Rest in Peace Rhonda Trahan

The earth lost a beautiful soul today. Rhonda was a good friend and the mother to 2 dear children one who played baseball with my son for 2 years then All-Stars this summer. Colton and Zach have been good friends for 3 years. Rhonda had been battling cancer ever since I have known her and this morning at 130 am her body finally succumb to the disease. God Bless her family. Her husband is now left to raise Colton (7 y.o.) and Katelyn (4 y.o.) by himself. Colton, Rhonda, Zach, and Katelyn at Zach's last birthday

Being the Bad Guy and Raising Boys on Your Own

Today was just not a good day for us. As everyone knows, I am a single mother of an adorable little man but boys will be boys and today mine acted out. At recess he and another kid got into a verbal argument over the silliest thing in the world but to 2nd graders it probably isn't silly. Of course, that verbal argument became physical and they ended up wrestling around. No one was hurt but both boys were sent to ISS. Now although Zach didn't not start the physical fight he did start the verbal one and then made a bad choice to push back. I was beside myself and went to talk to the counselor about his "aggression". I panic when I think that Zach might go up to be a thug and that I will fail as a parent. Its the stress of being a single mom to a boy I guess. No immediate male role model and I don't make the best disciplinarian but I try and fighting is NEVER allowed. After talking to the counselor and the principal and the teacher then Zach; I feel better about the situation but Zach was still grounded this evening. They assured me he was not a discipline problem and they did not think he had angry issues. It was a silly argument that got out of hand. None the less, things are going to be different around here and I need to do some changing too. I have added two new books to my summer reading regiment. And lots of pray for strength and guidance.

Please be in prayer for Zach and I. I want nothing more than to raise a wonderful Christian child but I am imperfect and only human.

Love of Learning "Open books, open minds"

My Mother's Day was lovely. Zachary gave me a Willow Tree figurine called Love of Learning; which is appropriate because I am constantly reading something new: fiction or nonfiction. I find that if I read I can block out all the stress and worry in my life. My stress relief these days has become reading. You can get lost in a book and visit distance lands and exotic locations. You can learn things about yourself that you never realized. I love nonfiction also; my favorite learning topics are diseases, weather, and environmental/nature subjects. I have read about everything from the Ebola outbreak in the Sudan to camping in the Redwoods to Great White Shark research off the coast of San Fransisco. And I do believe I have read every book published about hurricanes. The way weather works and can bring life and take it away so fast fascinates me. I have seriously thought about getting my masters in something weather related. I have even thought about flying through a hurricane but Sean said that was a definite no......men are no fun!

I just hope that Zachary inherits my passion for books. I am starting him off early on reading.

Watching Indiana Jones

So today wasn't a total waste, as I sit here watching the Temple of Doom. Ended up meeting my family at the mall today and we had some good times....as the pictures show.

Now I am waiting for Sean and he and Zach are taking me to Outback for an early Mother's Day dinner. No one has ever taken me out for Mother's Day so I am excited.

New Hair and Disappointing Saturdays

Had a hair appointment this morning and I LOVE my new hair. Will get pictures up ASAP. However, this Saturday is such a bummer. I wanted to go to the beach but Sean just wants to sit around and enjoy his weekend off by doing nothing. I, however, do that every weekend and want to get away but haven't been able to because he was working a turn-around. Frustration! I want to be supportive but I am a little spoiled being able to do whatever I want and now I have to take Sean into account and the fact that he works all the time. I suppose I am being selfish but it is still going to take me time to get used to this schedule of his. The only saving grace this Satuday is that the Indiana Jones movies are coming on today. So I will just sit home and watch them. Then tomorrow is Mother's Day and Zach (and Nana) got me something and I promised I wouldn't peek so it sits on my entertainment center waiting for tomorrow. Plus we are going out with Sean's family for dinner (in honors of Mother's Day) so that will be nice.

Off I go now to meet my family at the mall. Satrudays are suppose to be relaxing but they never are. Summer break will be here soon enough!

Trying something more grown up

Well this is my first entry on this blog site. I do MySpace but am looking for something a little more grown up that my family and friends can view and keep track of my son and I. I am of course a single mother of a wonderful little boy, Zach. Light of my Life!

We are the middle of baseball season and finishing up the school. I teach science at Vidor High School and sponsor the environmental club. Only till the end of the month though and then I will start a new job at Hamshire-Fannett High School which I am very excited about. My two passions in life are baseball and saving the world. I am not a hippie and not really a treehugger but I think we should protect and take care of the Earth God gave us. We only have one. I buy organic food for my son and I because I think the less chemicals we ingest, the better off we will be in the long run. Can't help where we live but I can help what we eat and what we bring in our house. I have taught my son to recycle and not waste.And then there is Sean. The other light of my life. We have been together for almost a year now and other than being MALE I don't have much to complain about. He is a great guy who loves me and my son.

Tonight I suppose I will head to bed. Tomorrow is Friday and although the end of the week; a busy day at VHS. Remember its Teacher Appreciation Week! So you better appreciate you teachers!