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1. What is the best advice someone has ever given you?
2. What is your greatest accomplishment?
3. Who do you admire?
4. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
5. How do you want to be remembered?
And here are my answers...THIS week I PROMISE I will visit everyone, Summer is over y'all.
1. What is the best advice someone has ever given you?
My Mima told me once, "Sometimes you just got to love them". I think that advice has come in most with dealing with our teenager. Jordan has not been the most pleasant person this last year, remember to just love her has been VERY helpful as we walk through this new journey in our lives. Teenage girls are hard y'all. Sometimes ya just gotta love'em.
2. What is your greatest accomplishment?
My marriage. I feel like we have both put in the work to make it as fantastic as it is. Anything of true lasting value requires a little work, even when the couple is as perfect as Big Daddy and I are...tee hee. But seriously, my marriage is about as perfect as one can get and I know it is because we BOTH care enough to make it work by being flexible and patient. Our humor gets us through the tough stuff and the fact that we are best friends doesn't hurt either!
3. Who do you admire?
People who know how to truly forgive. It is something that has been really hard for me to learn but something I feel I finally have a grasp on. You know that whole adage about holding a grudge? Something about, "it's like taking poison expecting the other person to die." So very true. I wish more people were more forgiving but the people who truly have it down are to be admired.
4. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
I would love for my Diabetes to go away. It's been REALLY messing with me lately and I cannot seem to get it under control. It effects every single part of my life and I pretty much hate it. A. Lot. I know it is in my power to really fix it, but it is not as easy as it use to be. I am working on it tho.
5. How do you want to be remembered?
I want my family to remember me for my humor. I want my daughter to remember me for the sacrifices I made for her and how I always tried to bring a little magic and happiness to her life, including lots of glitter. I want my nieces and nephews to remember me for being their favorite and most fun Auntie. I think in general I just want to be remembered for being a cute, fun girl. Nothing too deep here huh? I dunno, maybe I am not that deep.
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34 comments:
Happy Wednesday! I hope it's earthquake free!
LOVE WWTK Wednesdays.
I am always hypoglycemic as opposed to hyper.
Great advice from your Mima and you are most definitely a cute fun girl! I love you & gosh darnet I miss you!!!
Great advice from Mima, so simple and true. I hope things get better with Jordan, I am sure that's so hard on you.
I admire you & Big Daddy and your marriage! You two have got it going on! lol
awesome answers here.
now i wanna go change my answers but i won't.
Your Mima has a great answer.
bummer about your diabetes. that SUCKS! hugs on that one.
oh boy, teenagers! I cringe when I remember how much hell I gave my family as a teen. I wasn't a trouble maker but boy was I emotional. My mom teases me that I got it all out of my system because I'm a lot more rational and rarely get super emotional anymore. Hang in there, she'll get past this phase!
Aw, once again love that you and Big Daddy are best friends. I think the happiest marriages are when the two are best friends.
That is so funny that we used the same quote. I just noticed your comment on facebook. Then I started checking the blogs and sure enough... how funny that we used the same quote on the same day. Weird.
I agree, boo to diabetes.
I don't think I've ever heard that line about holding grudges, but I like it.
My husband has been diabetic for 4 years and we've finally gotten him off from his medication by eating Paleo. AND I'm losing weight on the diet. It's kind of amazing!
I think it's hard for a lot of people to totally forgive others; I admire that too. Happy Wednesday!
such good answers.
Have a great day!
I know that holding a grudge is toxic, I watched my stepdad do it for years. Nick's dad is that way too. We try very hard to not hold grudges, but the resentment about things can really sneak up on you.
Nick is my best friend too!
That's way deep stuff! I can imagine mothering a teenager being hard. Props to you. I think your doing AMAZINGLY! Seriously. She will remember you for the sacrifices you made, I know it.
I agree with your admiration of people who can forgive. I myself don't like to hold a grudge, it kills me more than it does the other person. But I do know some people who have held grudges for years! I don't understand it.
I admire your marriage, marriage is hard, especially if your both so different or grew up differently. Being best friends helps and a sense of humor!
Great advice
I really like these answers, the sentiments on your marriage in particular.
Sorry to hear about the diabetes - for sure that would be something I would want to change! Happy Wednesday and great answers!
That's great advice!! Teenagers are SO DAMN HARD!! Lol...
I love all of your answers =) Great advice for your grandma. I think that can come in handy with anyone one truly cares about having in their life!
Teenagers! They are super fun. My oldest is 12 going on 45...and making me completely insane in the process.
I love how cute you and BD are. It is pretty obvious that the two of you work very hard to keep things alive and well :)
Linking up via my new blog, thanks for hosting! 3rd Time's The Charm. :)
I love your blog! and I'm joning in for the first time today!
Yay for marriages being great accomplishments!!!
i love the advice Mimi gave you it's so true no matter how the day goes you just have to love them even if sometimes that is really hard. Sending good thoughts that your Diabetes gets under control soon. hugs
Diabetes sucks. It is livable yes, but it sucks. My mom is down to one medication. I know you can do it. :)
If you die before me (which I doubt will happen) I would remember you as a cute, fun girl. And a fantastic friend. A lovely person who has lots of stuff to deal with but who is still one of the most generous people I know.
Someone I love dearly and miss and now I'm gonna cry writing this stupid comment. SHEESH!
great answers. loved this.
ps, i played along. http://ohmissyme.blogspot.com/2011/08/sentimental-wwtk-wednesdays.html
Teenage girls ARE hard! My hubby would probably say so are adult ones! And sometimes that "you just gotta love 'em" advice comes in handy with all sorts of people! :)
I'm not looking forward to being the mom of a teenage girl.... Mom to a 5 year old diva is hard enough!
I love that quote about grudges. Thank you for sharing it.
Now these are my type of questions! I'm a thinker, you know that! PS. I totally wish your diabetes would go away too! I love the advice your Mima gave you ... perfect in my book!
I'm off to link up!
My WWTKW post will show up on Thursday. I work and they don't want us to blog at work. Some insane idea about productivity, I guess.
I love the quote about holding a grudge! I watched my grandma refuse to talk to her siblings for years, and I still know very little about my grandpa's (her's husband's) family because of her grudges. It's definitely not something I would want to put myself or my kids/grandkids through!
It's not exactly Wednesday, but better late than never, huh! I really liked the questions this week, so I just had to play. Love your thoughts, Mamarazzi!
Hang in there with the teenager!
You are definitely one Of the funniest people I know. Good luck with the diabetes that would be so hard to deal with.
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