Re: OT:now independence/Girl Scouts

> Hope your sister's foot heals swiftly indeed.
Niece?
Have a fun holiday!
Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pamela J. Evans" <gardenqueen@gbronline.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 11:02 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] OT:now independence/Girl Scouts


> Oh MY!! You will be busy my dear. But it will be nice to see your
> family! Hope your sister's foot heals swiftly indeed. Have a good trip.
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Theresa" <tchessie@comcast.net>
> Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date:  Thu, 27 Nov 2003 07:55:59 -0800
>
> >I thought of that too, but in reality I'm going to have my hands full,
what
> >with caring for a very bright busy 4 year old, and a two year old (who is
> >the reincarnation of my sister and myself) who broke her foot last week
and
> >is in a walking cast.  I'm sure I'll have great fun, but will need to
catch
> >up on sleep when I get home!
> >
> >Theresa
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
> >Behalf Of Pamela J. Evans
> >Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 6:17 PM
> >To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >Subject: RE: [CHAT] OT:now independence/Girl Scouts
> >
> >
> >I wish Austin was closer - would love to get together!!
> >
> >---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> >From: "Theresa" <tchessie@comcast.net>
> >Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >Date:  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 07:12:59 -0800
> >
> >>Oh yeah- my mom knows.. : ).  In fact I'll be down in TX next week to
take
> >>care of my nieces and see my mom.
> >>
> >>Theresa
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
> >>Behalf Of Melody
> >>Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 2:24 AM
> >>To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>Subject: RE: [CHAT] OT:now independence/Girl Scouts
> >>
> >>
> >>Theresa: Wow! Isn't it amazing the power that people have to influence
> >>the lives of others...for good or bad...just by the way they go about
> >>living their own lives? I think that if more people were aware of the
> >>lessons that kids eventually take away from childhood, especially the
> >>subconscious ones, they might be more respectful of the example they are
> >>setting for those little ones. This is where professional athletes who
> >>do drugs and get into trouble with the law and then obnoxiously announce
> >>the fact that they never set out to be anyone's role model really,
> >>really get it wrong!
> >>
> >>
> >>I sure hope you've told all this to your mom...sounds like she certainly
> >>deserves to hear it!
> >>
> >>
> >>Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
> >>
> >>"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
> >>--Albert Einstein
> >>
> >> --- On Tue 11/25, Theresa < tchessie@comcast.net > wrote:
> >>From: Theresa [mailto: tchessie@comcast.net]
> >>To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 10:19:34 -0800
> >>Subject: RE: [CHAT] OT:now independence/Girl Scouts
> >>
> >>Funny you should mention that- I was a girl scout (and still am a
> >>life<br>member) thoughout school even through high school. I went to
> >>National<br>Center West, the annual conventions at the state and
> >>national level, camped<br>a ton, met lots of wonderful people, and still
> >>have both a vest and sash<br>covered with badges. My mom was a leader
> >>part of the time, and regardless<br>of that I still would have gotten my
> >>sense of self-reliance from her. She<br>did anything that needed to be
> >>done inside or outside the house, fixed<br>things, worked hard, even
> >>taught us how to fish and enjoyed all of it. I am<br>eternally grateful
> >>to her for living like she did and showing us what we<br>could do. Oh
> >>course as a kid I had no idea this is what she was doing, we<br>we just
> >>living and growing up. She still is happiest outside in the yard,<br>and
> >>cares for her own small yard, and then goes over to my younger
> >>sister's<br>house and cleans up her garden beds too (my sister doesn't
> >>do much in them<br>on purpose becuase she knows my mom likes to do it).
