My Daily Drama - Women Daily Drama Only! http://mydailydrama.com Where Drama Makes Sense - To us that is! Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:14:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 New Year Resolution of a Concerned Mother http://mydailydrama.com/new-year-resolution-concerned-mother.htm http://mydailydrama.com/new-year-resolution-concerned-mother.htm#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:11:27 +0000 Simone http://mydailydrama.com/?p=80 With the end of the year quickly approaching, I asked myself, are you going to make the same ridiculous resolutions again?  This year I have decided to make a significant impact in MY life.  I am going to take care of the things that really matter.  I am going to make a concerted effort to seek out happiness and hold on to it.  So often we try to outline our happiness and categorize it.  We say things like I will be happy when I get that special car, I will be happy when I buy a house in a certain neighborhood, I will be happy when I loose weight, or get that certain job.  Unlike previous years, I am going to be happy right now.  I have the capacity to make myself happy and guess what, it has a very long shelf life.  The last two of years have been very trying for me, I found myself in situations that forced me into uncharted territory.  These situations are the catalyst to my new lease on life and my quest to seek balance and serenity.  To that end, these are my resolutions.

I will take inventory of all my relationships and I will either fix or discontinue the ones that are high maintenance.  We all have those relationships in our lives, people who fall under the category of friends. Those friends who rate our gestures, or keep a score card of what we have done for them.  The people who seek us out only to make time for themselves.  I will also make a concerted effort to address left handed compliments, and passive aggressive comments dressed up as humor.  How many times have we found ourselves in a situation and kicked ourselves later because we should have said something… We stew and then regret not acting on our own behalf.  Typically, I am not a rock the boat kind of person, but I have found that people mistake my silence for not knowing any better.  Well, 2012 is all about making waves and rocking the boat.  Regret, no room for regret.  I will say what I feel when scenarios bubble up… no more renting room in my head.

I worked for a company for almost four years and during this time, not only did I witness things that were not right, I helped carry them out and legitimized it in the name of a paycheck.  I witnessed stereotyping, racism, the seeking of the underdog to exploit them and underpay them.  I worked for a woman who used the work arena as a forum to pass judgement on the personal lives of each of her employees.  She used their misfortunes to bolster her narcissistic way of life.  She made a sport out of targeting different people on a whim to see how far she could push them, how far would they go for their jobs, and I did nothing.  It became harder for me to sleep, sleep aids were not helping, I had to increase my blood pressure medication dosage, when I got to work the tears would well up in my eyes before I went inside.  I finally resigned without having a job, I waited too long.  Guilt, I will not make room in my life for guilt.  I realized, albeit way too late, that my conscience and integrity, were not for sale.

I will find my voice and reclaim the important role I play. You can’t find your footing in quick sand, it is impossible, no matter what you try to do, it will always be quick sand.  When a person has become emotionally bankrupt, they are quick sand.  They will pull at you and tear you down until you have given up the fight. They have no vested interest in your feelings or the preservation of your happiness.  When this happens, you gotta it in check or walk away.  It is incumbent of me as a parent, to teach my child that she has a voice and should not compromise self worth or self respect in any situation. As a parent we teach by example.  We cannot hold our children to a standard that we are not capable of meeting. Courtesy, understanding and humanity begins at home.  I will not surrender my life anymore, there is no worse predator than one that works viciously to conceal your voice and steal your happiness.

So these are my resolutions.  I am going to live my life differently, no regret, no guilt and I will not forget self worth.  I am going to greet each day with a gracious heart,  I am going to be kind, thankful, generous and forgiving. I am going to parent vigorously so that my daughter understands the importance of core values.  I will be respectful to those deserving respect and disassociate myself with those that don’t.  At the end of the day, I want to lay my head down and know that I did okay.  At my funeral, they won’t say I was a size seven or that I had an enormous house and a fancy car.  I want them to say I was a good person.  That I loved tirelessly, unconditionally and without prejudice. They will say that I loved being a parent.  I made mistakes, but made bigger corrections.  I was funny and HAPPY and I lived a good and full life.

Maybe if we all took a minute to think of what our eulogy would be like, and what people would say about the kind of life we lived, the kind of person we were.  If we were honest, really honest with ourselves, I’m sure we would make changes.

