I am a daycare worker, which means that I have many children. None of them are biological and chances of any of them ever living with me are slim to not at all, which I am okay with....but they are my children. When someone hurts them, it hurts me. I understand I don't know exactly how a parent feels about their children, but I can imagine.
Did you know that when the parent says, "This hurts me more than it hurts you," they're usually right? Because when I have to put a kid in timeout, I hate doing it.
I don't know exactly how to explain everything I felt when I began typing this, but it's important to know this; I love those kids. They aren't mine, but they're mine.
~Katie :)
Monday, March 30, 2015
Friday, March 20, 2015
Being a Teenager Does Not Equal Being an Idiot
There are people in the world, who seem to think that teenagers are immature and don't understand anything unless it is explained to them. And apparently, for some teenagers, they get so sick of it, that they just begin to act that way. There is one thing I firmly believe: It is wrong to treat someone like a child, but expect them to act like an adult.
What really gets under my skin is when someone says something to a teenager, assuming they don't have the mental capacity to understand things like this by themselves. Did you know that Clara Barton, founder of the America Red Cross was just a child when she first became a nurse and tended to her injured brother? She was even a teacher at age 15. Shocking huh? After all, a teenager does not have the mental capacity to teach. And children definitely don't have the mental capacity to know how to tend to an injured brother without a doctor constantly looking over their shoulder.
Did you know that there's actually even a Bible verse about this?
Anyway, that was my rant for the day.
~Katie :)
What really gets under my skin is when someone says something to a teenager, assuming they don't have the mental capacity to understand things like this by themselves. Did you know that Clara Barton, founder of the America Red Cross was just a child when she first became a nurse and tended to her injured brother? She was even a teacher at age 15. Shocking huh? After all, a teenager does not have the mental capacity to teach. And children definitely don't have the mental capacity to know how to tend to an injured brother without a doctor constantly looking over their shoulder.
Did you know that there's actually even a Bible verse about this?
"Let no one look down on your youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, and in purity." --1 Timothy 4:12 KJVTrue, that is written to the youth, but shouldn't older people look at it and say, "Oh, okay, we're not supposed to look down upon them." In other words, not act like they're idiots. I have actually met teenagers who had better heads on their shoulders than some 'adults.'
Anyway, that was my rant for the day.
~Katie :)
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Love
Each person in the world experiences love differently. Each person has a different approach to love and a different way they like to love and be loved. Everyone has a different view on love. And, I'm going to be using some kind of analogy-ish thing to illustrate this.
Love is at the bottom of a tall cliff. If you want to love and be loved, you have to jump off your cliff. Sometimes, someone will come to the top off the cliff with you and love you, even when you haven't jumped off your cliff, and they'll help you jump off the cliff. Parents are a prime example of that. But, there are four main approaches to jumping off the cliff.
The first approach is the approach of many children. This person jumps off the cliff all the time, they know someone will catch them or at least believe someone will catch them and they love everyone at the bottom, even if everyone at the bottom doesn't love them.
Secondly, we have those who jump off the cliff any chance they get, but not necessarily because they're full of love. Instead, they jump off because they're full of pain and just want someone to love them. But they always jump off of the wrong areas and fall and get broken even more.
A third kind of person is cautious. They'll let people on their cliff and they'll jump off their cliff, but only if they are sure someone is down there to catch them. They don't go jumping off for every friend/boyfriend/girlfriend who says "I'll love you forever!"
And lastly, there's the person who used to be like the second person or who had too many people invading their cliff, pushing them off. They are terrified to jump off the cliff and into love, even if they see arms reaching out to catch them and love them. They've been hurt too many times to dare trust those at the bottom, so they sit at the top of their cliff, alone and scared, wanting to jump, but fearing pain if they do.
That just struck me the other day. So I wrote it down and posted it.
~Katie :)
Love is at the bottom of a tall cliff. If you want to love and be loved, you have to jump off your cliff. Sometimes, someone will come to the top off the cliff with you and love you, even when you haven't jumped off your cliff, and they'll help you jump off the cliff. Parents are a prime example of that. But, there are four main approaches to jumping off the cliff.
