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Sarah Palin Up Close

My mother-in-law and I attended a McCain-Palin rally in Fairfax Virginia earlier this week and it was a blast! There were tens of thousands of people there and the collective enthusiasm was breathtaking. People are really excited about this new mom on the block, Sarah.

For some reason the media that was so thrilled to report that 200,000 Germans attended an Obama rally in Berlin Germany haven’t ventured to give us an estimate of how many people were at this rally in Fairfax Virginia. One thing for sure is that there were far more Americans at this rally then there were at the Obama rally in Berlin!

I apologize for the sarcasm but I’ve had it with the flagrant hypocrisy evident in the media. It’s not new, but it’s out of control now and I think threatening to polarize our country to the point where our democracy can not function at all. Lord knows it’s already nearly impossible to get things done in Washington DC as it is now. Sadly, I’m doubtful any President and Vice President can make much of a difference as long as Congress is at war for control.

The abusiveness with which many in the media have attacked Sarah Palin infuriates me. Not because I’m a working career woman, because I am not. Not because I’m a feminist, because I am not. But because it’s just not right. The media has viciously attacked conservative after conservative for years and mostly people look the other way and let the abuse occur. But this time it’s a mom they’re attacking that just happens to have a baby with Downs. Bingo. A mom with a Downs child, that I am.

Mom Palin Chosen as Vice Presidential Running Mate

I’m not one to vote for a candidate simply because they’re a certain gender, color, or party member, but as a mom with a 19 year old son with Downs I’m finding it impossible to not absolutely love Governor Sarah Palin and respect Senator McCain for having the courage to choose her as his running mate.  Not so much because she’s “inexperienced” and almost completely “unknown”, but because he was willing to join teams with a family that has a special needs child.

19 years of raising a child with Downs has taught me that people, good people even, avoid being around or involved with families that have a special needs child, especially if the child is obviously a special needs child as opposed to an autistic child, for example. Clearly having a child with Downs in the Vice President’s mansion crossed McCain’s and his advisers minds. Clearly they’re OK with that and I’m grateful for it.

Granted I don’t know Mom Sarah Palin very well yet, but the little bit I’ve heard makes me want to have her and her family as neighbors here in the DC area. Hopefully she’ll have us over for some of her favorite dish, Moose Stew! Or perhaps she’ll come over to our place to do some fishing in our pond. One thing is for sure…, she will not let stubborn old lawmakers get in the way of rooting out corruption wherever she finds it when she’s in town! Something tells me she’s going to do great things for America and if not this election, then the next.

Dara Torres!

What a mom! Dara Torres has inspired parents all over the world to rethink what they can accomplish in their lives. I assume you’re aware of who I’m referring to here, but if not here’s the Dara Torres Wiki.

When she took the silver medal in the 50 meter freestyle swim last night I couldn’t help but think that her being #2 had something to do with her having a 2 year old girl, Tessa. Yes, it was painful to see her miss the gold medal by 1/100th of a second, but my gosh… 41 years old and accomplishing what she has is mind-blowing. Would she feel better if she had lost by 3 seconds? Oh wait… she wouldn’t have even medaled if she was 3 seconds slower.

The quote below is the first paragraph of a message she has on her Website for her many fans:

“I have been blessed with amazing people surrounding me. From my family, to my coaches, training partners, stretching, strength and conditioning people and mostly my daughter Tessa. It is Tessa who I am doing this for. To show her when she is a little older that life has no boundaries if you commit to your dreams and never stop believing in yourself. Although Tessa is only 2, I feel inspired by knowing she is watching me and looking at me for guidance and direction. I can’t go a minute and not think of the positive and powerful lessons I am sharing with her.

For the rest of her message and to learn more about this amazing woman visit her Website: Dara Torres, and watch the videos below.

ABC’s Person of the Week:

41 Year Old Makes Olympic History

She has done a great service for all moms and certainly for all of us who are 40-something! We’re NOT old after all!

Mom Has 18th Child

Yes, 18. Eighteen kids. Yes, they’re all her and her husband’s children.

The Canadian couple immigrated to Canada from Romania in 1990 and appear to be dead set on populating the sparsely populated areas in the “Northern tundra”.

Their oldest child is 23 years old and not surprisingly wasn’t at home for the taking of this photograph. Their newest child, Abagail, is the 10th girl and she has 8 brothers.