2012, here I come, may the Good Lord guide my steps.

]]> http://mydailydrama.com/new-year-resolution-concerned-mother.htm/feed 0 Book Bags http://mydailydrama.com/book-bags-book-bag-mule-list.htm http://mydailydrama.com/book-bags-book-bag-mule-list.htm#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:34:00 +0000 Simone http://mydailydrama.com/?p=75 Can anyone tell me how to dis-enroll my child from being on the Pack Mule list? What is going on with the book bags in middle school?  Why are they forcing the children to carry so much on their backs.  Each day as I am waiting to pick up my daughter, I watch all the children hunched over with these enormous book bags. They are slanted forward, some are carrying them on the font of their bodies to give their backs a break…it’s just not right.

I understand the reasoning behind taking lockers away, but then there has to be something put in place to reduce the amount of books and supplies being carried in the book bags.  As we all know, children do not grow at the same pace, so the sixth graders that still look like third and fourth graders are buried and weighed down carrying these book bags. My daughter’s book bag does NOT have any text books in it, yet the book bag and supplies weighs fifteen pounds.  Empty, the book bag weighs six pounds, so that means the supplies that she is carrying weighs nine pounds.  That is just insane!!!  Can you imagine the weight of her book bag with text books and supplies?

Knowing how heavy the book bags are, there are still teachers who request things for their class, that is just unnecessary. It is like they are not the least bit concerned that the children are struggling with these book bags as it is.  There has to be a way to alleviate some of the weight, why can’t items be left in the classrooms?  Is that because it would be too difficult for the teachers, so instead, lets offer up the children for sacrifice.

I have to wonder what are the long term effects of carrying these book bags.  The continuous weight has to be a contributing factor to a number of back ailments.  All this progress… we can deposit checks from our cellphones, and cars can sense when the driver is falling asleep, yet nothing has been done to streamline the school system today, to ensure that we have great leaders tomorrow.

]]> http://mydailydrama.com/book-bags-book-bag-mule-list.htm/feed 0 Trade Schools http://mydailydrama.com/trade-schools.htm http://mydailydrama.com/trade-schools.htm#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:00:37 +0000 Simone http://mydailydrama.com/?p=67 Now more than ever people are returning to school to get training and certification in a  specialized field.  Schools like Everest, Sanford Brown, Med Vance and Concorde are making a killing.  They sell the promise to these hopefuls that once you complete the course and get your certification, you’ll be able to land a prime job in the medical field.  Not true, not even close to true.

I managed a medical billing company for about four years.  I cultivated a very good working relationship with Everest, we allowed them to send their students to our facility to complete their external hours.  This worked for us, because the owners of the company were thrilled at getting four weeks of free labor from each student. Whenever possible, I tried to keep the students that showed promise on as permanent employees.   Here is how it always played out… The owner would say to the student,  we would like to offer you a permanent position within our company, but because you do not have any experience outside of your external hours we can only start you at nine dollars an hour.  The happiness and excited expressions instantly changed.  Do the math $720.00 every two weeks less taxes and the $80.00 they will need for gas to get to work, leaves about $550.00 each pay period. That is $1,100.00 for food, light, rent, car payment, insurance. Before you know it, its time to start repaying that school loan for the certification that would land them a great job.
Most organizations require one to two years of experience to be considered qualified.  Having the certification certainly helps, if you have the work experience to put with it.  I myself am in a similar situation.  I have always had some Human Resources responsibilities in my management positions, so I decided to take some H/R classes to enhance what I had learned through work.  I kept getting emails from Cornell University for ILR (Industrial Labor Regulations) classes.  I was told that this certificate would allow me to seek a job as an HR Generalist.  Well it turns out, not so much.  Ten out of ten organizations are looking for candidates with PHR (Professional Human Resources) certification.  So $12,000.00 later this class does not help me at all.
Have you been to Monster or Career Builder lately?  When you click to apply for a position, you are redirected to another page that is advertising for school.  Don’t get me wrong, I am all for furthering your education but these schools are increasing their enrollment by selling a false happy ending.  The economy is so bad so these schools are making a killing on people who want to learn a trade.  Truth be told, if you have customer service experience, you are better off going to a doctors office and applying to be a receptionist and offering to assist with other duties, before you know it you are learning the front desk and insurance.  Sure the pay may be entry level, but entry level with no loan to repay sounds so much better to me.
It is very sad to me that corporate America is really all about trying to get over.  Integrity and ethics are pushed to the side and renamed something else to ease the conscience.  It’s all about the bottom line and it doesn’t matter how it happens or if it happens at anyone’s expense, just make it happen.
]]> http://mydailydrama.com/trade-schools.htm/feed 0 Scoliosis – Aggressive Idiopathic Scoliosis http://mydailydrama.com/aggressive-idiopathic-scoliosis.htm http://mydailydrama.com/aggressive-idiopathic-scoliosis.htm#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:23:41 +0000 Simone http://mydailydrama.com/?p=57 As a parent nothing can prepare you for hearing that your child is ill.  I recently learned, that feeling of helplessness, can be topped, it happens when you hear your child needs surgery.  In July of last year, my ten year old daughter was diagnosed with Aggressive Idiopathic Scoliosis.  When the surgeon explained that her curve was so aggressive and would begin to crush her lungs and cause reduced respiratory function if we did not proceed with the surgery,it was like taking a bullet.  The thought of putting my child through a six hour surgery to have her her back cut open so that a rod and screws could be inserted made me want to pass out.

