Life is Wonderful

I hope that you have a wonderful day. This morning I received a beautiful postcard from Phong Canh Viet Nam - the picture is of Big Egg Hill! The sender sent me this card with a beautiful opening of dreaming. I need to admit here, that I had quit dreaming. But no more. Faith teaches us that we not only need to dream, but dreaming brings about the hopes without ever having been. Glory. I am thankful to God this morning, because yet, I am going to dream!

And to the writer of the card, I wish a beautiful day.

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With our hope for the future, President Elect Obama, I think that all should be right with the world...Right?, but that's just not possible while the cost of gasoline is bleeding our income dry. We would have had money for travel, but who wants to get on the road with the gas prices like they are. It's costing 3/4 of a hundred dollars for a tank of gas, and just to get back and forth to work, that means that we have to fill up every week... $75.00 a week, just to get to work, some people pay even more than me. I am afraid that inward we are all feeling stretched. Like a rubberband that is stretching and getting old, where there are small hairline tares in the band. It has a limited amount of time before it breaks, and who knows what that point is... but there've been some horrible things happen when people are pushed and stressed and don't have a way out.

I don't know what will happen when the weather gets hotter, and the deep summer is upon us. But, my hope to continue working this little part time job seems to be working out.

My baby grand daughter, Amani, will soon have her ears pierced. She's smiling like crazy! She's a happy baby.

My relationship with my God is getting stronger every day. The more I lean on him, the less I feel the stress of what's going on. As long as I pay my mortgage, get to work, and spend time with my family I think all is right with my life. Of course, there's a lot more to it than that, but that's the part that's getting better.

Having been out of the work force for more than five years, I am just happy to be able to work part time. Things really are looking up around the house.

As far as having to maintain my pain, I do... and that means that I don't get to sit down and use my computer as much as I use to, so when I am here, I have to make the best of it.

Word for the day...
Phillipians 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me.

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What a World

What type of legacy are we going to leave our Grand Children? What type of world are we leaving for our children? If your children are young and impressionable now, good. Because that's the one place where parents still have something to say about what they live... but if you have teens, I feel for you.

My children were teenagers during the time when gang violence was issue. My own son became involved, and as a result got a GED instead of a graduating from high school. #1, In the 7th grade, he was the one kid in the class that was bold enough to write "B___H" on a T-Shirt that the kids were presenting to the teacher. That caused him to get kicked out of school on the last day. But did I chastise him. Sure, I whooped him, but did it stop him from what he was doing? No. We were in church, and I had ministers counseling him, I took him to see a psychiatrist, I grounded him for days on end, but his behavior didn't stop until he went into a California Boys Ranch for stealing a car. Those were some very rough days. What could I have done different?

Last week, I heard in the news, that a man was ordered to either paddle his child, (a girl) or pay a $500.00 fine. What? Whoopin my sons behind didn't stop him from his behavior. And believe me, for two years, we sat around the dining room table counseling him, day in and day out... it didn't stop him from doing what he was doing.

Then one day as my Sister-In-Law was on her way to my mother's house, she drove up on a group of boys just whooping my son. I met them at the hospital, he chipped his front tooth that day... He was angry and to be really honest. I didn't know this boy. This wasn't the same boy that I played with when he was five or six years old. When he was still innocent. It makes me cry to remember our first years together... then to see what we had become. And I was raised old school. I tried to implement that same discipline on my own children, but I am here to tell you, they didn't work.

Now my son is nearly 30, and he can be found at the gray-bar. I cry about that, and I sometimes feel very inadequate at parenting, and won't give anyone advice about what to do during the parenting teenage years. Because all the ways that I believed would work, didn't. My son and I hated each other, and if you think that didn't effect my relationship with my other two children you're wrong, it did.

I said all that to say, that was then, and now, I see grown up school administrators fighting with students (that could have been my own son), but that's just one of the issues that is very wrong in this nation. Is John McCain going to be able to understand young parents? Or has he gone past that? Is John McCain going to be able to review the prison systems and how their being so overcrowded that they don't have the resources to take care of their basic needs? Is John McCain going to be able to address issues of Medical Care, or does he even care, since he's more about keeping things as status quo of what President Bush has left them. And what's the point of a free election if people who are democratic would vote in a status quo over a man who presents change, no matter how young he is. Bobby Kennedy was a young man, that didn't stop people from coming together to support him. John F Kennedy was a young man, and that didn't stop people from coming together to support him. Thank God that we have yet another opportunity to have a man who is obviously gifted to lay a hand at changing things. I hope that when the time comes to cast ballots, people will allow their hopes to guide them, and make the decision for change. Barrach Obama, We can Change.

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After having spent the past 25 years in pain with fibromyalgia, surgery for bone spurs in my neck, and finally a fusion in my L4-5 twice, I am so happy to say that, there is life after Social Security Disability Disqualification. It's by no means, going to make me wealthy, but it gives me back my dignity. Not only that, the few dollars that I make every day gives me such a satisfaction of "job well done", I just cannot tell you what it does for me altogether. But know this; I am happy.

After having spent the past 8 months online looking for "making money from home", and not getting anything but losing money on one scheme after another, I finally can start paying off those large credit cards that have been trying to pay for a way to actually make money.

Now I know that there must be a way to make money online, but for sure, If I don't come up with it, I don't expect anyone else to come up with it for me.