The first approach is the approach of many children. This person jumps off the cliff all the time, they know someone will catch them or at least believe someone will catch them and they love everyone at the bottom, even if everyone at the bottom doesn't love them.
Secondly, we have those who jump off the cliff any chance they get, but not necessarily because they're full of love. Instead, they jump off because they're full of pain and just want someone to love them. But they always jump off of the wrong areas and fall and get broken even more.
A third kind of person is cautious. They'll let people on their cliff and they'll jump off their cliff, but only if they are sure someone is down there to catch them. They don't go jumping off for every friend/boyfriend/girlfriend who says "I'll love you forever!"
And lastly, there's the person who used to be like the second person or who had too many people invading their cliff, pushing them off. They are terrified to jump off the cliff and into love, even if they see arms reaching out to catch them and love them. They've been hurt too many times to dare trust those at the bottom, so they sit at the top of their cliff, alone and scared, wanting to jump, but fearing pain if they do.
That just struck me the other day. So I wrote it down and posted it.
~Katie :)
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Positive Adjectives of the Alphabet
Not too long ago, I tried to come up with positive adjectives for every letter of the alphabet...and this is what happened.
A--Amazing, awesome, adorable, appreciative
B--Beautiful, brave, brawny
C--Cute, creative, courteous, cuddly, caring, compassionate
D--Delightful, Darling, Daring, Dauntless
E--Exciting, Entertaining, Extroverted
F--Fiiine, Fantastic, Forgiving, Fair
G--Gentle, Gentlemanly, Generous, Gracious
H--Happy, Handsome, Hot (???), Honest, Heartwarming, Helpful, Humble.
I--Intelligent, Imaginative, Introverted
J--Jokester, Just, Just-awesome
K--Kind, Kooky, Kittyish (what was I and my friends thinking???), Kool
L--Likeable, Loveable, Loving, Lucky, Laughing
M--Marvelous, Magnificent
N--Nice, Nutty
O--Optimistic, Obedient, Open-minded
P--Polite, Pretty
Q--Quiet, Quite-awesome
R--Robust, Resourceful
S--Sweet, Super-duper, Splendid, Social
T--Terrific, Tactful
U--Understanding, Underestimated, Unexpected, Unique
V--Victorious, Virtuous
W--Wonderful, Whimsical
X--X-act, X-treme
Y--Young, Youthful
Z--Zany, Zippy.
Some were harder than others. Some were easier than others. Some were weirder than others. If you know any better ones, just comment them!!!
~Katie :)
A--Amazing, awesome, adorable, appreciative
B--Beautiful, brave, brawny
C--Cute, creative, courteous, cuddly, caring, compassionate
D--Delightful, Darling, Daring, Dauntless
E--Exciting, Entertaining, Extroverted
F--Fiiine, Fantastic, Forgiving, Fair
G--Gentle, Gentlemanly, Generous, Gracious
H--Happy, Handsome, Hot (???), Honest, Heartwarming, Helpful, Humble.
I--Intelligent, Imaginative, Introverted
J--Jokester, Just, Just-awesome
K--Kind, Kooky, Kittyish (what was I and my friends thinking???), Kool
L--Likeable, Loveable, Loving, Lucky, Laughing
M--Marvelous, Magnificent
N--Nice, Nutty
O--Optimistic, Obedient, Open-minded
P--Polite, Pretty
Q--Quiet, Quite-awesome
R--Robust, Resourceful
S--Sweet, Super-duper, Splendid, Social
T--Terrific, Tactful
U--Understanding, Underestimated, Unexpected, Unique
V--Victorious, Virtuous
W--Wonderful, Whimsical
X--X-act, X-treme
Y--Young, Youthful
Z--Zany, Zippy.
Some were harder than others. Some were easier than others. Some were weirder than others. If you know any better ones, just comment them!!!
~Katie :)
Sunday, March 1, 2015
I Shouldn't Be Up So Late....
