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“The ultimate measure of a person is not where s/he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where s/he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

-Mahatma Gandhi

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”

-R. Buckminster Fuller

“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.”

-William Blake

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world… indeed, it is the only thing that ever has!”

-Margaret Meade

“I had five upscale restaurants in the city. I only have two left.  They’re in Little Italy.  One of them is the largest in the city—21,000 square feet.  I’m about to close them at the end of the year.”

 

“Why?”

 

“Because I don’t feel cooked food is good for us.  Live raw food is what’s best for us.  I don’t believe in cooked food anymore.”

 

So said Sal Anthony as I was sampling one fo the best raw chocolate bars I’ve ever eaten in his new organic Raw Vegan Restaurant in Union Square, NYC. Read the rest of this entry »

“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I never see what has been done. I only see what remains to be done.”

-Buddha


“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in–forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Only you can give yourself permission to be happy. We grow up when we realize that no one else is going to tap us on the shoulder and say, ‘Now you have done enough so you can be happy.’ Take a deep breath and make the decision that you will connect with your own happiness for the next five minutes. At the end of this time, make the commitment for the next five minutes, and then the next. Know that your ability to be happy lies within you, only you, and is not dependent on your circumstances.”

-Judith Hanson Lasater

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Super-Mom Julia Badgley

My name’s Julia and I met Taylor a couple weeks ago when she bought a cupcake card through my etsy site, http://www.etsy.com/shop/CardsbyJeweleighaB . It’s pink and sparkly and at her request reads, “Have the best day ever!” As you all know, she’s chatty and friendly and I was intrigued to read her blog and marvel about how she keeps everything together with five kids and her career. Then SHE asked ME to be Supermom of the month. I’m a pretty good mom, but I think like most mothers, I struggle with guilt. Am I doing enough housework? (This is an area where I don’t want to overdo it!) Am I spending too much time crafting? (I justify it by saying that it’s for my sanity.) Are my boys getting enough quality time? I have to remind myself that the kids are happy and affectionate, as well as fairly clean (haha!) so I must be doing okay.

My two little boys are two and a half, and 11 months old. My husband and I were so enraptured by our easy-going firstborn, that we decided to have another one soon after, and it turns out that now he’s the easy baby while our two year old is a very busy boy; this has consequently turned me into a very busy mama who is outnumbered 3 to 1 in terms of gender. In a house of boys, it’s nice to be appreciated for my non-boyish qualities. The other day, Zach was admiring my skirt and said I was a ‘laly’ (lady). I felt pleased to be recognized as such, until he told me that was ‘funny’. That brought me down a notch or two. But really, trying to get used to a house of boys is something else. They roughhouse, throw balls at the wall, and seem to revel in inappropriate noises. And I need to get used to it because they are not me. Right?

As a mom I’ve really been trying to focus on enjoying the moments with my boys. It’s easy to get caught up in what needs to be done around the house, or the craft I want to do next, but I’ve been trying to stay present and enjoy the simple things- Zach taking my hand as we walk through the mall, Patrick’s big grin and love of music, Zach asking to read his Jesus book, and their dependence on me. These are the things that matter in the long run.