Kids Health

Kids Health is a web site that provides important information about health topic concerning children from birth through teenage years. The site keeps parents informed and provide information for new parents about health for baby and for moms.

What I like about this particular web site is that when I was looking for information on SIDS, it provided me with current information and lead me to other sites where I acquired even more on my topic. I took special interest in Sudden Infant Death Syndrom bcause I heard so much about it as a child and when I started having my own children I became even more concern. There is not a cause or cure but with new developments and new technology maybe one day there will be. I learned that SIDS occur all over the world, not just the Unoted States.

Another inportant fact about this site is that it provides information in  Spanish and I'm sure many languages so that no child or parent is left out.

SIDS –Sudden Infants Death Syndrom

Infant mortality refers to deaths of children under the age of one year. It is measured by the infant mortality rate, which is the total number of deaths to children under the age of one year for every 1,000 live births. The infant mortality rate is often broken down into two components relating to timing of death: neonatal and postneonatal. The neonatal mortality rate refers to the number of deaths to babies within 28 days after birth (per 1,000 live births). Sometimes a special type of neonatal mortality is assessed. The perinatal mortality rate measures the number of late fetal deaths (at or after 28 weeks gestation) and deaths within the first 7 days after birth per 1,000 live births. The postneonatal mortality rate involves the number of deaths to babies from 28 days to the end of the first year per 1,000 live births. The distinction between neonatal (and perinatal) and postneonatal mortality is important because the risk of death is higher close to the delivery date, and the causes of death near the time of birth/delivery are quite different from those later in infancy. Therefore, effective interventions to reduce infant mortality need to take into account the distribution of ages at death of infants.

Many developing countries lack the resources to keep track of infant deaths; therefore data for these areas are estimates only. Another methodological problem in measuring infant mortality is ascertaining the number of live births. Sometimes this problem is one of undercounts of births (i.e., births are not registered and thus not counted); sometimes the difficulty lies in inconsistently differentiating stillbirths and live births, especially across countries because this distinction is not as clear-cut as one might imagine

Kids Health: http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sleep/sids.html

Geting connected to the world of "Early Childhood Education

Part 1

These are the centers I am attempting to contact 

ICRI Africa (Kenya)

For Donor Services                                                                          P. O. Box 27075-00100

 Please call toll-free 1.800.728.3843                                          Nairobi, Kenya

 Save the Children U.S. Headquarters                                     Phone: +254-20-211450                

 54 Wilton Road                                                                                 Cellphone: +254-728-616411

 Westport, CT 06880                                                                        Fax: +254-20-211446

1.203.221.4030 (9:00AM - 5:00PM EST)                                   www.icriafrica.org

1.800.728.3843 (9:00AM - 5:00PM EST)                                   info@icriafrica.org

 2000 L Street NW, Suite 500                                                        Leonard Chuomo Falex, Program Manager

 Washington, DC 20036                                                                  leonard@icrichild.org

 1.202.640.6600 (9:00AM - 5:00PM EST)

twebster@savechildren.org

P. O. Box 27075-00100

Part 2

I have chosen to look into state funded programs in different parts of the world and to find differences and similarities. My goal is to compare difference/similarities of childcare and early childhood education.

NIEER-National Institute for Early Education Researchhttp://nieer.org/

My Supports

The factors I see as a support system are the ladies I work with every day. I have so many things to do that I don’t always get to talk about with what’s going on in my life. I like to talk about school, my personal life, and my life with my family. I work in an office environment where we see people face-to-face all day. I face many challenges with doing my job and the encouragement I get from my job family is like no other.

My co-workers know how important my education is to me and how badly I want to open up my own childcare center and to teach early education. They are very supportive of my thoughts and my ambitions to make this would a better place for our children. All of my coworkers are family oriented and some of them are in school as well. We talk about everyday challenges with working, going to school, and raising our families. We support each other and when something is going on in our life that we need to pray about we all get together and pray. It works.

Not only do I like going to work, I also like the people I work with and they like me. It’s like we have our own little family. Let me not leave our wonderful manager who falls right in line with us. She helps me stay out of trouble and I don’t know what I would do without her either. I would not have come this far with the support of the women I work with at my job and the encouragement they offer to me on a daily basis.