> >>So, yeah for being<br>self-sufficient. My mom is now 71. When she was in
> >>high school she applied<br>and won a nursing school scholarship- moved
> >>herself to Washington DC from<br>Florida just as she turned 17, and has
> >>been making her own path ever since.<br>Thank god my mom is a brave and
> >>persistant woman, who knows what I'd be like<br>otherwise- she came from
> >>a family who was poorly educated, lived in a small<br>southern town that
> >>embraced segragation and prejudice of all kinds, and her<br>mother spent
> >>most of her time waiting for my grandfather to come home from<br>work,
> >>going to the hairdresser and reading trashy novels. I have no
> >>idea<br>how my mom managed to escape all of the above- my only guess is
> >>that the<br>little time she spent with her great grandmother (who was a
> >>tiny woman, yet<br>totally independent and running a farm) really must
> >>have had a huge impact.<br><br>Ok- I'm done
> >>now.<br><br>Theresa<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From:
> >>owner-gardenchat@hort.ne
> >>
> >>t [o*@hort.net]On<br>Behalf Of Melody<br>Sent:
> >>Tuesday, November 25, 2003 2:50 AM<br>To:
> >>gardenchat@hort.net<br>Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw away society now
> >>independence<br><br><br>This is one of my biggest reasons for being
> >>involved with Girl Scouts as<br>both a leader and a parent...it's
> >>important to me that my girls and<br>their friends who choose to be
> >>involved in Girl Scouts learn early that<br>the road to self esteem lies
> >>in their ability to do for themselves...as<br>a troop leader I find
> >>enjoyment in watching the girls learning to be<br>self sufficient and
> >>capable in many arenas that will serve them well
> >>as<br>adults.<br><br><br><br>Melody, IA (Z 5/4)<br><br>"The most
> >>beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."<br>--Albert
> >>Einstein<br><br> --- On Fri 11/21, Theresa < tchessie@comcast.net >
> >>wrote:<br>From: Theresa [mailto: tchessie@comcast.net]<br>To:
> >>gardenchat@hort.net<br>Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:15:03 -0800<br>Subject:
> >>RE: [CHAT] throw away society<br><br>I'll second that! I am delighted
> >>that I can replace a kitchen faucet,<br>haul<br>shrubs out of the
> >>ground, and still occassionally catch guys<br>watching me<br>walk across
> >>the grocery store parking lot when I'm in a<br>pair of heels.<br>Thank
> >>god my husband is also an independent thinking<br>person- and not in
> >>the<br>least threatened by my tendency to do what<br>ever comes to mind.
> >>(Although he<br>did fuss at me when I nearly got<br>crushed underneath
> >>the yard waste barrel<br>becuase I had put about 400<br>lbs of stuff in
> >>it and then tried to move it all<br>by myself :) It<br>cracks me up when
> >>my male neighbor across the street wants<br>to know<br>where my husband
> >>is when I'm out working in the yard and garden-<br>It<br>is my project,
> >>not my husbands! It worries my thought when his 11<br>year
> >>old<br>daughter doesn't understand this- maybe eventually a little<br>of
> >>my influence<br>will rub off
> >>on<br>her.<br><br>Theresa<br><br>-----Original
> >>Message-----<br>From:<br>owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> >>[o*@hort.net]
> >>
> >>On
> >><br>Behalf<br>Of Pamela J. Evans<br>Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 6:10
> >>PM<br>To:<br>gardenchat@hort.net<br>Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw
> >>away<br>society<br><br><br>Amen to that Donna. My mother once said to
> >>me, not<br>too many years ago,<br>that she wondered if she raised us to
> >>be too<br>independent! I told her -<br>absolutely not. Can't be too
> >>independent.<br>That would like being too into<br>gardening -
> >>can't<br>happen!!<br><br><br>LOL<br><br>---------- Original
> >>Message<br>----------------------------------<br>From: "Donna
> >>"<br><justme@prairieinet.net><br>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>Date:
> >>Fri,<br>21 Nov 2003 19:46:43 -0600<br><br>>I think this was the most
> >>important<br>thing you can do for your child...<br>> No matter what life
> >>throws at<br>them, they will be able to handle it...<br>>whether we
> >>approve or<br>not...<br>><br>>Donna<br>><br>><br>>> I became a
> >>very<br>>> independent<br>person, and raised my sons to be individuals.
> >>They<br>>haven't<br>>><br>always<br>>> turned out the way I expected,
> >>but they are all very much<br>independent<br>>>
> >>individuals.<br>>><br>>><br><br>Thanks for your
>
>>concern.<br>Auralie<br>><br>>---------------------------------------------
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