I spent the next thirty days trying to mentally prepare myself for the upcoming surgery, but I was also consumed with finding an alternative solution.  It was very disheartening to come across centers that claimed to offer alternative solutions to surgery,I called and spoke with so many people.  They were all selling the same false hope, don’t have the surgery, come in and see us, we can correct the curve, BUT we do NOT accept insurance.  Really??? Are you kidding me?  This is a medical condition, if the interest was really about helping the child, why wouldn’t they accept insurance?  Simply because, there aren’t a lot of options for correction so you are at the mercy of these people, who offer NO guarantee.

The day of the surgery came, I was anxious to get it over with but so very scared for it to start.  I did the very best I could in pre-op not to cry, just so she would be okay, but when they began to roll her away, my heart was in my throat.  It hit me, I was useless, had no control over anything at this point.  I had to trust this man with my child and pray to GOD that everything would be okay. For the next six hours I was suspended in air dying to put my feet on the ground.  I wanted to see her and hold her so badly.  Finally, her surgeon came to get us, he said the surgery went well and that we could see her in recovery.  He warned us that she was going to be swollen from having been in that position all day.  Nothing could have prepared me, for when I saw her… she was moaning, her face and lips were swollen, she kept saying she wanted to go home.  Again, I was hit with a bullet, I was useless and helpless….I wanted to take away everything she was feeling, but couldn’t.  There was nothing I could do.  Thankfully, the recovery nurse was amazing and she talked my daughter through everything and made her as comfortable as possible.

The days that followed were less daunting but stressful nonetheless.  Her recovery went very well, she was up and in a chair by the second day and walking by the third.  My little girl proved to have strength and courage to move mountains, I was so very proud. We went home on the fifth day.  Our lives have been forever changed by this surgery, now we face a new set of challenges.  My daughter is very conscious of her scar, she still has physical limitations, and I am overly protective which I am sure doesn’t help matters.  We work together to make each day better. Her scar is a reminder of what she endured and what she conquered.

I have a new found appreciation for parents with children that a have severe or long term illness.  As parents (well, some parents) we are hardwired to protect our children from hurt and pain.  When a kiss, a hug or sleeping with them until they are better doesn’t work, we don’t know what to do.  I consider myself very fortunate, to have found Dr. Stephen Stricker at Jackson Memorial he is such a wonderful man.  More importantly,  I witnessed first hand the type of person my little girl is going to be… she demonstrated such courage and personal strength, she accepted the changes, both good and bad, that the surgery would bring and did what she had to do.  She is my hero!!!!!