Some of my worst fears are failing in school. I try to study hard and to complete task in a timely manner. Time does not allow me to do much more during the week beside work, school and raising my daughter. I want to buy a new house and open up a childcare center right now but finances and obligations are making the process very challenging for me. I am now a single mom and my income is our only support. I want to give back to the community and also provide a good life for my daughter by providing all of her needs as well as my own needs. I do very well for myself and getting started is a big step. I would have to make some sacrifices that I am afraid would put me in a bind. I don’t want to borrow money that I can’t pay back because that would only put me behind in my plans.

Finishing school would give me some tools to work with to bring the plan together. Most days I’m ok, but when I look at my future it seem so far to reach for my goals. I am a winner and I don’t give up. I encourage everyone to follow your dreams and keep the future endeavors bright. Don’t give up and don’t quit. “Loser do what they want to do, and winners do what they have to. I know I am a winner.”

My Connections to Play

 Quotes:

"A child loves his play, not becauseit's easy, but because it's hard"

"Play it the beginning of knowledge"

http:/www.scrapbook.com/quotes/cat/54.html

 My favorite things to play with when I was younger are all time favorites:----------------------------->

Jacks

 Barbie

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The things I learned were inherited.

My mom was our biggest supporter. She taugh os to play games and played them with us. I learnes to play "Hop-scotch", Jacks, Dominos, and all the board games you can name. Many of them I carried on to my famly. It may not have been the same games, but the strategy is still the same.

"Play today is controlled by electronics. Video games were not heard of when I was a kid. Ist is so rare to see children playing on the playgrounds and school yards. Almost every child is texting or talking on their cell phones. I want to go back to the good old days."

Relationship Reflection

Growing up I can remember thinking how I wanted my life to go. Well, we can make the plan, but we cannot plan the outcome.

The relationship(s) I would like to talk about is the ones I have with my children, my grandchildren and my future daughter-in-law. I have three children, two sons and a daughter. I have a grandson and a granddaughter. My children are 31, 27, and 13. My grandson is four and my granddaughter will be four months on the 19^th of January. The relationship with my children has always been good. Even though my boys are adults now we still have that mother-son communication and we talk about everything. My 13 year old, we are going through growing pains, not to say it’s painful, we are growing into a deeper understanding of who is the parent and who makes the final decisions.

 I have always loved being a parent to my children and while growing older I realize how important it is to be a good parent and how much joy my grandchildren bring. When children get older and go their separate ways you get to feeling a little lonely not left out. Having spent time during their lives teaching them to tie their shoes, dress and guiding them in their decisions making, makes parenting all the more joyful. I guess if I could have had more I would have a house full. That’s where my grandchildren come in, the second phase of parenting. You never stop being a parent and I enjoy keeping my grandchildren it allows me the opportunity to keep my parenting skills fresh. I still know how to discipline and how important it is to love.

It is now time for me to extend my family. My youngest son is getting married in June and I need to have that mother-son talk again. I was married once and can only give him advice from my experience. I love my children with all my heart and don’t want to see them hurt, but I also know that everyone has to have their own experiences. I wish the best for him and his future wife whom I have come to love over the years that I have known her and wish the best for them. I will be getting a daughter-in-law and this adds another person in my heart. She is the mother of my two grandchildren and I have always loved and cared for her as if she was one of my own.

My children have allowed me to be a parent and my experience as a parent has been challenging. My experiences as a grandmother have been enlightening and full of curiosity. I often wonder what my children thing about me as their mother, partner, and friend. We have an open relationship and they know how much I love them. The love and respect they have for me shows in all the important areas. My grandson is always asking to come to my house just to spend time with me. I know he loves me and I’m sure he understands who I am.

Extending families can be a challenge and a blessing. I know she (my future daughter-in-law) is a good person and I can’t help how I feel. This is adding a whole new chapter to my book of life and I will be able to extend my love to one more of Gods children. The joy that’s running through my veins can only be felt by me. I want to share my joy with the world and writing this note is just the beginning of my experiences with the relationships I have with my immediate family.

