Who is the best Mom?

A friend of mine just had her 2nd baby, when asking her how she felt with this one compared to having her first...she just smiled and said "everything was much easier". 
I found that out for myself when Amy (our oldest) was born. She really was an easy baby and yet I must have called the NURSE ON CALL a million times! At least once or twice a day. Questions that were like this ... "Amy's arm turns blue and purple looking sometimes when I am nursing her, what does that mean?", Amy hasn't burped the last 2 feedings, what do I do? and on and on went the panicked questions to this seasoned nurse and Mom.
She was never rude or complained about how many times I called. She was my life saver! I probably called her as many times as I called my Mom...that is serious! Even her kids knew my voice on the phone when I called and would say " Mom, it's Lynn again! "
The first day that Jeff had to go back to work after Amy was born, I remember sobbing after he left, and then praying hard that some how I would know how to take care of this little newborn baby that was completely dependent on me! I didn't have any of those Natural Instincts everyone talks about, at least not yet!
By the time I had Brad ( Our second oldest ), I had become a little calmer and seemed to know a few more things about how to handle babies and be a Mom. Still each child  brought their own type of challanges, yet...slowly I was gaining more Wisdom and for that I was grateful.
Then somewhere in between the beginning of Motherhood and up till having kids in School there comes this competitive/ comparison thing that seems to happen. You start to judge yourself critically at times, by what you see other Mothers doing or accomplishing! Then the real pressure starts. It is real and yet it should be funny because no two babies are alike, no two Moms are alike and especially no two family situations are alike...so why do we compare ourselves to everything and everyone?

 Finally, as you get older as a Mom, you realize what really matters is what you are doing and can do. But sometimes this takes a while to figure it out.


Amy and I went to a Womens Conference last month, there was this Mom there ( Lisa Valentine Clark ) that is an author and actor. Anyway, this is the first video I had seen of hers, she was and is halarious and she hits the nail on the head when it comes to Competion between Moms. You have to watch it, she is too funny and I think most Moms will relate to it. Anyway if you haven't laughed for today...then watch this!
watch her HERE:
She has a lot more videos to watch HERE:
Hope you enjoy it!
Good Night dear friends!

Above and Beyond the call of duty!

I love this Above and Beyond story of this nurse. After having been with my oldest daughter when she gave birth to our 3rd granddaughter...I can totally tell you ,who really cared and who didn't ...at the hospital. Being nice and caring make a big difference and to add compassion on top of that is amazing!

Good night dear friends!

Our Wow Moments of the Month are always touching, but this month’s story is particularly poignant.

Charlotte Montes, ICU nurse, was caring for a patient whose husband had just passed away while she herself was a patient in the ICU. Charlotte’s patient was afraid she wouldn’t be able to attend the funeral because she was so ill. The couple had been married just a few weeks short of 56 years and Charlotte felt it was very important that her patient get to say goodbye to her spouse.
The physician discharged the patient just in time to go to her husband’s funeral, but the patient and her son were worried that she wouldn’t do well medically. Charlotte offered to attend the funeral and sit in the back, so the family wouldn’t have to worry about the patient’s well-being. Charlotte equipped herself with a blood pressure cuff and other medical supplies, hidden in a pretty purse bought specifically for the occasion and went to the family home to be with her patient from the beginning of the ceremony to the end.
The whole family felt relieved that a nurse was there "just in case" and insisted that Charlotte ride in the limousine and sit with the family during the funeral and reception. Charlotte used her day off and attended the funeral on her own time to make sure her patient was able to say her last goodbye.
We are humbled by your compassion, Charlotte.
 http://www.nacmem.org/news-view.php?id=79
I found the story here;

Six ways to make people like you

I don’t know about you, but I like to make new friends. Actually I think my kids get a bit surprised if I go anywhere without making at least one new friend. I thought about that yesterday when I was in the Surgical Center. The nurse who was taking care of me was especially nice. We talked about everything from children, grandchildren, neighborhoods and what we were going to do for Thanksgiving. I was grateful for her kindness, I was a bit nervous, I actually did well until I got in there, and they started putting in the IV and such. It was then that I realized my nerves were getting the best of me. That is why I began the conversation about our families and such with my nurse. She really was amazing and such a nice lady. I was grateful for her kindness, she could have done her job without connecting with me at all…we all have probably had that experience, where they are just doing their duty. How much nicer it is when we connect with people. I found this on Six Ways to Make People Like You…and I really agree. The only thing  I struggle with sometimes is remembering their names, I usually have to ask more than one time ( that could be my age, I realize ). But I do believe people can see right through you if you AREN’T GENUINE. So I hope we can all read these six things and remember them.  Because on this road we call life…couldn’t we all use a few more friends? I know I could.

Good night dear friends and thanks again for your thoughts and prayers, glad that test is over and the results were good! What a relief!
Also I am grateful for my Lauren writing my post last night, she is so funny and good…maybe I should have her do it more often?

Six Ways to Make People Like You

Dale Carnegie

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Rule 1:  Become genuinely interested in other people.

Rule 2:  Smile.

Rule 3:  Remember that a person’s name is to him or her
              the sweetest and most important sound…

Rule 4:  Be a good listener.

              Encourage others to talk about themselves.

Rule 5:  Talk in terms of the other person’s interests.

Rule 6:  Make the other person feel important—

              and do it sincerely.

“Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God’s best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one’s self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.”  ~ Thomas Hughes

“The happiest business in all the world is that of making friends. And no investment on the street pays larger dividends. For life is more than stocks and bonds, and love than rate percent. And he who gives in friendship’s name shall reap what he has.”  ~ Unknown