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My Mental Health Week
2. April 2010 by admin.
So I have been incognito on the blogosphere for a while. I’ve been pretty anxious lately as I’m nearing my due date for our first child on April 24th. This week, I took a “mental health” week where I didn’t follow any type of schedule so I could sort out the questions swirling around my brain. Questions like:
*What will motherhood be like?
* Will a new addition to the family put a strain on my marriage?
*How do I ensure our child gets all he needs for his development (physical, spiritual, etc.)?
Thankfully, husband and I started going through a book called “Becoming Babywise” which I feel God led me to read in preparation for this new season. It’s answering a lot of questions and putting things in perspective for me.
During my mental health week, I’ve done many things: moped around the house, decluttered, napped, organized the baby’s room, started to freezer cook meals for those first few weeks after delivery, and set up the portable crib. I didn’t focus on any writing and skipped the gym all week. (I may go to the gym or for a walk this weekend.)
Today, I feel calmer and more focused. I’m learning not to overwhelm myself. By breaking up bigger tasks into tiny ones, I’ll get more accomplished. I’m also learning the value of rest.
Till next time.
-Preslaysa
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Physical Death
22. January 2010 by admin.
I recently attended a funeral of a very good friend. Last May, our friend was standing on a stool in my kitchen helping me fix a light bulb. Last Christmas, I visited him in the hospital while he was in a coma. Last weekend, I watched as they lowered his casket into the ground and shoveled dirt in his burial space.
The entire experience was surreal for me. I was especially affected by this because I am now six months pregnant with a new life. I watched one life end and I am experiencing another life begin. Life is too short to waste on pettiness: petty activities, petty conversations, petty jobs, and petty relationships.
My friend was fifty nine years old when he died. Now is the time to live. We should begin with the end in mind.
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Akeelah and the Bee
15. January 2010 by admin.
One of my favorite movies is ‘Akeelah and the Bee.’ It’s about a young girl from inner city Los Angeles who wins a National Spelling Bee competition. Here is a great quote from the movie. Akeelah’s mentor (played by Lawrence Fishburne) tells her to read it when they first meet to train for the bee:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask outselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you NOT to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other opeople won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
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