This photo from "All About Women" has inspired today's blog entry: I had wonderful parents growing up, in fact five of them because my three siblings were teenagers when I was born. I always knew I was loved, and was taught the important values of family, and respect of self and others. Many of the words from those formative years molded the person and Mother I am today. I adored my older siblings, but they were kids themselves during my early years and some of their words have affected my life all of my 44 years. "Stop chewing like a cow!" grew up to sound like this in my self talk; "you are fat and eat too aggressively!" I also remember being a very chatty child and it was not unusual for me to hear "could you stop talking for 5 minutes??!!" - making me wonder if what I had to say was important to anyone. I also remember always being asked "did you do your best?" If I didn't get the highest grade on a report car...
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