]]> http://mydailydrama.com/aggressive-idiopathic-scoliosis.htm/feed 0 Middle School and Sex http://mydailydrama.com/middle-school-sex.htm http://mydailydrama.com/middle-school-sex.htm#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:55:36 +0000 Simone http://mydailydrama.com/?p=54 I remember my middle school years.  I was transitioning from private school to the world of public school.  Wow, what a shocker that was!  I was an introvert and remember feeling like a spectator most of the time.  Students used curse words like it was normal, and I was amazed at how they would sneak to smoke cigarettes on campus or skip school.  I now find myself having to relive those days and am terrified because the students are not doing the same things as they did when I was in  school.  My daughter started middle school last week.  The transition from the safety of elementary school to middle school has been very nerve racking for both her and I.

During her last year in elementary school I heard so many horror stories from teachers and friends about how different middle school would be.  So many people have told me that many girls experiment sexually in the sixth and seventh grade and most loose their virginity by eighth grade.  One of my friends who works for the school board shared that a sixth grade girl offered oral sex in exchange for a muffin.  That story horrified me, first of all, that had better have been a REALLY good muffin. I can’t even imagine how that conversation started.  One of my co-workers mom was a school bus driver, she had to separate the boys and the girls on the bus for the very same reason.   I was not even close to thinking about having sex with anyone when I was eleven or twelve. What have we done to our children?  The children today are exposed to so much and are forced to be an adult so quickly.  Today my daughter told me that during the review of school rules no sexting was one of them.  Have we really evolved or has the use of computers and cell phones reduced us to a society that is really primitive and raw?

I have been fortunate enough to take my daughter to school and pick her up each day.  While the school has a dress code policy, I have seen the girls and what they wear.  I watch them as they cross the streets and see the grown men in their cars following these middle school students with their eyes.   I have to wonder what is going through the minds of the girls as they saunter across the street in tiny tees, short shorts, midriff bearing tanks. Do they at this age feel sexy?  Are they trying to look sexy?  If yes, then it is working because they are getting the attention of the GROSS men staring at them from their cars.  I also wonder, where are their parents did they not see you before you left the house?

Our society pushes the envelope whenever possible, TV shows are exposing so much more, movies that are PG13 really shouldn’t be, forget about music videos, they are like G rated porn. It is in the grocery store as you are waiting to check out on the front of magazines, topics like how to have the best orgasm, sex to keep your guy interested… there is a plethora of subjects for you too choose from.    As parents we have no choice but to explain it to our children earlier than we want to. I never thought I would be discussing oral sex, and condoms with my eleven year old daughter, but between her friends with older siblings and Media she is no stranger to sex, like it or not, it is what it is.  If I don’t arm her with knowledge, who will?

I have to hope and believe in my heart that I have raised my daughter the right way and trust that she sees her body as a gift and will not succumb to any kind of pressure to cheapen it.  I know that there are more stories like the ones above and am sure there will be more discussions to be had.  In the meantime, I hope that middle school will just be the next step in her learning career.  Hopefully she will get to be a kid for a little while longer.

]]> http://mydailydrama.com/middle-school-sex.htm/feed 0 Motherhood – An Incredibly Happy Mother’s Diary http://mydailydrama.com/motherhood-an-incredibly-happy-mothers-diary.htm http://mydailydrama.com/motherhood-an-incredibly-happy-mothers-diary.htm#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:06:09 +0000 Simone http://mydailydrama.com/?p=38 Motherhood! One word, yet so many emotions. From the minute I found out I was pregnant my mind instantly went into overdrive.  I thought about changes that were right around the corner and changes that were years away. I was happy, I was scared, I was sad and so much more. I didn’t know until I was a mom, just how much I would love being a mom.

Being a parent presents you with so many challenges and is such a roller coaster of emotions. The pay –off is so well worth it.  There are many days where I could spit nails at work, and something my daughter said or did will pop into my mind and out of no where comes a huge smile.  I am so anxious for five o’clock just so that I can go and pick her up, because I waiting for her to recap her day.  After homework and dinner it is our time, we play, we nuzzle, she is just so yummy.  As I watch her fade off to sleep, I look at her face and wonder to myself, what did I do before you?  My life is small but now so very significant.