I was able to be in the delivery room with both my grandchildren and it made me feel real special that their mother would want me there and my son would not have had it any other way. I take time with my grandson just as I did my children and I know my time is appreciated. This experience has also helped with my studies as an early childhood professional because it allows me to be able to observe first hand all the things I am learning in my studies at Walden.

I know that this is what my life was meant to be. Out of all my life experiences this is what I was made to do, become an early childhood educator and childcare professional. In conclusion of the segment I just want everyone to know that I am a happy and cheerful person and my apples didn’t fall far from the tree.

Quote:

     

“Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.”

 Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Poet, Lecturer and Essayist, 1803-1882)

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“Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.”

William James (American Philosopher and Psychologist, leader of the philosophical movement of Pragmatism, 1842-1910)

Consequences of Stress on Children’s Development

Racism

Racism is according to Wikipedia, Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature (i.e. which harms particular groups of people), and which is often justified by recourse to racial stereotyping or pseudo-science.

 Modern usage often equates "racism" and "racial discrimination" and defines the latter term only as applying to pernicious practices. Differential treatment of racial groups that is intended to ameliorate past discrimination, rather than to harm, goes by other names (e.g. affirmative action); the characterization of this practice as "racism", "racial discrimination" or "reverse discrimination" is normally only done by its opponents, and typically implies a belief in the harmful nature of the practice with respect to the groups not receiving assistance.

 Racism is popularly associated with various activities that are illegal or commonly considered harmful, such as extremism, hatred, xenophobia, (malignant or forced) exploitation, separatism, racial supremacy, mass murder (for the purpose of genocide), genocide denial, vigilantism (hate crimes, terrorism), etc.

 "Racism" and "racial discrimination" are often used to describe discrimination on an ethnic or cultural basis, independent of their somatic (i.e. "racial") differences. According to the United Nations conventions, there is no distinction between the term racial discrimination and ethnicity discrimination (Wikipedia, 2011).

My daughter went to one of her friends from school home for a few hours after school one day a few weeks ago. My daughter text me and ask how soon I would be picking her up because she felt uncomfortable. When I asked her what was wrong, she said she would tell me when I got there.

When I picked her up, she explained that the girl, her friend, sister and her sister’s friend were talking about black people. Of course her friend was of Caucasian race. My daughter said that every time a black person came into the McDonald’s the girls would make remarks like, there are two black guys. She also told me that they asked her if the black lady (me) was looking for her. I and my daughter are light skinned, so they might have thought that my daughter had at least on Caucasian parent.

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My daughter said that they were racist because they only talked about the African American people that came into the McDonalds that evening.

I believe that their parents have said things in front of them and given them indications about African Americans. The thought process influenced by older individuals such as the parent. The psychosocial pattern is that they were bought up with this type of stereo-typing from their parents and may even pick it up at school. These girls are teenage and probably been exposed to this this type of processing from early on, and through friends and other family members. Their mind set won’t allow them to think pass what they have learned. “Ideally parents anticipate misbehavior and guide their children towards patterns of behavior and internalized standards of morality that will help them lifelong. But parents can’t always anticipate ad prevent problems.” (Berger, p 296) My daughter was not raised in a conceited upbringing and does not discriminate and she also doesn’t like racism. I had to apologize for those girls and explain to my daughter that every boy isn’t like that. Her “besty buddie” is Caucasian, and I know why she felt uncomfortable.
One of the first social developments for children is with other children outside of their siblings. Children need to develop trust not only from parents, but from other people as well, not only other adults, but other children. What my daughter experienced did not have any influence on her and her friend, but think of the many children that may have took this as an insult, which could have injured them for life.

