Princess of Quite-a-Lot

I have this on-going battle with my youngest daughter, Madison, who will turn 11 next month, about whether or not she needs a cell phone. We seem to have this discussion an awful lot and unfortunately for her, she has not won yet. My DH (darling husband) and I agree that she is far too young, eventhough she says that ALL her friends have one. We agreed that she would not get one before she is 12 and more active in extra curricular activies and that it would probably be a certain amount of minutes/texts per month. She says it's just not fair that she is the ONLY one that has to wait. We all know this is not true, but in an 11 year old's world this is a devastating revelation.

In our discussions she has also complained (again) that ALL of her friends are on Facebook and she isn't. And she's not going to be for a while. What 11 year old needs to be on a social networking site??? Enough said.

I try remind her of all of the things that she does have that most of her friends don't. Such as a TV, dvd player and stereo in her room. Not to mention that full sized bed that she got for Christmas this year to replace the squeaky twin bed that she has slept in since she was two. She also has a karaoke machine, wii with rock band, nintendo ds, ipod, a laptop computer at her disposal when homework and chores are done and various other high tech toys that none of her friends have.

In my estimation she is a "Princess of Quite a Lot". A lot of advantages, both material and otherwise, that most kids her age don't have. So to commerate these discussions I scrapped a page just for her. Maybe this will remind her that having a loving family, good friends, a warm home and of course, the toys, is so much more important than the one thing (the cell phone) that she thinks she just can't live without. We'll see if it works. At least until the next friend comes to school with a new phone.

The Poem reads:

She doesn't have a cell phone yet,
on facebook she is not,
but if she looks around this place,
she'll see she's got "Quite-a-Lot".

Scrapbook Kit "Princess of Quite a Lot" purchased from Designs by Jen Yurko, Inspiration Lane Digital Scrapbooking

This is my day.

God has given me this day to do with as I wish. To use as I see fit. I can spend it in worry, anxiousness, guilt, fear and denial or I can use it responsibly. I can put off the things on my to-do list or I can tackle each item with spirit and anticipation of good things to come.

I seem to spend a lot of time second guessing myself and in fear. What if this or what if that. Each day I remind myself of how lucky I am to have the life that I have and for the people that I have in my life, but by the end of the day I have slipped back into the self doubt mode. Anxiety and depression are tiring. It is monotonous. And it is a waste of time!

Today I will not hide, I will not second guess. I'm going to put my big girl britches on and tackle my to-do list and enjoy checking off each of those things that I have succeeded in! Praise the Lord, Amen and Halleluia.