Advocate for ONE Advocate for ALL

So, not sure if many people know it, but my daughter has severe eczema, or as my daughter likes to call it, the YUCKIES!!!!  One of the things we HAVE to do is a 20 min. treatment twice a day.  Do I want to take 20-30 min to put her to bed, not really especially when I'm tired; but when you have a condition you DO what you have to DO.  As I look back on how I have handled things I AM my daughter's advocate.  It was funny cause as I was reading the eczema article that I had written for my daughter that is posted on my website, my oldest looks at me and asks," How come YOUR not MY advocate?"   At first I was shocked that he would even asked such a question.  I mean I work SO hard at trying to please my kids and making sure they would "get it" that some how sadly I feel like I have over looked the "REAL" issues in their tiny but yet so important  lives.  However, as my son sat there patiently waiting for an answer MY light bulb went on (YES I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF THOSE) I replied to him," Josh I AM your advocate."  I am your advocate first thing in the morning when YOU refuse to get out of bed, I'm your advocate when I have to dress you like a seven month old NOT a seven year old,  I'm an advocate to your five year old brother who is JUST trying to avoid the whole.middle child syndrome ALL together  and I'm an advocate to my two year old who struggles with YUCKIES every day.  So, the TRUE question is, AM I an advocate? The FINAL answer is YES, YES I am. I'm an advocate for one and an Advocate for ALL.....but not only am I an advocate, I AM a mom and a darn good one at that.....I LOVE my kids.

MOVE IT OR LOOSE IT!!!!

So I am NOT one to brag and that I go the the gym three or four times a week, in fact if truth be told I HARDLY head to the gym at all.  This post however ISN'T about weight it's about brains.  See as I said earlier I am a mother of THREE wonderful kids; One of which has A.D.D. I love my dear wonderful son but as of late he has had a REAL obsession and or passion for spending some NOT so quality time with he NOT so wonderful electronics.  Normally I wouldn't mind but it's a known fact that if you ask him to walk away from his precious electronics it's WW4 or 5 depending on which way you look at it.  Not sure how other creative fans feel but I feel that IF a person spends an Obsessive amount of time with these Electronics our brains than starts to turn to mush and we pretty much will end up like a zombie with NO thought pattern or will of any kind what so ever.  So, I being the wonderful mother that I am decided to PULL the plug on MOST of the electronics in the house with the exception of the TV, cause this mom isn't going to raise uncreative zombies, I AM however going to raise creative, individualized children who will in their own right bring out their own personalities and will LOVE every minute of it.....boy am I dreaming it's going to be a LONG ride....

Buttons, buttons and MORE buttons!!!!

Okay so if you are just stopping by and you are checking out the blog you can see that I have a few other blog buttons on my blog. Why, well first of all I am adult who has A.D.D. and I also have a seven year old that has A.D.D. as well. If you don't know anything about A.D.D. the one thing you SHOULD know about A.D.D. we ARE normal people we just think a little bit differently than others. We CAN be some what more creative, and A LOT more unfocused, LOL....Organization has NEVER been one of my forte's and I literally struggle with it EVERYDAY. As my dear wonderful husband would say, I CAN be a train wreck waiting to happen. I have a tendency to flit from ONE project to another, so why the buttons. Each button is linked to a different organizer, and as I have noticed EACH organizer has different tips that I can see if I can adapt to a routine that will FINALLY stick. Every one probably has made a resolution for the year of 2013; however have you kept it? At the start of 2013 I made the resolution to NOT ONLY get organized but to NOT allow A.D.D. to rule my life or my family. As one of the organizers stated: "It didn't get messy in a day and it's NOT going to get clean in a day." So, with that quote floating in the air I have been attempting to make baby steps, it's a process and one in which I hope you will follow, because every little bit of encouragement from friends,family AND fans help.....