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Surrounded by Relationships!

25 Wednesday Apr 2012

Posted by skittles1224 in Friends, Life, Uncategorized

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friends, friendship, life, random, relationships

We all have them.  We are surrounded by them all the time.  Even when we’re alone, they still linger in the air.  Relationships are consistent in everyone’s life.  No man is ever an island to himself (or women, so I’m not being sexist).  Relationships are what makes our life go round and round.

Think about it.  Our lives are riddled with relationships at every corner. We wake up in the morning and there are our children, husband or even just the dog/cat.  We get in our vehicles, wave at our neighbor and drive to work, to encounter relationships with our boss and co-workers.  We leave from work and go to the grocery store (where we always go) and get in the line with the cashier that we see at least twice a week while we grab yet another gallon of milk.  After we get back into the car, we get a call from a friend to see how our day went and to get the latest gossip.  We go home, make dinner, mingle with the kids and hubby or just feed the dog and love on it for a while.  Mom calls to see how the job is going and just to check in on you.  Then we go to bed.

Relationships.  Humans are not meant to be alone.  God made two of everything, including man so we wouldn’t be alone.  There are various types of relationships:  mother/child, father/child, husband/wife, boyfriend/girlfriend, dog/owner, friend/friend, boss/employee, and so on and so on.  Relationships are part of what makes life worth it all.  If one of your relationships are not going well, then all the other ones become a greater importance or you might lean more on one particular relationship than that troublesome relationship.  For instance, you have a problem in a boss/employee relationship, you might go home and lean more towards your husband/wife or friend/friend relationship and talk about what is going on at work. 

So, someone might want to bring up that someone can be an “island” to themselves with no relationships.  Even Emily Dickinson, who was a recluse, had relationships with her friends through writing correspondence.  Furthermore, even though only a few of her poems were published in her lifetime (her sister found them after she died and had the remainder published), Dickinson still had a relationship with her readers.  Even recluses require some type of relationships with the rest of the world.

Relationships are what makes us stronger as a person and teaches us lessons in life.  We look to our relationships around us for support, guidance and sometimes just to have a shoulder to cry on.  We cannot live without the people around us and if you think you could, try staying in your house for just two days without hearing from anyone and being by yourself.  You’ll most likely start feeling like the house is closing in on you, and you’ll be ready to talk to someone (possibly even anyone at that point).  As humans we are social and being social shows us lessons that we apply to our own lives.  This goes for both good and bad relationships that we have with various people. 

All and all, I guess what I’m trying to say is that everyone should stop for one moment . . . think about what relationships you have . . . relish the fact that you aren’t alone, no matter what happens, someone is there.  So go today, hug your significant other, kiss your children, give your dog another treat and tell everyone how important their relationship is to you.  (I would however discourage doing this with the cashier at the grocery store.  This might freak them out a little bit and  it might make you look like a stalker.  Just give them a nice smile and tell them to have a wonderful day, and mean it when you say it!) 

I love you my friends and family!  You are all very important to me and I have learned so much from you all.  My life would not be the same and the road I’m on is because of all of you in my little world!

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Normalcy?

29 Thursday Dec 2011

Posted by skittles1224 in Life, Uncategorized

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change, children, friends, Humor, life, normal, ramblings, random

The cat drinks out of the toilet and the dog (male) pees without hiking his leg.  Noah and Gabriel are so different personality-wise from each other, they definitely keep things active and at times you can hear the rumbling of fights throughout the house between the two of them.  I work during the day and sleep at night and my fiance does the total opposite.

Normalcy does not exist in my life, except for me working 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.  Even that can be off from normal since I am going in earlier because I’m carpooling with my girl Cheryl.  (Thank you Cheryl!)   I know that no one has what is classified as a “normal life”, but someone had to come up with the term to have a definition for it.  Right?   

