Pride

I find it interesting how as we grow up we find pride in different things. When you are a child you learn how to be potty trained,

when you are 5 you learn how to ride a 2-wheeler (9 years old for some people :) )

at 18 you graduate, (hopefully)

As we grow older we continue to be proud of different things in our life. I recently asked a friend about what they have been proud of most recently. They said that they are proud to be a grandparent. I find this interesting because so often we are proud of things that we accomplish, but where exactly do we begin to be proud of things other people to do that directly affects us? I'm proud of my brother for dumping some of the loser girlfriends he has had in the past, I'm proud of my mother for raising all boys, etc. I think pride is a very conditional thing. I enjoy pride in children the most because they are so vocal about it. The next time you are hanging out with a 4 year old ask them if they can ride a bike, or swim, or just ask them what they are proud of. Then go and ask a junior higher... awkard!!!

Mello Hello

Hey blog! Long time no see! OK, so I've never met you before... but I don't really think you have a choice. Today I was walking on my lawn after work and I discovered a robin egg. This got me to thinking about how mother birds push the younglings out of the nest whether they are ready or not. I think at the rate my life is going my mother is never going to push me out of the nest. That is why I'm glad to be a human, able to leap from the nest myself. Now if I could only work on Momma Bird and her persistant phone calls. I want to get out of here, but it's hard to think about how I would survive on my own. She is a clingy mother, but doesnt seem to know how to discipline. Let's just say that the raging parties my brother threw last year went unpunished. It is hard to tell parents how to be good parents though. I'm not saying my parents are horrible, it just seems like they have stopped caring about discipline and rules. I love them dearly. I really look forward to moving out and being with other people. I'm ready to jump out of the nest!