The wonderment of nurturing a life and watching it change and grow is amazing. Everything that you are becomes intertwined with this other person.  Your caring, giving, sharing and going without, has no boundaries.  Their happiness and well-being comes first without hesitation.  It’s so strange how that mentality becomes second nature. I love being a mom, the good and the bad that comes with it, is all worth it to me.

I have always wondered what is to become of me when my daughter is grown and ready to live her own life?  What will I do, who will I be, so much of who I am has something to do with being a mother.  Friends have always said that is why I should have had more children, but why … they will grow up and leave too.  How do you stop the inevitable? I am not unhappy with the way things are, I want to include her in everything I do, I enjoy all the time we spend together, I don’t feel like I have sacrificed anything because I had to… everything I do as a mom is because I want to.

I am very fortunate in the respect that I have never had a bad life.  Hard with some unpleasant times, but times that made me stronger and aware of how much people have to struggle with.  One thing is for sure; being a parent is what it is all about for me. Like I said not a bad life, but she has made it so much better.

]]> http://mydailydrama.com/motherhood-an-incredibly-happy-mothers-diary.htm/feed 4 Is Job Hunting becoming a Job? http://mydailydrama.com/is-job-hunting-becoming-a-job.htm http://mydailydrama.com/is-job-hunting-becoming-a-job.htm#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:59:59 +0000 Simone http://mydailydrama.com/?p=35 Is it possible to be a professional job seeker?  If it is not, it should be.  Looking for a job is hard work. Finding any old job is easy, but finding the job you want is really difficult.  In my experience, finding a job that meets the criteria of my checklist is damn near impossible. Unfortunately, I have never really had the luxury of picking and choosing either, every time I have gotten a job it is because I needed one at the time.

When we are young most of us don’t think about a nest egg and planning for the future.  It certainly was not something that we discussed in my family growing up; we were just trying to make it to the next day.  Nevertheless, planning is super important.  I definitely know that when the time comes, I will recommend my daughter get a job that allows her to start building for her future.

When you think about it, my checklist is not over the top.  I want to work for a company that has vacation that increases but will understandably max out after a number of years.  I want medical, dental and vision benefits. Paid time off and sick time, 401K or pension and a good salary.  Not bad, right?  Wrong!!!!  It’s like asking for a magic youth pill.

Interview after interview with companies asking you to basically duplicate yourself and offering very little in return.   Are we all at the mercy of these employers?  Is that why so many people venture out to work for themselves? It is amazing to see how excited they are to tell you that they don’t offer a good salary and a bare cupboard.  After a while you start to second-guess yourself, do I really need all those things?  Should I modify or lower my expectations.  The answer is no.  Companies don’t modify anything to meet our criteria.  So it’s back to square one.

There is that saying, that it is so much easier to find a job when you are not looking.  Yeah, not so true, maybe it is not as stressful because you have a job. But looking for your dream job while you are working at you barely make ends meet job, is HARD!  To add insult to injury now that unemployment is so high if Florida, finding a good job is like finding a cure for a disease, wait no, actually that might be easier.  Looking for a job is very hard work and should be recognized as such.  I just may add it to my resume.

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There are products out there to target so many different beauty struggles.  There is the Bump-It for the hair, Latisse to thicken and grow eyelashes.  You can buy silicone inserts to make your boobs bigger, there are all type of products to make your lips fuller, renewed, while removing deep creases, the list is endless.  Can someone seriously help the women of color who have the devastating problem of skin tags, and those flat but raised growths that appear all over the face and body?  Really a big problem!!!!!  One that forces you to do one of two things move in with a dermatologist or just ignore them.

I can’t ignore them; they have taken over my body.  The money I would spend in having these removed could put me through medical school.  What happened to our fearless leaders like Oprah and Tyra?  Why have they left this stone unturned?  Where is our voice on this issue?  Lets do a show on this, It so not cool, while white women are fighting back wrinkles, with Avon, Olay, Garnier and every other company aiming to please, we are fighting to not look like Morgan Freeman. There has to be something that can be done.

This is a beauty issue for so many women I know and as I stated before it costs a good amount of money to remove them and it has to be done annually.  Not to mention the down time, well really there is no down time, depending on where they are you walk around looking like someone has burnt you several times with matches for about seven days to ten days.