Racism is a global issue. “From the institutionalized racism especially in colonial times, when racial beliefs — even eugenics — were not considered something wrong, to recent times where the effects of neo-Nazism is still felt, Europe is a complex area with many cultures in a relatively small area of land that has seen many conflicts throughout history. (Many of these conflicts have had trade, resources and commercial rivalry at their core, but national identities have often added fuel to some of these conflicts.)” (Shah, 2010)

Reference

Berger, K. S., (2009) The developing person-through childhood. (5^th ed) Bronx Community College. Worth Publisher

Shah, A. (2010) Global issues-Social, political, economic, and environmental issues that affect us all. Retrieved from http://www.globalissues.org/article/165/racism

Wikipedia, (2011) The free encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism

My Colleague's

To all my fellow colleagues,

I’m blessed to have met you, from the very day first of class, and I want thank you, for the help along the way.

Now our first class has ended, this does not mean good bye, our journey has just begun; the limit is not the sky. And I couldn’t have done out without you, and I hope I have encouraged you too, to push that extra mile, and all those late nights too.

Terrance, Evelyn, Brandi, Cassandra and Jamila too, I’m blessed to have this opportunity to share my thought with you.

 Dr Dartt you have been great and I thank you for your time. You have all touched me in a pleasant kind of way, I hope your feeling are as mine.

You gave me hope and strength and many encouraging words, my knowledge and my passion grows stronger because of thing I’ve heard.

Thank for helping me along this journey way, and I will think of you often l and mention you when I pray,  

 Keep moving, and remember the purpose in which we strive for, as we push a little harder when there’s a closed door.  

 My hope is to see you all along my journey way, and I would like to personally meet you on commencement day.

I would like to personally, to thank each of you in person, for your thought  and encouragement.

You are my strength, my rock,  and my new foundation,  I hope we stay in touch,   I could not have made it without you, I appreciate  you all so much, I could never thank you enough.

These words I say comes from my heart, I will think of you every day, as I have done from the start.

So don’t forget the new girl who had the great big heart, in the field of childhood studies, we’ll make our children smart.

I hope this message stays with you as we go our way, and again I say to you, will meet on commencement day.

A great big, THANK YOU!

Examining Codes of Ethics

NAEYC

1. To be familiar with the knowledge base of early
childhood care and education and to stay informed
through continuing education and training.

2. To base program practices upon current knowledge

and research in the field of early childhood
education, child development, and related disciplines,
as well as on particular knowledge of each child.

3. To recognize and respect the unique qualities,
abilities, and potential of each child.

As a furture early childhood professional, this means that I need to continue my education on early childhood studies and to attend workshops and training seminars related to childcare and early childhood teaching. To educate a child take more tha books and chalk boards. It take a loving and caring individual with knowlwdge and training in the field of learn and teaching.

DEC

1. We shall demonstrate our respect and concern for children, families, colleagues, and others with

whom we work, honoring their beliefs, values, customs, languages, and culture.

2. We shall recognize our responsibility to improve the developmental outcomes of children and to provide services and supports in a fair and equitable manner to all families and children.

3. We shall advocate for equal access to high quality services and supports for all children and
families to enhance their quality of lives.

Placing and keeping principle before the personality.

Course Resource Section

Required ResourcesPart 3: Selected Early Childhood Organizations

• National Association for the Education of Young Children
  http://www.naeyc.org/
• The Division for Early Childhood
  http://www.dec-sped.org/
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
  http://www.zerotothree.org/
• WESTED
  http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm
• Harvard Education Letter
  http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85
• FPG Child Development Institute
  http://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm
• Administration for Children and Families Headstart’s National Research Conference
  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/
• HighScope
  http://www.highscope.org/
• Children’s Defense Fund
  http://www.childrensdefense.org/
• Center for Child Care Workforce
  http://www.ccw.org/
• Council for Exceptional Children
  http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
• Institute for Women’s Policy Research
  http://www.iwpr.org/index.cfm
• National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
  http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/
• National Child Care Association
  http://www.nccanet.org/
• National Institute for Early Education Research
  http://nieer.org/
• Pre[K]Now
  http://www.preknow.org/
• Voices for America’s Children
  http://www.voices.org/
• The Erikson Institute
  http://www.erikson.edu/
     

Part 4: Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library
Tip: Use the A-to-Z e-journal list to search for specific journal titles. (Go to “How Do I...?”, select “Tips for Specific Formats and Resources,” and then “e-journals” to find this search interface.)

