAT THE LAPTOP IS NOW VIRTUALLY JUNK! CRAP! MY BEAUTIFUL, MUCH LOVED TOSHIBA WAS NOW DEAD. I AM NOW USING A NEW DELL AND SO FAR SO GOOD. I LIKE IT VERY MUCH.

I WANT YOU TO BE WARNED THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP THE KITTIES OFF YOUR LAPTOP.

Multimedia message

2009-01-01T10:06:00.000-08:00

Multimedia message

2009-01-01T10:04:00.000-08:00

Rylee on the PC on baby site

2008-12-31T23:59:00.001-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009 GOD BLESS US ALL. SHOW YOUR GRATITUDE DAILY! Cyndie

--
==================================================================
This mobile text message is brought to you by AT&T

Multimedia message

2008-12-31T23:57:00.000-08:00

Daddy & Baby 12/30

2008-12-31T20:10:00.000-08:00

DOVE Self-Esteem Campaign

2008-12-31T07:09:00.000-08:00

DID YOU KNOW:

7 out of 10 girls think they are not good enough!

Along with the DOVE Campaign, my friend Becky and I are setting up workshops for young girls. The workshops will be 3 hours and there will be two sessions. Location and time TBA. Hopefully we can find a local agency to donate space for the workshop. Read a bit about the findings of what our youth told DOVE. We intend to correct these issues, and build strong self-esteem in young ladies one workshop at a time.....

Real Girls, Real Pressure: A National Report on the State of Self-Esteem, commissioned by the Dove® Self-Esteem Fund, reveals that there is a self-esteem crisis in this country that pervades every aspect of a girl’s life including her looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members

Seven in ten girls believe they are not good enough or do not measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members

62% of all girls feel insecure or not sure of themselves

57% of all girls have a mother who criticizes her own looks
More than half (57%) of all girls say they don’t always tell their parents certain things about them because they don’t want them to think badly of them
The top wish among all girls is for their parents to communicate better with them, which includes more frequent and open conversations about what is happening in their own lives
Reality vs. Perception: Low self-esteem significantly impacts girls’ overall feelings about their own beauty

71% of girls with low self-esteem feel their appearance does not measure up, including not feeling pretty enough, thin enough or stylish or trendy enough (compared to 29% of girls with high self-esteem)

78% of girls with low self-esteem admit that it is hard to feel good in school when you do not feel good about how you look (compared to 54% of girls with high self-esteem)
A girl’s self-esteem is more strongly related to how she views her own body shape and body weight, than how much she actually weighs
Girls with low self-esteem are significantly more likely to engage in negative behaviors

75% of girls with low self-esteem reported engaging in negative activities such as disordered eating, cutting, bullying, smoking, or drinking when feeling badly about themselves (Compared to 25% of girls with high self-esteem)

61% of teen girls with low self-esteem admit to talking badly about themselves (Compared to

15% of girls with high self-esteem)

25% of teen girls with low self-esteem resort to injuring themselves on purpose or cutting when feeling badly about themselves (Compared to 4% of girls with high self-esteem)
25% of teen girls with low self-esteem practice disordered eating, such as starving themselves, refusing to eat, or over-eating and throwing up when feeling badly about themselves (Compared to 7% of girls with high self-esteem)

The self-esteem tipping point: Transition to teenage years results in loss of trust and communication with adults

67% of girls ages 13 – 17 turn to their mother as a resource when feeling badly about themselves compared to 91% of girls ages 8 – 12
Only 27% of girls ages 13 – 17 will turn to their father for help when feeling badly about themselves compared to the 54% of girls ages 8-12. (At 16, girls become more likely to seek support from male peers than from their own dads)

65% of girls ages 13 – 17 refrain from telling their parents certain things about themselves to prevent parents from thinking badly about them, compared to the 49% of girls ages 8 – 12
Parents’ words and actions play a pivotal role fostering positive self-esteem in girls
Girls with low self-esteem are less likely to receive praise from either parent and more likely to receive criticism than girls with high self-esteem
More than one-third (34%) of girls with low self-esteem believe that they are not a good enough daughter (Compared to 9% of girls with high self-esteem)

93% of girls with low self-esteem want their parents to change their behavior towards them in at least one way (Compared to 73% for girls with high self-esteem)
This includes:
Wishing to be understood better (Low: 60%, High: 14%)
Being listened to more (Low: 52%, High: 18%)

Our angel at 3 months

2008-12-31T06:56:00.000-08:00

My Little Angel

2008-12-31T06:48:00.000-08:00

My son and his wife delivered to the world a beautiful baby. She is the most beautiful little girl in the world...ok that's Nana talk, but honest she is very adorable.
Needless to say I am in another world. My focus is to get to their house ASAP every moment I have to visit and cuddle my little angel.