In the meantime, I am taking control of my own destiny by getting out of the house, and working for somebody else. And I feel good about it.

My grand daughters seem to be doing ok. At least when I see them on the weekend. I don't get to see them as often now that I am working, and I do sort of miss that. This last weekend when I saw Faith and Amani, they both looked different. Like they grew while I was a work... par for the course, eh?

And now, the biggest relief, Barrack Obama won the democratic nomination!!!! HALLELUIA!!! His speech was so good. He has to be the best speaker that I have heard since Martin Luther King. And Barrack's words just resonate within me about changing this country. I had so much respect for him giving Hillary Rodham Clinton credit for her race, and her role in changing the face of healthcare for children. He gave John McCain credit for his Service and his role in running the race for president. But even better than all that, Barrack nailed his speech, when he said that "We are all Americans, first!" I cried. I mean, he just touches my soul and I cannot understand why there are those who say that since Hilary didn't win, they will vote for McCain. Are they crazy? Are they enjoying the state of this nation? Obviously, they must be racist. Because, I believe that since Barrack never brought up race, his total demeanor is not on race, but rather on change for everyone. I feel priviledged to have been able to hear his speech 1st run! Hurray for democrats!

Well, I better get up, gotta get to work, oh, I just remembered, Hillary should not be given the opportunity for the second seat... Vice president is not a consolation prize. That's all I got to say about that! GO BARRACK!

PASSIONATE!

The other day when I posted those thoughts on Customer Service Representatives, I felt truly passionate. I mean, I spent my days on a job, doing my best to help the customer, an advocate for the customer, and then I see an article where they just give you a bad name? No it was not like that. When I work for said company, it was the customer who mistreat Customer Service Reps! And I stand by what I say!

Anyway, Last week, was the baby shower for Tessa. Unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to post the pictures, but I'll just say, pictures to come soon.

On Mother's day, we had a beautiful day. And then Amani, my newest grand daughter sat for her first picture sitting.

I am going to have to include more of the pictures of Amani and Tessa, as she's getting so big, like about to POP!!!

Of course, I have the best of Grandmother days, since my daughter is taking care of her older daughter, I finally have the opportunity to just be grandmother!!! What a blessing. I never knew that quiet was so precious. I never thought that I would have the opportunity to think... just sit and have thoughts.

I can now take a shower, and no little person is busting through the door! I can close the doors to keep one room cool, and they stay closed!!! And most important, I can watch programs that have adult material! WOW:)

Customer Service Nightmares

Good Morning,

This morning, I am shining and beaming. What in the world has happened in Customer Service? Why can't people be nice to people over the phone? Weren't they taught phone etiquette?

I am a former employee of the company that ranks ______, I won't say on the list of ten. And I admit, that I am not shocked. The list, according to MSN Money Magazine...

AOL.
Comcast.
Sprint Nextel.
Abercrombie & Fitch's.
Qwest.
Capital One.
Bank of America.
Time Warner.
HSBC Finance.
Cox Communications.

This list of Customer Service Nightmares doesn't surprise me; but let me tell you what I know from having been employed with said... People call up screaming and yelling like you killed their dog. I mean, don't they know the golden rule of honey versus venum? Then when you explain to them what they already knew, because I assure you, when you don't pay your bill, you will hear about it... whether it's phone service or money issues, you will have to pay the toll to continue to receive service. And they are yelling at you like they haven't done anything wrong. So when the customer service representative receives this type of customer, 1st, just let me say that the company I worked for would not allow me to hang up on the customer that just cussed me six way from sunday. I had to stay on the line and allow that customer to rant as long as they want. Then in a calm and knowledgeable voice, I'd pull up their account information and of course, there'd be a discrimination, but usually, I'd say; 8 times out of 10, the customer would be wrong. They exceeded something, or they didn't pay.

Now, I am only standing in defense of these companies because I know that it isn't the customer service representatives that have been ill meaning or out of line. It's the customers. Mind you, there are those customer service representatives that don't follow the rules, and believe me when I say, they are weeded out immediately. They do screen those calls, and when the customer service representative behaves badly, they are terminated without question. But for the most part, the customer service representatives are receiving the worst rap. DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ OR HEAR. I am sure that you've heard that before, but I'd say, after reading MSN Money's article, that they are WRONG. And they need to send out their reporter to do a little more investigating because they are pushing some big money customer's opinion, and it's not always right.

BEFORE YOU BELIEVE THIS, CHECK FOR YOURSELF! That's all I am saying.

I cannot believe how passionate I feel about this. But being a Professional Customer Service Representative, I know. But do the research yourself!
Then leave me some comments what you think!

Mother's Day is Passed on and Father's Day is

Now right around the corner! I love my Father. Who doesn't? My dad isn't just my Dad, he helps others in the community as well as my brothers' and myself. He never fails to give me good advice when I need it. And more than anything else, I know that my Dad loves me.

I would like to honor him at this place, and during this time. If I had my life to do all over again, I wouldn't do anything different when it comes to my dealings with my Dad. He's strong. He's courageous. He's understanding. And most importantly, when I am weak and hurting, I don't even have to tell him, it's like he senses it and consoles me when I need it without criticism. I appreciate that so much.

So this year, Honor your Father. Let him know that he's special, and needed in your life. Love your father.