Not Your Average BEE

                                                                                                                                 Prodigal Children      During a prodigal season, otherwise lovable kids are often at their worst. They may become rude, demanding, manipulative and abusive. All of my children at some point experienced growing pains..... Since my ex and I were never on the same page in regards to parenting; there was not only a discord in their behavior but also in how we as parents responded to them. That in addition to the effects of  divorce and legal issues regarding custody and foundation as in home and change in living circumstan...

                                                                                         It is soo sooo disappointing to discover that people are not who they say they are................... The facade of people is  an outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant or creditable reality. How can you really know who is REAL and who is FAKE? This society is more and more concentrated on social media (FACEBOOK which can be FAKEBOOK @ times); and not reflecting on the true and authentic image of an individual. Both my sons are trying to chase success based on someone else's opinion of what that is............my daughter too, and it causes me to look within to see who I really am and the toxic ideas and images they have adopte...

                                      Unconditional loves' definition is: To love somebody with no conditions or circumstances: to love completely. So many times in life we find that as human beings we don't truly practice this.  My fault (YES I have them) is that I am the  someone who only loves others HARD, giving of myself freely without any boundaries  sometimes portraying myself as extremely passive.    That is me being a “people pleaser” which means I'm not being unconditional or loving to myself first. Let me tell you, playing the martyr is not always rewarding or validating and only leaves you and the other person resentful. I am learning to work to recognize when doing what is best for me first might sometimes have me prioritizing my needs and desires above someone else's. This is a healthy part of defining who I am as an individual and crucial to me in...