Our beauty is just as important as those of any other race.  I can’t be the only person to hate these things.  As if we needed one more thing to struggle with.  It’s not enough that we have to relax our hair and avoid water or humidity like the plague, this too is just too much.

]]> http://mydailydrama.com/women-of-color-skin-issues.htm/feed 4 Is Our School System Endangering Our Chlidren’s Lives? http://mydailydrama.com/is-our-school-system-endangering-our-chlidrens-lives.htm http://mydailydrama.com/is-our-school-system-endangering-our-chlidrens-lives.htm#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:24:42 +0000 Simone http://mydailydrama.com/?p=29 First of all, who are these monsters parading around as children, scrap that, as humans?  Are you serious, their sole purpose for going to school was to torment Phoebe Prince?  I am so extremely saddened for her family and her sister that found her.  What kind of Jekyll and Hide personality does one have to have so as not to make your parents question your behavior and morals or should I say lack there of?  I can’t believe these parents did not know that their children made an art out of terrorizing another child to the point that she took her own life.

Why does someone always have to die, before we act?  This was a freshman girl!!  This isn’t bullying. This is way beyond it. This is devastating and disturbing on so many levels.  Why didn’t the school take action? Okay, the case may be tried in a courtroom and sure the tormentors may end up doing time.  Bottom line, Phoebe’s parents will never see their daughter graduate, go to college, get married or have a baby.  Bottom line, Phoebe’s sister will never get that image out of her mind.  The other parents will still be able to visits their monsters.

What Phoebe must have endured to actually make her own noose and proceed with hanging herself? Bless her heart that pain and despair she must have felt. The courage it must have taken to go back to school day after day.  I am just sickened.  Perhaps, her tormentors should be forced to take the same steps Phoebe took the day she took her life; to have them stare fear and death in the eye. What horrible, horrible wicked miscreations.

Among the many questions I have, why didn’t Phoebe’s parents enroll her into a new school?  Why aren’t any of the parents looking at what their children are doing on Facebook and on their phones?  How is it that these malignant spirits were able to carry on day after day without any consequences?

I am telling you, parents the time s now, connect with your kids.  It is our job to raise them correctly.  This story is so way beyond sad and has affected me to the point of tears.

God bless Phoebe’s family as they grip to every shred of strength to make it through the days ahead. May her soul rest in peace.

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Facebook has replaced good old conversation and being personal.  It’s a little weird you have to friend request someone, wait for them to accept you, because they can control how much you see if you are not their friend.  Once you have been confirmed, you can comment on their status, and friends of their friends can comment on your comment.  Once in, you can look at your friends’ friends.  You can enter the lives of people you do not know just by being confirmed by your friend.   Beware, there is also a lot of uncomfortable situations with Facebook, like waiting to be confirmed, or if your boss, or worse your parents friend requests you?  EESH!!!! What is the correct Facebook etiquette, if someone confirms you and never speaks to you on Facebook?  This is an additional way to be rejected.

It doesn’t stop there, on Facebook people start requesting that you become fans of different things; they send you gifts and you have to earn points to send them gifts.   Then there are games that are a part of the whole Facebook world.  Farmville, Cafeworld, Fishville just to name a few.  All of a sudden we are like junkies trying to harvest our crops and save our virtual food.  Embarrassment and shyness goes out the window, all kinds of people are asking for things for their farm.  You can get gifts for your farm, and have the most ridiculous things on your farm, a Santa’s workshop, really?  In café world there are no child labor laws, my husband has my ten-year old daughter and my eight-year old nephew waiting tables in his café without taking a break!!!

If you run out of wireless minutes and you are not able to text, you can break-up, by simply changing your status.  You never have to hear from that person again because you can have all of your friends block them.  You can invite people to a function without even speaking to them.  Employers can check to see what kind of people work for them by looking on Facebook.  Don’t call in sick and upload a picture of yourself at the beach with a Corona at 11:30, it’s not gonna be ok when you get back to work.

The possibilities are endless with Facebook.  How much valuable time are we loosing though by not interacting with people around us.  I wonder what would happen to each of us if we didn’t Facebook for an entire day?

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