Memories

I'm on vacation, after 2 exaustive years. The last year was really nice, inspite of the concern about the contruction. It was so perfect that people won't believe when I mention I did have so many problems with the contruction - only the money.

I'm in my hometown now. I did such good things I used to do when I was a teenager. There is a good place here where we can find a lot of stuff for beauty - specially hair, in fact. I used to go there a lot and this time I could remember something from that decade.

In the 80's, I used to get some ice cream every evening. My parents and I used to walk 3 blocks from our house to spend time in the ice cream store - the best ice cream in town. Good memories.... Today I went there with my husband and I could share with him my memories.

Time changes, so does the city but the flavor of the ice cream is still the same.....

Adults Bullying

I´ve heard a lot about bullying in newspapers, talk shows, magazines .... It´s common we hear how this subject can affect children, but until now I could not find the subject bullying among adults and how it´s should be tackled.

People don´t agree with our ideas or they are or think a little differente from us, we immediatelly refuse them. It´s difficult for humans accept different ideas and habits. Sometimes they are exactly what we would like to be.

How could us, adults, teach childreen that exclude other kids it´s not right if we usually do this ?? Changes must begin from us, adults.

We can find a lot of bullying in workplace, can´t we? (That´s what I´ve heard )Sometimes, the permission is called competition. Sometimes it´s only power. And how can this impact employee performance?

I agree we can not be 100% nice or adorable everybody, but respect is one thing that everybody wants or deserve. Let´s stop being hypocrites and get the changes for ourselves.

------- Could the moral harassment be Adults Bullying ??

Watershed / Divisor de Águas

Everyone has their watershed, naturally or not. When we bring these milestone for our life or even when we get it in childhood or adolescence is very good, the problem of course is when life tells us unexpected. An exemple ?.... when a girl has her first period, when we graduate , the first kiss, first entrance into college, graduation, each professional success, marriage, children, grandchildren .... and so on. You can be a mother at 14, 19, at 20, 30 or even 45. Grandmother after 20 ... So that, everything is beautiful and wonderful ..... but a watershed that weighs is when people start to refer to you as Ma´am...

I was wrong when I heard for the first time Ma´am ... I thought they were being polite .... but the situation had started to become repetitive and when I stopped to think that this step from girl to Ma´am happened .... I look in the mirror and still think I'm a girl .... but I go to the eye specialist and I realize my short sight is not good as before. Perhaps the transition from girl to Ma´am has happened "in the blink of an eye" like my short sight glasses prescription.

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Todo mundo tem seu divisor de águas, naturais ou não. Quando nós trazemos esses divisores pra nossa vida ou eles chegam ainda quando estamos na infância ou adolescência é muito bom, o problema é quando naturalmente a vida nos manda esse divisor sem que a gente esteja esperando. Quer ver só ? .... quando vc fica mocinha, quando temos a formatura da 8a série, do 3o. colegial, no primeiro beijo, do ingresso na faculdade, da formatura, cada sucesso profissional, do casamento, dos filhos, dos netos.... e assim vai. Vc pode ficar mãe aos 14, aos 19, aos 20, 30 ou até 45. Avó depois dos 20... Até aí tudo é lindo e maravilhoso..... mas um divisor de águas que pesa é quando comecam a te chamar de DONA...

Eu me enganei quando dá primeira vez escutei esse Dona... achei q estavam sendo educados.... mas a situacão comecou a ficar repetitiva e parei pra pensar quando que essa passagem da moca pra Dona aconteceu .... Me olho no espelho e ainda acho q sou a moca.... mas aí chego no oftalmologista e vejo que não estou enxergando mais de perto como antes. Talvez a passagem do moca pra dona tenha acontecido "num piscar de olhos", assim como a (ben)vinda receita de óculos para perto...