I'm Back

After Reese turned a year old I stopped writing this blog.   I figured it's a baby blog and she's not a baby anymore.   But a lot of folks asked me to keep writing and I plan to write about a mix of topics from a parent's point of view.     Today I feel compelled to write about being nice.    I think most parents strive to teach their children to be nice.   I take Reese to our neighborhood park several times a week and I see parents working hard to teach their children to share,  not push, and generally be nice to each other.     Listening to the news for 5 hours each day proves that lesson doesn't always stick.    There are so many stories about people hurting other people.   As a parent it's a very scary thing.    One place I experience people not being nice is on the road.   Yesterday I was traveling on a 3 lane section of road downtown.  I was in the far left lane and a person turned left from the center lane right in front of me.   I had to slam on brakes and if I had been changing the radio station I would have hit the other car.    Fortunately Reese was not with me.   So many drivers are inconsiderate and unsafe that it worries me to drive with Reese in the car.     I guess it's part of my job as a mother to worry but I'd love to see people try to be a little nicer to each other.      I read a quote from David Letterman a long time ago.   The interviewer asked him what it was like to be so famous.  He said that everyone was really nice to him,  waiters, cashiers, etc.  He said he wished that people would act that way toward each other all the time....not just when meeting a celebrity.    I know it sounds hokey but next time you feel like being rude, selfish or inconsiderate try being nice instead.  It will actually make you feel good and it's a lot more fun.  Plus...that other person is somebody's child and you'd want them to be nice to yours!