I should not be up so late, but it gets my juices flowing and has made me think. (This was started last night/this morning around 1, 2, or 3) Chances are, I've already posted this at least once, but here it goes again. It confuses me so much sometimes, how people can come into your life and then leave your life....I have two example I will use one of a group of friends I know in real life and one of a group of people I have never met in person, but have gotten to the point I consider them my friends.
Starting with the people I know in real life. When I was eleven, I made friends with a girl named Christa and I called her my best friend and she called me her best friend. But she was also a compulsive liar who made up stories. I don't understand why people think they need to make up stories to be liked. I mean, even if people like you because of the stories you tell, they don't really like you, they like the you that you've made up. One week I just decided that I was going to see if she really did care about our friendship and I just waited for her to come over. She never did and our friendship just...ended. Looking back, I really could have handled that better. Also looking back...how in the world were 11-12 year olds so perverted?! I'm including her group of friends that I was involved in in this friend category.
Okay, I lied, there's going to be two groups of friends I know in real life. This one really hurts me, because I know I really screwed up in part of this. Shortly after my friendship with Christa ended, I made friends with a girl named Emily and shortly after that, we both made friends with Kayden. I mentioned them a lot in the blog I had before this one: The Heartbeat of the Mission I didn't know how to spell back then.... Anyway, I have trouble balancing hanging out with two friends at once. At least I did. I think I've gotten better at it. Actually, no, I haven't gotten better at it, I've just become a recluse, but that's beside the point. As I was saying, I wound up hanging out with Kayden more than Emily of course, that was also partially because I had a crush on him at the time, but that's beside the point, because I probably would have wound up hanging out with him more anyway. There have been times that I've wanted to tell her I'm sorry for that, but I don't know how. So, Emily, if you're reading this, I'm so sorry. By the way, Amanda in The Unnamed Legend was partially based off of you. And now, I barely speak to either Kayden or Emily. We've just drifted apart. However, Kayden and Emily are still friends...in a way. They're actually a couple. Take a moment to say "awww."
Now to my friends I've never met in real life. *sigh* This is going to be a lonnnnnng blog post. TO those of you who have read this far, thank you so much, that really does mean a lot to me. When I was 12/13, I entered into the world of Facebook, Fanfiction.net, and Howrse. I met AceTrace/Impossible Insomniac/Hannah, on Fanfiction.net, same with a girl named Emma. They were friends with a girl named Joy and one day, I was added to a group message on Facebook (back when they had messages and not just chat and the chat was deleted shortly after you closed the chat box...a long time ago) with Hannah, Emma and Joy. We were quickly almost inseparable friends. We wrote each other into stories, we talked to each other all day...yeah.... Hannah had a boyfriend named Donny, whom she loved. Or at least said she loved. Obviously she didn't, as she had a boyfriend named Donny. Anyway, they broke up twice and during one of these times, Joy was being especially insensitive, and well...she called me the B word, I told her I wasn't going to be friends with her and well, that ended that.
But, back to Donny and Hannah.... I had called them brother and sister and when they broke up, I felt like I was being forced to choose between them. Note: I was not actually ever told to choose between them, but it still felt like it. I wound up choosing Donny. It wasn't that hard a choice, as Hannah started going through a phase where everything was about her. Donny and I still talk, but Hannah and I barely speak.
Now, Emma and I...well, we're still/again friends....um...it's very complicated. She is now actually engaged to Donny, so that's...yeah...dating your ex friend's boyfriend...um, yeah, it's not that bad actually. But, her and I have had a history of being explosive. And it's only been within a few months ago that her and I have actually began talking, like seriously talking.
Donny and I have also had times where we barely talked. But he is my brother and if you didn't know better, you would think he was blood. There have been times when we've skyped and he's said something I almost said and vice versa.
But what really gets me is this: Why do some people come into your life, then leave? They come in, they bring their youtube videos, their jokes, their songs, books, movies, everything, then they leave...or you leave them? Why does that happen? And why do some people come into your life and stay? It honestly kind of confuses me. Probably because I try to understand everything and there's no way on earth that I could ever honestly do that.... Anyway, that was the end, thank you for reading, y'all are awesome.