• YC Young Children
• Childhood
• Journal of Child & Family Studies
• Child Study Journal
• Multicultural Education
• Early Childhood Education Journal
• Journal of Early Childhood Research
• International Journal of Early Childhood
• Early Childhood Research Quarterly
• Developmental Psychology
• Social Studies
• Maternal & Child Health Journal
• International Journal of Early Years Education

Other Resources

Welcome to  Earlychildhood Education.Com-Information, Produst, and ideaswww.earlychildhood.com

Early Childhood Development
pediatrics.about.com › Parenting Advice › Growth and Development

Earlychildhood and Parenting

home.avvanta.com/~building/lifelong/childhood/front_childhood.htm

• Video Program: “The Resources for Early Childhood”
  Five early childhood professionals discuss their preferred and trusted resources.

Note: Read the documents listed in Parts 1 and 2 in preparation for this week’s Discussion.

Part 1: Position Statements and Influential Practices

• NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/72033/CRS-CW-5804955/educ6005_readings/naeyc_dap_position_statement.pdf
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf
• NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf
• NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf
• NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf
• Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller
• FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap33.pdf
  
  Note: The following article can be found in the Walden University Library databases.
• Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al.  (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42–53.
  Use the Academic Search Complete database, and search using the article's title. 

Part 2: Global Support for Children’s Rights and Well-Being

• Article: UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf
   
• Websites:
  • World Forum Foundation
    http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us
    This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the video on this webpage 
  • World Organization for Early Childhood Education
    http://www.omep-usnc.org/
    Read about OMEP’s mission. 
  • Association for Childhood Education International
    http://acei.org/about/
    Click on “Mission/Vision” and “Guiding Principles and Beliefs” and read these statements.

Quotes from Early Chilcare Professionals

Quotes from famous childhood educators

“My passion now is still the same way it was”

“The passion to create a more safe and just world.”

Louise Derman-Sparks

Professor Emerius

Pacific Oaks College, CA

“My passion comes from the intrinsic motivation that I have for the work I do”

“I’m not here to save the world; I’m here just to make a difference”

Raymond Hernandez MS Ed

Executive Director

School of Early Childhood Education

University of Southern CA

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Lyndon B. Johnson- Remarks on Head start.

“The bread that is cast upon these waters will surely return many thousandfold”

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=26973#axzz1Zfqb5Jo2

Edward Zigler, Ph.D.

The Zigler Center’s over-arching mission is to improve the well-being of children and families by bringing objective child development research into policy and public arenas.

http://childstudycenter.yale.edu/zigler/people/edward_zigler.profile

Self motivation
"You were such a great help yesterday, you deserve a day off today”

More sites

http://medicine.yale.edu/childstudy/zigler/index.aspx

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/type/type_educator.html

http://reharvey.blogspot.com/2011/05/quotes-video-segments.html

http://barbaratate2.blogspot.com/2011/03/quote-of-louise-derman-sparks.html

http://www.quotegarden.com/children.html

The passion for early education. Foundation: Early childhood studies (DVD) Laureate Education (2010)

Sectors of early childhood. Foundations: early childhood studies. (DVD) Laureate Education, Inc. (2010).

Early Childhood Studies: Words of Inspiration and Motivation

Early Childhood Studies: Words of Inspiration and Motivation

Personal Childhood Web

Personal Childhood Web

     The first person that influenced my life was my mom. Her name is Lennie Pearl Turner. My mom always encouraged me as a child and even today to get an education so that I would be something and somebody when I grew up. Even today she encourages and supports me in everything I do. She tells often how proud I make her feel and she tells me every day that she loves me. As a child

This is me and my mom.

     The second person I would like to recognize that made me feel special was my dad. Kenneth Eugene Turner. My dad taught me to work on cars, fish, and how to dance. I love him so much. Although, he passed a few years ago, he had the opportunity to see me graduate from college. And I know he was proud of me. My mom use to tell me stories about when I was a baby and how tiny I was. My dad use to cook me oatmeal as a tiny infant. He said his baby girl was going to be alright. I weighed five pounds thirteen ounces when I was born prematurely. My dad was determined to put some weight on me. My mom told me about how he use to stay up with me at night because I was very ill as a newborn being born too soon. My dad cared for me and nurtured from the day I was born until the day he died. My dad use to put me on his shoes as a little girl and we would dance until I fell asleep. He would let me hold his tools while he worked on everybody’s car in the alley behind our house. I remember him taking me and my brothers and sister to the airport where he worked and let us play on the planes. My dad was the best dad a girl could have.