My friends wouldn’t really be classified as a “normal” set of friends either.  (Before you get offended, read further please.)  My friends come from a wide range of backgrounds and are all different ages.  I have friends with kids and no kids, married and single, in their 30s and 50s, and each one of them bring a special quality of life to the table.  It enriches my life every moment I spend with them.  I know if I want to sit around the house and do nothing, then I have someone to call and invite over to watch movies with me.  If I want to go out and burn down the town, then I know I have someone to call for that task as well.   However, if I ever need one of my friends to have my back and defend me, they ALL will do that.

My household runs a little bit different due to the schedules being so off-the-wall around my house.  Between me working during the day full-time and then on extra work at home in the evenings, I don’t have much time for anything personal.  The boys come home and are quiet so my fiance can sleep and even the two of them get home at different times.  (Luckily the older one comes home before the younger one gets off the bus.)  Dinner time around my house is a riot.  We’re slinging food, looking for something to make and the boys and I work together to get a meal cooked.  I wake my fiance up at 8:30 p.m. so he can eat dinner and get ready to leave for work at 9:30 p.m.  The boys go to bed at 8:30 or 9:00 p.m., depending whether or not its a school night.  I’m exhausted come 10:00 p.m. and I barely see the news anymore. 

So, I guess the question above all of this blog would be, is my life not normal because I’m not normal?  I never claimed to be a normal person anyways.  I’m always full of energy, gumption and ready to take the world on, but at times I can be very laid back, quiet and just go with the flow of everything.  My schedule and life is so different from day-to-day, I don’t feel like normalcy is anywhere in my near future — especially with my oldest almost a teenager!  So, what do you think?  What is your definition of a “normal life”?  Does such a thing exist?  If so, how do we attain that goal and continue to maintain normalcy?

Girls will be….well, friends for life!

03 Thursday Nov 2011

Posted by skittles1224 in Friends

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friends, friendship, Girl, Girls, Growing Up, Humor, life

Jeanne and Me

As a teenager, most of my friends were of the male gender.  Girls didn’t really like me.  It could have been that I wasn’t really into dresses, purses, how to properly kiss a boy, menstrual cycles, and wedding dresses for the future.  I wanted to grow up, go to college, start a career as an attorney and after I became a partner in a firm or a judge, then I would get married and have kids.  Can’t really say that it happened that way.  Only half of that is true at this point…the growing up and going to college. I just related to guys better than girls and only had a couple of girlfriends.  Even then, I don’t think I could properly comprehend what to “do” with a friend that was a girl.

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized that I’m more girly than I was as a teenager.  I do like dressing in a dress and not the grunge look.  I do like wearing heels and making the hips swing a little when I walk.  Not stomping around and climbing trees with the boys.  I enjoy acting elegant and being ladylike.  Not burping the alphabet with the guys and trying to shove a whole Twinkie in my mouth.  I love being a female!  Since I’ve come to this realization, I love having girlfriends for so many reasons. Continue reading →

Friendship

30 Sunday Oct 2011

Posted by skittles1224 in Uncategorized

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friends, friendship, humanity, single mother

What a weekend this has been!  What a past month this has been!  If I have noticed anything within the past month, it is that true friends are what help you through when you are up and down.  My fiance, Todd, just started a new job the past two weeks.  He had the option of working first or third shift at a warehouse about an hour away.  Well, with today’s economy any job, at any location is more than welcomed around here in Tennessee.  We discussed it and figured with our one-vehicle household that working the 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. shift would be ideal.  It would be tiring on him, but he would get home just in time to let me drive into work.  We also assessed the issue of any overtime available in the morning hours, then I would just ride into work with my friend, Cheryl.

This went well for a couple of days and then Todd found out that his shift is actually 11:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., four days a week.  God loves Cheryl and so do I!  That woman has picked me up and stayed over at work everyday since Todd started his job just so I don’t have to worry about a ride to work.  Cheryl’s been in my situation before as a single mom and understands the stress level. But, the hammer hit hard on Friday. Continue reading →

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