Comments on: Mother Earth http://todayyouareyou.com/2010/01/30/earth-gratitude-awareness-life-children-protection-love/ Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you. - Dr. Seuss Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:16:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: TodayYouAreYou http://todayyouareyou.com/2010/01/30/earth-gratitude-awareness-life-children-protection-love/comment-page-1/#comment-275 TodayYouAreYou Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:03:06 +0000 http://todayyouareyou.com/?p=262#comment-275 You got me laughing April Rose!! You got me laughing April Rose!!

]]> By: TodayYouAreYou http://todayyouareyou.com/2010/01/30/earth-gratitude-awareness-life-children-protection-love/comment-page-1/#comment-274 TodayYouAreYou Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:01:58 +0000 http://todayyouareyou.com/?p=262#comment-274 Thanks April Rose! I quickly checked out the link & it worked for me. So good to see stories being told! Best- Jen Thanks April Rose! I quickly checked out the link & it worked for me. So good to see stories being told! Best- Jen

]]> By: April Rose http://todayyouareyou.com/2010/01/30/earth-gratitude-awareness-life-children-protection-love/comment-page-1/#comment-273 April Rose Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:17:52 +0000 http://todayyouareyou.com/?p=262#comment-273 Hi again adopted Mom, I found this: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/Evelyn/Evelyn.html on my cyber-travels at a very empowering web site for successful trans women: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/TSsuccesses.html and thought of you. The link looks funny as I see it on the page, but you can always copy and paste. It may be a bit outdated, or you may have seen it. I was just thinking of you and Hope. Your adopted Orphan, April Rose Hi again adopted Mom,
I found this:
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TS/Evelyn/Evelyn.html

on my cyber-travels at a very empowering web site for successful trans women:

http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/TSsuccesses.html
and thought of you. The link looks funny as I see it on the page, but you can always copy and paste. It may be a bit outdated, or you may have seen it. I was just thinking of you and Hope.

Your adopted Orphan, April Rose

]]> By: April Rose http://todayyouareyou.com/2010/01/30/earth-gratitude-awareness-life-children-protection-love/comment-page-1/#comment-272 April Rose Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:52:34 +0000 http://todayyouareyou.com/?p=262#comment-272 You ARE that nurturing animal/mother with a significantly greater challenge. I mean, some of those chimp mommies have the hardest time getting their little Trans-chimp kid into a pair of black, patent leather pumps, but generally the other simian parents just nod and smile. You're optimism really messes with my transexual angst. Either you are ONE IN SEVERAL MILLION...or my mom sucked. Maybe you should have named Hope Lucky! Naw, then the other little chimps would have really laid it on. You are Awesome. You ARE that nurturing animal/mother with a significantly greater challenge. I mean, some of those chimp mommies have the hardest time getting their little Trans-chimp kid into a pair of black, patent leather pumps, but generally the other simian parents just nod and smile.
You’re optimism really messes with my transexual angst. Either you are ONE IN SEVERAL MILLION…or my mom sucked. Maybe you should have named Hope Lucky! Naw, then the other little chimps would have really laid it on.
You are Awesome.

]]> By: TodayYouAreYou http://todayyouareyou.com/2010/01/30/earth-gratitude-awareness-life-children-protection-love/comment-page-1/#comment-269 TodayYouAreYou Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:45:45 +0000 http://todayyouareyou.com/?p=262#comment-269 I love what you wrote Shirley Anne. All too often I think parents get caught up with what parenting looks like- the gear, the must-have photos taken in special increments, the right classes for the kids. The outside stuff. But more & more I think real life is made up of the day-to-day little things. The answers you give to a child when you are in the middle of something else. The response you give to an invitation to play on the floor. The tea parties, the Lego construction projects, the paintings- the little connections where lessons are shared without the lecture. There is so much love to be shared. I feel lucky to have these two little human beings in my life. Blessed to be their mother. Thanks for sharing this. Much Love & Best Wishes- Jen I love what you wrote Shirley Anne. All too often I think parents get caught up with what parenting looks like- the gear, the must-have photos taken in special increments, the right classes for the kids. The outside stuff. But more & more I think real life is made up of the day-to-day little things. The answers you give to a child when you are in the middle of something else. The response you give to an invitation to play on the floor. The tea parties, the Lego construction projects, the paintings- the little connections where lessons are shared without the lecture. There is so much love to be shared. I feel lucky to have these two little human beings in my life. Blessed to be their mother.

Thanks for sharing this. Much Love & Best Wishes- Jen

]]> By: Shirley Anne http://todayyouareyou.com/2010/01/30/earth-gratitude-awareness-life-children-protection-love/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Shirley Anne Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:35:56 +0000 http://todayyouareyou.com/?p=262#comment-267 The main point inall you have written and observed is the fact that you care. Many parents lose sight of that and let their children down. Under the all encompassing umbrella of love there are many attributes to being a good parent but actually caring about your children and their welfare rates high amongst them. Caring involves taking the time to be involved with them, making sure they are protected and their needs are met. A caring parent ensures their children are not neglected but are well looked after and provided for. Without love none of this is possible. A child looks to it's parent for love, guidance, direction, protection and all of it's needs until the age is reached whereby they can take the responsibility onboard for themselves. If a parent hasn't done a good job in their child's upbringing it will be reflected in that child's life as an adult. It is therefore necessary that we don't let our children down whilst we still have an influence on them. There should be no subject that we shy away from, no problem that we fail to face for their sake. Accepting and then managing your child's gender indentity issues is a fine example of parental love. If we are unable to provide all the answers ourselves we should not be slow in asking for help. Animals instinctively protect and we are really no different in that respect. The only difference is we can reason. You became a mother when your children were born but being a mother is more than just bearing children. For any new mother there is also a learning curve and she is jst as much a pupil as her offspring. The sudden realisation of the resposibility comes to light and it may seem a daunting prospect. You do your best and that is all you can do. When things are not going so well you'll know about it soon enough. As a parent you know this and have experience. Yes, you can look back with some pride and say, 'Yes, I have done things well'. Love Shirley Anne xxx The main point inall you have written and observed is the fact that you care. Many parents lose sight of that and let their children down. Under the all encompassing umbrella of love there are many attributes to being a good parent but actually caring about your children and their welfare rates high amongst them. Caring involves taking the time to be involved with them, making sure they are protected and their needs are met. A caring parent ensures their children are not neglected but are well looked after and provided for. Without love none of this is possible. A child looks to it’s parent for love, guidance, direction, protection and all of it’s needs until the age is reached whereby they can take the responsibility onboard for themselves. If a parent hasn’t done a good job in their child’s upbringing it will be reflected in that child’s life as an adult. It is therefore necessary that we don’t let our children down whilst we still have an influence on them. There should be no subject that we shy away from, no problem that we fail to face for their sake. Accepting and then managing your child’s gender indentity issues is a fine example of parental love. If we are unable to provide all the answers ourselves we should not be slow in asking for help. Animals instinctively protect and we are really no different in that respect. The only difference is we can reason. You became a mother when your children were born but being a mother is more than just bearing children. For any new mother there is also a learning curve and she is jst as much a pupil as her offspring. The sudden realisation of the resposibility comes to light and it may seem a daunting prospect. You do your best and that is all you can do. When things are not going so well you’ll know about it soon enough. As a parent you know this and have experience. Yes, you can look back with some pride and say, ‘Yes, I have done things well’.

Love

Shirley Anne xxx

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