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| 104.1 | | XCUSME::HOGGE | I am the King of Nothing | Thu Oct 22 1992 22:06 | 11 |
| SIX TEETH! I though I had it rough when Raymond cut 3 at 3 months!
YUCK! We talked with our doctor about it and he recommedned using
Ambesol on his gumms whenever he awoke crying. It seemed to help
somewhat.
But the way doctors change their minds about how to handle situations
I'd recommend talking to yours on the phone before you do it.
Skip
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| 104.2 | | XCUSME::HOGGE | I am the King of Nothing | Thu Oct 22 1992 22:07 | 8 |
| HAH! That's what you get for having a HUMAN baby!
We dragons are born with all our teeth already there. Makes it a lot
eaiser to chomp down pizza's.
;-)
--Griffin
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| 104.3 | DRAGON-SLAYERS ARISE!!!!!! | MJBOOT::TEMPSEC | | Thu Oct 22 1992 22:45 | 7 |
| I take it you like this column, but please be serious. I don't want to
hurt Griffs feelings but if he continues to insult me I'm gonna have to
call my DRAGON-SLAYERS. So now please be a good dragon and stay out of
my column. Some dragons have their nerve!!!!!!!!!
;-p Cheryl
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| 104.4 | | MJBOOT::TEMPSEC | | Thu Oct 22 1992 22:46 | 2 |
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| 104.5 | | XCUSME::HOGGE | I am the King of Nothing | Thu Oct 22 1992 22:58 | 10 |
| Cheryl,
Sorry, didn't mean to get you mad.
I was just pointing out the advantages of having a dragon instead of
a human.
SNiff sniff
--Griffin
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| 104.6 | | ASDG::J_MCGEE | | Fri Oct 23 1992 18:29 | 14 |
| Awww poor dragon...
This is a great topic. I agree that the Children are our future. They
will be sitting where we are one day.. Well, maybe not exactly where we
are. :v)
They will be either enjoying some of our decisions or suffering from
them. We need to think out our problems carefully.
They will be running our business and our cities and towns and running
our govenment... We must remember.. what we decide today.. they will
have to live with tomorrow.
Joe
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| 104.7 | | XCUSME::HOGGE | I am the King of Nothing | Fri Oct 23 1992 18:35 | 10 |
| Saw the best message yet regarding children and ecology today at
lunch...
We do not inheret the Earth from our parents, we take it from our
children.
Sort of makes you stop and think.
Skip
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| 104.8 | | ASDG::J_MCGEE | | Fri Oct 23 1992 18:37 | 3 |
| Yep.. that says a mouthful.
Joe
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| 104.9 | children are our future | MJBOOT::TEMPSEC | | Mon Oct 26 1992 19:52 | 12 |
| That is so true Joe. We are responsible for what
happens to our children. Though they are the ones
who choose right from wrong, we are the ones to
give them those choices. What we say or do can
have a major impact on their lives and we have to
be so careful that we don't give them the "Do as i
say, not as I do"!! syndrome.
Any other comments!!!!
Cheryl
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| 104.10 | | ICS::ANDERSON_M | | Thu Oct 29 1992 19:17 | 46 |
| As the parent of a 23 year old woman and a 21 year old man - I
sometimes look at them and say to myself ... "where did the time
go"?
I remember giving birth as if it happened this morning. And
when they were cranky, teething, crawling, puking and pooping
all over everything - I couldn't wait until they got out of
diapers and could get themselves dressed and tie their own
shoes. Then they started school ... they got on the bus that
first morning and I balled my eyes out. When they got involved
in Brownies and Street Hockey we got involved too. They had
slumber parties & birthday parties and we took lots and lots
of pictures - and even today they will sit and look at old
pictures of themselves and laugh. They refer to them as "the
good old days"!
She was a cheerleader and worked two jobs after school. Then as
boys began to ask her out - all my teenage dating experiences
instantly flashed in my mind. Good Lord ... I hope she doesn't
make the same mistakes I made. (ouch) I remember the day they
each got their drivers license - and I remember how scared I was
when they drove off in their FIRST car. The year he signed up
for the draft I wanted to put him in his crib. I knew he would be
safe - no - I knew I would not lose him. She went off to college
... and the vision of her playing with Barbie dolls in the corner
of her bedroom flashed before my eyes.
I learned you don't "own" your children. They are loaned to
you ... to nuture, love, protect, and respect. From the moment
they take their first breath - you are learning what it's like
to let them go. It's so difficult to let them go!
If I had to give one bit of advice I would have to say "praise
your child". Self-esteem is crucial if we want to ensure that
they are happy, productive, successful, and responsible adults.
If they believe in themselves...they can do ANYTHING!!
...and, let the dishes sit in the sink and don't worry about
whether the beds get made in the morning. Love them, hug them
... talk with them and laugh with them. They are little for
such a short period of time. Before you know it - they will
be all grown up and you'll be giving advice like me! ;*)
Regards,
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| 104.11 | | PARITY::ELWELL | C. P. E. | Thu Oct 29 1992 19:21 | 11 |
| Yup, it's difficult to let go. When my older son announced he wanted
to go to West Point, my first reaction was "Hell, they only take
valedictorians", but I'm so glad I didn't. He got in, and graduated.
In the top 1/4 of his class.
The day he reported in 1987 was hell for me. But it was the right
thing to do. He's on the west coast now, in grad school to get
a master's in education. I'd never do it, but it's what he wanted, and
he'll work for and get it himself.