What an amazingly large family. If a picture can tell a story it would appear they’re just like any other average family of 20!

Mommy Mystic

The newest listing in our Web directory for moms is a blog titled “Mommy Mystic“. Lisa, the author of Mommy Mystic, describes herself in this way:

I am a mom, teacher, and writer - mostly in that order, but it shifts from day to day. Raised Christian but drawn to Buddhism and yoga in college, I studied both seriously for many years, and have meditated daily since that time. I now teach meditation and spirituality within a non-denominational, or as I prefer to call it, ‘cross-denominational’, context. I believe that the mystic branches of every world religion - the branches that emphasize personal spiritual experience and our individual relationship to the divine - are each unique paths to the same universal truths and understanding.

And from what I saw the reviews and posts on her blog are as interesting how she describes herself. Here’s a snippet from my favorite post of the few I looked over:

If You Think You’re Enlightened, Have Kids

July 12, 2008
Spiritual teacher Ram Dass reportedly once said, ‘If you think you’re enlightened, spend a weekend with your parents.’ I would like to modify that to ‘have kids.’ Of course, having kids is a much bigger time commitment than spending a weekend with your parents. Instead, you get YEARS of weekends in which birthday parties, G-rated movies, and Chuckie Cheese’s qualify as high excitement. But that isn’t really what makes having kids such a spiritual reality check. The value is that you have a built in test of your ego and self-awareness on every front.

cont.

To read the rest and to check out Lisa’s blog click here to visit: Mommy Mystic.

Baby Names are Evolving

Baby names are evolving at an increasing rate according to comparisons with favorite baby names from years past. It seems more parents are willing and even eager to give their children names that are unique to them. Although Michael, Mary, John, Linda, David, Kathy and the like are still hugely popular you’ll only see one of them, Michael, on the 2007 list below.

Here’s a list of the most popular baby names from 1950:

Boys name / Girls name

1. James / Linda
2. Robert / Mary
3. John / Patricia
4. Michael / Barbara
5. David / Susan
6. William / Nancy
7. Richard / Deborah
8. Thomas / Sandra
9. Charles / Carol
10. Gary / Kathleen

Here’s the list of most popular baby names from 2007:

1. Jacob / Emily
2. Michael / Isabella
3. Ethan / Emma
4. Joshua / Ava
5. Daniel / Madison
6. Christopher / Sophia
7. Anthony / Olivia
8. William / Abigail
9. Matthew / Hannah
10. Andrew / Elizabeth

Choosing a name is one of the more interesting tasks parents have to perform and we all handle it in our own way. Some people dwell on it for months or even years in advance of giving birth and others wait until the baby is in their arms. Neither method is better or worse then the other and most people we’ve met are OK with their given names so no harm, no foul.

Our children’s names are: Brian, Kevin, Dustin, and Colin. The dog is Pooch and the cat is Moon. Maybe not the most unique names out there, but the kids sure are and that’s the important thing, not a name.

Live Science has an interesting article on baby names worth checking out at: Baby Names.

Site for the Science-Minded Mom

Gwen Dewar’s motherhood style and methods incorporates what she learned during her education at UC Berkeley, and her subsequent Ph.D. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where she was trained in anthropology, behavioral ecology, primatology, and evolutionary and comparative psychology.

Her research has focused on the evolutionary origins of intelligence, social learning, and teaching. These interests led her to study cognitive development (in human children and in nonhuman primates) and the evolution of parenting. Clearly there is a vast amount of information gathered over time that can be helpful to us in understanding motherhood and parenting. When Gwen found there were too few resources available for parents that included evidence-based research she decided to start her site, Parenting Science.

Her site includes information on attachment parenting, stress, potty training, preschool social skills development and other interesting and useful research. Whether you’re a science-minded parent or you’ve avoided “science” ever since high school, you’ll learn more about parenting with a quick visit to Gwen’s site so we recommend a visit.

Happy parenting.

Happy Mothers Day

Find out what Wikipedia has to say about Mothers Day and its history. What is Mothers Day

Not Too Late to Send Easter Cards

If you want to surprise someone with a nice Easter card it’s not too late. Just click on over to Cross Cards and choose from among hundreds of religious cards and send them via email. We received one yesterday from family and it touched us.

Cross Cards

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