Happy Birthday Mama Boo! September 10, 2008

Happy 49th Birthday Mom! Man if you were here I would have to be teasing you for getting old! Haha. I have missed you so very much this year. So much has happend in my life that I have wanted you here for but God had a bigger plan for our lives huh? I wish you had been able to meet Sean before you had to leave for heaven. He is the most amazing man…I know you and Daddy would approve.

Today I wish that you were here to celebrate your birthday with me. There are times when I just want to pick up the phone and call you. This new life Sean and I have started has been so exciting and I wish I had you here to share it all with us! There are always certain times of the year that are harder for me than others and this is one of them.

I know that when you were sick I wasn’t the greatest daughter I could have been. I know there are people that will never forgive me for my behavior. But it was too hard to see my Mom not be the same Mom I always knew. I know that you understood then and understand now and that is all that really matters to me.

Everyone says I had to grow up quickly but that was God’s plan…it took me a long time to understand that and not be angry. I am so greatful to have such a wonderful Mom that raised me so well in such little time. It seems like just yesterday we were going to the races and have our “solve the world’s problems” talks! I miss those Mom!

I hope that you are proud of me. I know that I may not have taken the paths that you had planned but I hope that I haven’t disappointed you. I like to think that you are proud of me but sometimes I wonder since I didn’t take the path a lot of people think I should have. But I am happy Mom! That is what counts right?? I just wish that you were here. I wish you could have seen my wedding and be here to be the Grandma you deserve to be! I know you and Daddy are looking down on me from heaven and watching over me and Sean!

We made such wonderful memories. Mom you were my Best Friend…even if I didn’t show it like I should have! I still remember being a bratty kid not wanting to go to sleep! Then later I remember “snug as a bug in a rug…sleep good my burrito baby!” Thank you for giving me the most wonderful memories to keep close and comfort me when I am missing you.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAMA BOO!!!!! I love you and miss you!

Working Moms September 10, 2008

Today I was reading michellemalkin.com and she pointed out something that the liberal media is missing and I thought I could pass it on. The media continously questions Governor Sarah Palin’s ability to be a mother and have a career. It has been brought up that she isn’t a good mother because she is basically a working mother. Which I, of course, don’t believe. I think that she has done a fine job as a mom especially balancing being a mayor and mom then a governor and mom and hopefully the Vice President and a mom.

As Michelle Malkin points out there are several “working moms” in the media that have dedicated their lives to their jobs and have children as well. Here is the list that I found on michellemalkin.com:

Katie Couric- her husband died at a young age leaving her to be a single mother of their young children. Yet she continues her stressful career that takes up the majority of her time. It seems to me that she is more dedicated to her career than her children. But no one is calling her out are they?

Campbell Brown- Campbell is a CNN correspondant that according to Malkin, ” flew to Las Vegas last year to moderate a political debate while 8 ½ months’ pregnant. Fox News host and left-wing blogger Alan Colmes, last seen questioning Sarah Palin’s commitment to prenatal care because she worked and traveld late in her pregnancy, had no comment. When she initially left the Today Show in 2007, Brown said she was stepping down to devote more time to family and baby. She immediately turned around the next day and jumped ship to CNN, where she has anchored wall-to-wall CNN Election Center coverage and will launch a new nightly show in November.”

Meridith Viera- has a husband that has Mulitple Sclorsis and has had a couple of bouts with cancer. Viera also has 3 children at home.

These women by the standards that the liberal media are holding to Sarah Palin, shouldn’t be working either. They should be considered bad mothers because their children need them more than they should need a job. Now I personally don’t agree with the belief that these women or Sarah Palin should be at home but that is what the media is telling society. It appears that the double standards that women in the past have worked so hard to tear down still haven’t been torn down or at least those double standards exist when it is convient.

It is just fusterating to see the media bias that is going on right now. But I guess that is what keeps it interesting!