B
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| 104.12 | | XCUSME::HOGGE | I am the King of Nothing | Thu Oct 29 1992 20:38 | 7 |
| Gee, do I detect a note of (very well earned mind you) pride there
bob?
I hope Raymond grows up with the kind of 'gumtion' your son has
displayed.
Skip
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| 104.13 | LETTING GO IS NOT EASY!!!!!!! | MJBOOT::TEMPSEC | "It's not the end of the world" | Mon Nov 02 1992 15:42 | 73 |
| I'm and finding it so hard to let go of
my oldest son, even though I know that he
is the very capable hands of my parents.
I still wonder if I did the right thing
in giving up all rights to him to my
parents. See I came from a drug and
alcohol problem and I almost gave him up
for adoption, I'm glad I didnt. If it
wasn't for the Lord leading me and
guiding me through this difficult
situatuin, I don't know if I would have
done this, but the Bible says that there
is a purpose for everything. The program
I went through, their introduction
center, did not really have accomadations
(sp?) for children of that age (3
months). So the only choice I had was to
give temporary custody to my parents.
Which I am grateful that they did. The
bible also says that the children shall
pave the way, and my child paved the way
for me and my parents to finally
communicate better. My father had
disowned me and refused to talk to me.
My mother took a chance, she said that
Dad probably would'nt let her go on
anymore shopping trips but she was going
to take that chance.
So for 6 years that battle went on until
I was finally able to let go and let GOD
do His thing. My parents have full
custody of my son but I have visiting
rights and though I am not allowed to
take him very far, I can take him out to
lunch or shopping whenever I go home to
Md to visit. It has been a long hard
struggle between wanting my son and
leaving him with my parents, knowing full
well that they can take care of him and
his special disorder. Later, if he has
questions, I want to be there to answer
as many as I can.
Recently, I was able to renew the
friendship I had with his father and that
helps alot. He has a desire to see his
son and wouldnt jeopardize that chance
that my parents would never give him.
You see Mitchell is black and for along
time my father could'nt accept me or his
first grandson, but when my mother
decided to take that chance, my father
was able to open his eyes to the fact
that he has a grandson and love has no
color. My parents are great with my son,
and I do so appreciate the fact that they
haven't asked anything from me other than
to show my son the love that I never had
as a child. In a way my parents are
trying to make up to my son what they
could'nt give me or rather did'nt know
how to give. I was a problem child and
they did everything they knew to try to
get through to me but I rebelled and
rejected their instruction, thinking that
I should find out for myself. WHEW!!! Was
I wrong in thinking that my way was the
only way. I soon realized this and hope
that my sons don't make the same mistake.
Cheryl
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| 104.14 | | XCUSME::HOGGE | I am the King of Nothing | Mon Nov 02 1992 15:53 | 14 |
| Cheryl,
Sniff, that's beautiful.
It's amazing how, the older we become, the smarter our parents get.
I used to think that was just and 'old adage' then I thought that it
was because I started to discover that a lot of the things they tried
to 'drill' into me were in fact true. But lately I'm discovering that
it's something that works both ways. THEY DO become smarter as they
get older... more tolerant, better understanding, and capable of
learning their mistakes, the mistakes they made as we grew up with
them.
Skip
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| 104.15 | | 61132::CASEY | MEOC02::CASEY is where I am. | Mon Nov 02 1992 17:00 | 6 |
| Re .14
My thoughts exactly, Skip.
Don
*8-)
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| 104.16 | | PARITY::ELWELL | C. P. E. | Mon Nov 02 1992 17:10 | 7 |
| A bit of pride there, Skip.
But the real intent was to say that the morning in 1983 that my older
son walked down the stadium steps at West Point leaving the rest
of us there to fend for ourselves on the post tours and stuff
until a parade late in the afternoon was really rough for me. My
wife had a better handle on it.
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| 104.17 | Hats off to K-Mart Australia this year!! | MEOC02::CASEY | VAXphone=MEO78B::CASEY, Melbourne | Wed Dec 23 1992 17:01 | 29 |
| Our sales unit did something different about pressies this year. Each
one of us was asked to spend a maximum of $5 on ONE only present which
was to be given, anonymously, to a person whose name would be
supplied.. having been drawn from a hat at random. This meant that each
one of us knew WHO was to receive the anonymous gift we'd be giving -
so we could ensure the gift would be appropriate.
For anyone who felt they wanted to do more, their attention was drawn to
the special Christmas Tree over at the adjoining K-Mart. The idea with the
K-Mart tree was that a shopper would take a small cardboard gift card off
the tree, on which was written the name of the would-be recipient and
their age. All of the children whose names were on the cards were children
who had to rely on charity this Christmas. The idea was that the K-Mart
shopper would buy a gift - not necessarily at K-Mart - and have it placed at
the foot of the tree, with the would-be recipients's name on it. I bought
a nice little gift of a plastic car kit for "Luke" who was aged
11, for example. Within just a few short days, ALL the gift cards had
been taken from the special Christmas Tree and there were presents for
the needy all about the foot of it. K-Mart had offered, by the way,
that if ANY cards were not taken from the tree, and hence no present
obtained for the needy li'l child, then K-Mart would be supplying one
anyway.
It was a hugely successful idea by K-Mart .. it generated a lot of
goodwill .. (which won't hurt their business) .. but it truly ensured
that many more children got some nice new presents this year!
Don
*8-)
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