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The other day I was watching a motivational speaker talking about peace in your life and how to get more of it. She said something that resonated with me which was to take a moment to think about the people in your life who are stealing your peace. Perhaps it’s a boss, or spouse, or even a friend. The obvious solution is to spend as little time with that person as possible to bring more peace into your life. Today on this absolutely gorgeous September day, I thought about these two bits of information that have made their way into my life…love and peace. I thought about how we all crave these in our lives, but yet we sometimes surround ourselves with just the opposite. Oddly, I’ve been reading many Facebook posts about people cleaning and clearing out their homes and how good it feels to rid themselves of unneeded objects. They felt so much better about their spaces and themselves too. I wondered if perhaps we also might need to do some clearing out of the people in our lives who are preventing us from being our best selves. Easy? No. But I guess it all depends upon how badly we want peace and love in our lives. There are many people I’ve known throughout my life that are no longer a part of it. I had been sad about their moving on until I realized that they were in my life for a reason; perhaps a lesson had to be learned or I had to give them something, and we both fulfilled our purpose. For some it was an easy letting go, but for others, a bit harder. Either way, the people in my life now are those whom I cherish and love. They support me and continually surprise me with their kindness, laughter, and caring. And I am grateful. Because of them, I no longer miss those who have moved on, especially those who were stealing my peace and not helping me to become the best person I can be. So when I read the following passage from “The Power” today, I realized even more how blessed I am to have these wonderful people in my life. But it also reminded me of those who are no longer in my life and why in some cases, I had to let them go. “Don’t listen if someone says you are less than anyone else. Don’t listen if someone says you are limited in any way. Don’t listen if someone says you can’t do what you love to do and earn a living from it. Don’t listen if someone says you are not as valuable and worthy as the greatest human beings who’ve lived. Don’t listen if someone says you are not good enough now and you have to prove yourself in life. Don’t listen if someone says you can’t have what you love or do what you love or be what you love.” Rhonda Byrne, "The Power" If you have people in your life who tell you things like this, I hope you will decide today that these are not the people you need and begin to take the steps to find those who believe in you, love you, and contribute to the peace in your life. Blessings to you always.
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Goodbye to the first case of poison ivy I have ever had in my life. Goodbye to the non-stop bee nests I had to spray with God-knows-what type of pesticide so they wouldn’t invade my house and send my children screeching with fear. Goodbye to the little deer who ate every one of my hosta plants while staring at me and laughing. Goodbye to the annoying, (but VERY cute) family of raccoons who decided to build a house under my deck and ate all the Froot Loops, while evading the trap (also laughing at me.) Goodbye to the extremely annoying, (but VERY cute) birds who chose to poop on my car nearly every day (who also laughed at me while I stood there hosing off my car every morning). Goodbye to the nearly-daily tornado warnings in a state that is way too populated to have tornado warnings. Goodbye to the 100 degree per day heat wave we had in July for like the entire month. (Also saying goodbye to my continuously running air conditioner.) Goodbye to my once beautiful pink and white impatiens that I planted in full sun during those heat waves that shriveled up and choked for cooler weather and water. (I’ve made my peace with them already, and I hope they have forgiven me.) Goodbye to the summer reading lists I had to remind my children about every day. Goodbye to my corporate severance checks and all the security that came along with them. (There are no more words.) And last but not least, goodbye to the beautiful, warm, sunny, colorful, lazy days of probably one of the best summers of my life that I will treasure forever. Goodbye Summer 2010. Recently I took my children to see “The Karate Kid” movie. I had very low expectations since I saw the original with Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio. To my utter surprise, I thought this version was so much better. And Jaden Smith has a long acting career ahead of him.
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My lawn and landscaping are the envy of the neighborhood. Yes, I said it. I don’t boast about myself very often, but this is well-deserved.
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Here I am again talking about my favorite show, American Idol. As many of you are aware, my pick, Siobhan Magnus, was voted off a few weeks ago. At the time of this writing, the top three have been identified: Casey, Crystal, and Lee.
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Several weeks ago, as I was watching American Idol (I admit it - I'm a huge fan), I was completely blown away by a performance by one of the female contestants, Siobhan Magnus. She sang Aretha Franklin's "Think". I've heard other contestants sing this song in the past - some better than others, but Siobhan? I have to tell you that I watched her performance and the critique afterwards at least a dozen times or more.
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Recently, in my Working Mother blog, I talked about how wonderful it was baking bread with my father. And previously, in my own blog, I wrote about taking my childhood desk back from my son. Coincidentally, I also just saw a sneak peak of the new Lisa Kudrow reality series about celebrities looking at their genealogy to determine their roots. It was interesting to see how their past influenced their present circumstances.
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Where it all beganWritten by Jennifer CovelloIn my last posting, I spoke about my son’s room being transformed into a teenage ‘man cave’. One of the tasks of this transition was to remove his desk. He didn’t use it for homework and it was only taking up space. Plus, it wasn’t really his desk. It was mine from when I was a child. I had it moved from Long Island several years ago because it is one of the few pieces of furniture from my childhood that truly meant something to me.
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And for the first time in my Idol watching history, I am not excited about any of them. I wanted Siobhan to be up there and somehow, the remaining contestants just don’t seem like American Idols.
My son approached me a few weeks ago about making some changes in his room. He wanted to replace his bedding and his WWE (wrestling) posters and other paraphernalia because he felt he was “getting too old.”
Sounds so formal, doesn’t it? Well, I promise this blog will be anything but that. I’m excited to begin this new way of communicating to you and I look forward to your comments and feedback. As with all beginnings, I thought I’d start with my own beginning, well, Frittabello’s beginning anyway. (Mine started way too long ago and there are space limits!)
