blog 2 whats goin' on!!

ALL GROWED UP!!

For my second post I’m choosing to write about my little 5 ½ year old daughter and how she is growing up and what all that entails!! I have a beautiful mixed (Latina) daughter who is really, really into art. She literally draws while doing almost everything like watching TV, in the shower, in the car, and at school of course. When I walk into her school the walls on the office are filled with her art work (I think there’s one other kids work on the wall). Also, she loves to ride her bike and play sports. She currently has the Bieber Fever (Justin Bieber)! Watch out it’s pretty contagious!! I now have every song on his CD memorized and we’ve had it for a week. I looked up concert tickets to go see him (for her of couse!) but he is only performing in California and then in other random countries for the next few months. Hopefully by her birthday in September there will be a concert near us!

Okay so Lorelei (yes, I got her name off Gilmore Girls) is about to start school in the fall and I have mixed emotions! I am a single mom. I work, I take 13 hours of school, and I raise my girl. Sometimes I wish that I was married and a stay at home wife just so I can be with my daughter more! Things that worry me about her starting school are: bullies; who is going to pick her up from school when I’m at work( Not the bus!! There are too many crazy people out there that she does not need to come in to contact with without me!) There are so many kidnappings that take place, (I know most of the time its by the kids family) I don’t know how people cope with that! If my daughter were ever to be kidnapped you better believe I would be busting down doors until I found her. Her dad is a cop, so he and I have well trained her about strangers.

Nobody wants their kids to be picked on by bullies! Lorelai is the sweetest most thoughtful girl in the world and probably wouldn’t have the heart to tell a kid to back off just because she wouldn’t want to hurt their feelings. What I’ve told her about bullies is that its not the kid it’s the parents!! I told her to be a role model and show kids how to love one another like God loves us.

She is really trying to learn how to read books (she can read a little) and she’s been practicing basic math. She is always asking me questions about what she needs to do to be prepared for kinder garden, which is cute. What do they do in kinder garden? Play, color, and take naps? Apparently times have changed!

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GOT A TEXT!!
　
　
How many of us drive and text these days? I’ll admit that sometimes I’ll check my phone while sitting at a stop light, but while I’m driving, it’s all eyes on the road!! It’s scary to think that even in my own neighborhood while my daughter is riding her bike around the block ( I of course walk with her ) someone might be driving down the road texting not paying attention and slam right over my daughter! Of course she knows to get to the side of the road incase she hears a car, but on hills, when its hard to see the other side of the road, that’s especially dangerous.

I looked up some texting while driving facts and they are outstanding! Between the years 2001 and 2007 16,000 Americans died because they couldn’t put their phone down to drive! When I think about what I’m going to die from, I think of something honorable or maybe old age, but death from texting?! That is just scary! We all need to be more responsible, and if you don’t care about your life enough to shut it up for one minute, then think about the pregnant woman or the little kid in the car next to you. You’re not the only person that is affected by this! Here are some more frightening facts! 80% of car accidents are from distracted drivers (probably texters) and 33% of all accidents are from drunk drivers. So what is the law doing to prevent texting and driving? To break it down, basically it is perfectly legal to use your phone while driving if it’s to dial 911, report a legal activity, to prevent an injury to a person or property, or to talk to a dispatcher. It is okay if you are stopped or parked, and the only people legally able to talk or text is a police officer, ambulance, or fire fighter. By the way this law is for all people who drive, regardless of age. When the texting while driving laws came out I thought it was a little ridiculous, I couldn’t imagine being pulled over for sending a silly text message, but actually is it very important that we have those laws. So now we have laws that are in place to make it illegal to text and drive, how is this changing anything? People still do it. We need to get the word and let our friends and family know that we don’t text and drive and that will they shouldn’t either!! Watch this video, its sad!!

http://handsfreeinfo.com/missouri-cell-phone-laws-legislation

　

　

This video made me cry!!

http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=2964

　

　

　

　

　

http://www.edgarsnyder.com/car-accident/cell-phone/statistics.htmlhttp://www.infrastructurist.com/2010/10/05/driving-while-texting-as-bad-asdrunkdrivinsays-study/http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/c300-399/3040000820.htm

Introducing Myself

Hi everyone! I am Tiffany Henry, I grew up in Kansas City, MO. I moved to Joplin three years ago and since living here have gone to MSSU for one semester and graduated from Franklin Tech as a Registered Medical Assistant. My major is Pre Physical Therapist.
Have a great night & God bless!