Resolution Inspiration! What’s Yours This Year?
Posted December 31st, 2006 by Kristin Rowe-FinkbeinerHave a New Year’s resolution to share? An inspiration for the next 365 days? *Share your resolution by clicking the blog title above or “Read full post” link below, then scroll down to the end of the blog text and Post a Comment.
Speaking of inspired, check out what two MomsRising members, Yvonne and Ken, are doing for their New Year’s resolution in the text below.
*A New Look for a New Year by Yvonne and Ken:
“At the end of every December, our family picks themes to represent our upcoming year. The theme is a way to help each of us focus on something we want more (or less) of in our lives. Last year Yvonne’s theme was “Start no new projects.” Ken’s was: “Better balance between time spent at work and time spent at home.” At the end of the year, we keep looking ahead and find something new to work towards. 2007 brings us the first unified theme since our marriage.
After seeing the Motherhood Manifesto DVD in December we both were inspired to get involved. Neither of us has spent much time in political activism beyond merely writing a check or signing a petition so this year we pledged to go from passive activism to full-time, every day, social change animals.
We will accomplish this by becoming human MomsRising t-shirt wearing billboards until paid family leave passes in our home state. Yep, we each will wear a MomsRising t-shirt every day, until a paid family leave bill is passed in Washington State.
If we are going to the gym, we fly our MomsRising ripped muscle Rosie. Off to work? MomsRising Rosie goes with us. In mid-January, when we are off to visit the kid’s great grandparents, we will be fitting into the Scottsdale Arizona social scene with our matching MomsRising Rosie. At the fancy holiday party for Ken’s work, guess who is getting a little bit of craft glitter for Yvonne’s outfit? Right again, Racy Rosie our MomsRising mascot.
Oh and just in case you’re wondering, the only caveat to our new resolution, is we will not be wearing a MomsRising Rosie for weddings or funerals. So, don’t die but do keep those wedding invites coming!
Happy New Year! — Yvonne and Ken”
We’ll keep you in the loop about Yvonne and Ken’s progress. Be sure to check out their regular blog postings on the MomsRising homepage, and we’ll also send you updates from time to time.
26 Comments
January 1, 2007 at 6:24 pm by AnonymousLeave It Better Than I Found It.
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January 1, 2007 at 5:56 pm by Anonymous* to give more of my effort and attention to politics and political happenings
* to remember those who are less fortunate and cannot enjoy some of the simpler pleasures of life
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January 1, 2007 at 5:17 pm by AnonymousThis year I will:
-Fold and put away the laundry as soon as it comes out of the dryer.
-Do things for me and not just everyone else.
-Remeber to talk time to enjoy the simple pleasures that life has to offer.
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January 1, 2007 at 11:59 am by AnonymousThis year, I decided to start small. I have a one year old and a four year old and work full time out of the house with children. I’m too tired to make tough resolutions. This year, I resolve to write the correct year on every check I write! A friend of mine at work is resolving to sleep at least two hours a night every night. We hope to not fail!
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January 1, 2007 at 6:34 am by AnonymousWe can’t give our children any of the wishes we have for them if they die in war. Could you make “Bringing the troops home NOW” a resolution?
Donna Schall Stow, Ohio, 66 yr. old grandma
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January 1, 2007 at 1:31 am by AnonymousI was lucky enough to be able to spend the first year home with my son and not have to work, but about a year ago I did go back to work and back to school to finish my degree. I have hated being away from him so much. Now that he is almost 2 years old he is able to participate in so many more activities, so my resolution for 2007 it so spend not just more ttime with him but to make the time I do spend with him quality time. He loves craft projects, paint, construction paper, glues sticks, glitter stickers…all that fun stuff. I want to take him to the zoo to see all the animals, spend more time at the park, visit friends in neighboring towns who have young children, more nature walks around our house. I want to make the time we have together special. I am a single mother blessed with an incredible family that helps me so much, but I want my son to know that even though I work and go to school, I am doing it to better our lives and that when Mommy is home that is our special time to do fun activities. Activities that are not only fun but educational. I love my son more than anything I have ever been blessed with in my life and I want him to know that. He may not have a Daddy but I want him to know that he has a Mommy that loves him double.
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January 1, 2007 at 1:03 am by AnonymousI have been trying to meditate and find a spiritual focus for the new year. So far all I’ve been able to come up with loosely is: search for spiritual truths/inspiration/new ways of being.
Ms. Susan The Pink Flamingo Lady of LaLaLand/Lower Alabama
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January 1, 2007 at 12:27 am by AnonymousI vow to continue my fight to get the children out of where they have been placed. Named as guardian in decased friends will for her children, CPS removed the children from their father and placed them w/relatives of the father they never had contact with. Wills have no legal standing in TX if the state is involved. The children are not happy, want to know if they can say where they want to live and are in desparate need of counseling and other medical needs which they are not receiving.
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December 31, 2006 at 11:00 pm by AnonymousI resolve to always listen to the “little voice” in my head…she’s always right.
And, to never hit a bad toss in my tennis serve…it never works.
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December 31, 2006 at 9:14 pm by AnonymousWe have plenty of money for Moms!!!!
Do you know that we only have social security or FICA tax on the first 90+ grand of the money we earn?
Do you realize that we might make $1 or 10 million and still have this cap?
I say there should be no cap on this income since all that money is disposable for those wealthy individuals anyway. It’s going towards vacations, second homes (another story) and business ventures.
Why should the poorest pay the most and the richest be given this huge gift?
This tax gift to the rich is a crime that is a secret gift to the rich….go figure, the poor aren’t going to know about this break until they make over $100K.
I guess then it’s too late to get mad?
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