Me and my dad at my graduation from Davenport in 2006.

     I grew up with my two brothers and one sister. I feel we nurtured and cared for each other. Being the second child in the family I had the opportunity to be a big sister and a little sister. I had an older brother and a younger brother, one sister young that me. We had tons of fun and fights. My sister loved to wear my cloths, and my brothers taught me to be a tom boy. I felt we nurtured and care for each.

My oldest Brother, Kevin and Me

My younger brother Scott and me.

     I don’t remember a lot about the teachers I had as a child. This was too long ago. One childhood memory I have kept with me all my life is my first day of school. I got lost on the way home.

      I was suppose to wait for my brother after school and got nervous and left on my own. I wondered the neighborhood for hours and just could not remember my way home. I started asking people did they know where the house was next to a gas station. Every time someone gave me a direction I always went the wrong way. At five years old I really did not know how to follow directions. Finally after a few hours, (it could have been a few minutes), but at that age minutes seem like hours.  A mail man was walking by and I ask him the question that I asked many other people, “Sir, do you know where the house next to the gas station is?” He looked at me and said, “It right around that corner.” I’m sure he had seen me a many of times on that porch and that how he knew who I was and where I wanted to go.

     As I approached the corner I could see that there were police officers at my house. I ran up to the porch, up the stairs right into my mothers’ arms. I started crying, she started crying and I hugged her as tight as I could for as long as I could. The officers asked me a few questions, took a statement from my mom and they were on their way. I can say he was one of the people in my life that cared for me, he remembered me, although I don’t know his name. Today I know how special I was at a distance that he paid attention to me as a child even though I did not know him he knew me. The mail man cared for me that day and I made it home safely.

This is the story of my childhodd as much as I can remember. 

 
 This is my sister Stary and her husband Benny

A story about a child that touched my heart.

My story has not made the news, no it's not on face book. A little over three years ago, on October 2. That's 2008 for those who are trying to add it up. (lol) I was able to be in the delivery room when my grandson Adonis was coming into the world. I had been to the hospital earlier that evening awaiting his arrival and was told it would be a while. It seem like I had jsut gotten back into the bed and the phone rang. It was my son, "come on Ma, it time. I got there and I said "Oh my God" (that's to much information) to my future daughte-in-law. (My son and her are getting married next year) The crown of my grandson's head was showing (about the size of a quater). To make the story short. I had the opportunity to witness my grandson being born. The whole process, with my son cutting the cord. The doctor was so patient and generous. My grandson was a premature and we all know the risk of that. Today my grandson is three going on forty. This touched my heart like nothing else in the world could do up to this point. Seeing the birth on television is nothing like the real live birth. His birthday is coming and I am so grateful and blessed to have him in my life.

An image of a childs drawing

I chose this drawing because it is almost identical to one I have hanging on my fridg. My grandaughter drew it for me when she was seven. She is now eight and the picture is still where she put it. The only difference is that the little boy in this photo is a little girl in mine. My grandaughter said it was me, her, and my daughter. I wish I could have copied my scanned photo to show the comparism.

Favorite childrens book.

"My Very first Mother Goose" Iona Opie. The first US edition copywrite 1996.
I started buying books for my daughter before she was born, and this was one of the first. The book contains Nursery Rhymes and Childrens Poetry. Children learn rymes ans short stories before they learn to read. The alike sounding words help a child to remember. "1, 2 buckle  my shoe. 3, 4 shut the door."

Quote

"Children are only a loan to use from God, sooner or later we have to give them back"
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                            "author"
                                                                                                            unknown
A friend of mine said this to me at a time of trouble with one of my children many years ago. It has always stuck with me and I share it with parents when I hear they are having troubles with their children. It is now part of my voacbulary.

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