~Katie :)
Starting with the people I know in real life. When I was eleven, I made friends with a girl named Christa and I called her my best friend and she called me her best friend. But she was also a compulsive liar who made up stories. I don't understand why people think they need to make up stories to be liked. I mean, even if people like you because of the stories you tell, they don't really like you, they like the you that you've made up. One week I just decided that I was going to see if she really did care about our friendship and I just waited for her to come over. She never did and our friendship just...ended. Looking back, I really could have handled that better. Also looking back...how in the world were 11-12 year olds so perverted?! I'm including her group of friends that I was involved in in this friend category.
Okay, I lied, there's going to be two groups of friends I know in real life. This one really hurts me, because I know I really screwed up in part of this. Shortly after my friendship with Christa ended, I made friends with a girl named Emily and shortly after that, we both made friends with Kayden. I mentioned them a lot in the blog I had before this one: The Heartbeat of the Mission I didn't know how to spell back then.... Anyway, I have trouble balancing hanging out with two friends at once. At least I did. I think I've gotten better at it. Actually, no, I haven't gotten better at it, I've just become a recluse, but that's beside the point. As I was saying, I wound up hanging out with Kayden more than Emily of course, that was also partially because I had a crush on him at the time, but that's beside the point, because I probably would have wound up hanging out with him more anyway. There have been times that I've wanted to tell her I'm sorry for that, but I don't know how. So, Emily, if you're reading this, I'm so sorry. By the way, Amanda in The Unnamed Legend was partially based off of you. And now, I barely speak to either Kayden or Emily. We've just drifted apart. However, Kayden and Emily are still friends...in a way. They're actually a couple. Take a moment to say "awww."
Now to my friends I've never met in real life. *sigh* This is going to be a lonnnnnng blog post. TO those of you who have read this far, thank you so much, that really does mean a lot to me. When I was 12/13, I entered into the world of Facebook, Fanfiction.net, and Howrse. I met AceTrace/Impossible Insomniac/Hannah, on Fanfiction.net, same with a girl named Emma. They were friends with a girl named Joy and one day, I was added to a group message on Facebook (back when they had messages and not just chat and the chat was deleted shortly after you closed the chat box...a long time ago) with Hannah, Emma and Joy. We were quickly almost inseparable friends. We wrote each other into stories, we talked to each other all day...yeah.... Hannah had a boyfriend named Donny, whom she loved. Or at least said she loved. Obviously she didn't, as she had a boyfriend named Donny. Anyway, they broke up twice and during one of these times, Joy was being especially insensitive, and well...she called me the B word, I told her I wasn't going to be friends with her and well, that ended that.
But, back to Donny and Hannah.... I had called them brother and sister and when they broke up, I felt like I was being forced to choose between them. Note: I was not actually ever told to choose between them, but it still felt like it. I wound up choosing Donny. It wasn't that hard a choice, as Hannah started going through a phase where everything was about her. Donny and I still talk, but Hannah and I barely speak.
Now, Emma and I...well, we're still/again friends....um...it's very complicated. She is now actually engaged to Donny, so that's...yeah...dating your ex friend's boyfriend...um, yeah, it's not that bad actually. But, her and I have had a history of being explosive. And it's only been within a few months ago that her and I have actually began talking, like seriously talking.
Donny and I have also had times where we barely talked. But he is my brother and if you didn't know better, you would think he was blood. There have been times when we've skyped and he's said something I almost said and vice versa.
But what really gets me is this: Why do some people come into your life, then leave? They come in, they bring their youtube videos, their jokes, their songs, books, movies, everything, then they leave...or you leave them? Why does that happen? And why do some people come into your life and stay? It honestly kind of confuses me. Probably because I try to understand everything and there's no way on earth that I could ever honestly do that.... Anyway, that was the end, thank you for reading, y'all are awesome.
~Katie :)
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