Courteous and Consistent

Greetings from my happy little home.

I'm new to this, so bear with me. I want to use this site to share thoughts and insights as I raise my children to (hopefully) be productive and positive members of society. I have three children and a husband. I work. I volunteer. I take time to be by myself and have "selfish" time. I am human.

 I think I am reasonable. If you can show me you have been courteous and consistent in dealing with me and with my family, I try and be understanding. If you can't, I'm going to expect you to show me how you will begin being courteous and consistent with us. If you can't do that, I will not be happy and chances are, we will not be spending time with you or your organization. It's simple. If we could, as a society, become more courteous with each other, it would be wonderful!

Simple things like:

•  You have a friend who is either a vegetarian or on a gluten-free diet coming to a gathering. Making sure that there are food options that they can eat should be something we provide without question. Whether or not it is a choice, as in not eating meat or a medical issue, such as Celiac disease, should not make a difference. If someone has a lifestyle that does not support certain foods, we need to respect that and them and provide an alternate choice.
•  During the summer months last year, I was overwhelmed with PSA's about watching for motorcyclists.  This is great, but when I drive my 20 minutes to work and am cut off by two or three cyclists, I get a touch cranky.  Instead of pointing out we should watch for a certain motorist, why not have all of us watching for each other?  I am fine with watching for others, but not when they take the PSA's as a free choice to drive how they want.
• Parents, children need to learn and grow and learn to deal with disappointment.  This does not mean they should be left sitting on the bench in a sport that is set up as a developmental program.  Children should be advanced and played in a manner that is consistent for all.  Let's be fair.  I don't see this as being every child should be moved, placed or played how they want, but every child deserves the same chance as others.  Have criteria and stick to it.

This blog may interest you, this blog may not.  It's a chance for me to share thoughts, joys, humor and sorrows.  I plan to talk about my children, my life, the food changes we are beginning to make (this should provide us all with some laughs) and the learning opportunities my children will be facing.