Powerful Sayings

Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 Economic Opportunity Act: "Investing in children now will save money in costly services down the road."

Renatta M. Cooper-Program Specialist, Office of Child Care, L.A. County Chief Administration Office: "I had no idea how to support a family through this, but I know I needed to learn."

Personal Childhood Web

Personal Childhood Web

Mekesha

• Parents
• Bermudian Family
• American Family
• Childhood Teacher
• Church Family

Parents- Initial individuals to instill me with the necessary morals to be a successful citizen and my mother continues to be my cheerleader, support system, and biggest fan.  My father is deceased.

Bermudian Family- (Father’s side) Especially my aunt Marlene and aunt Rochelle; they were and remain supportive of me, next to my mother.  They are both like my second mother to this very day.  In addition to my mother, they are responsible for nurturing and educating me of my Bermudian heritage.

American Family- (Mother’s side) Especially my grandmother and aunt Mattie; I used to spend summer and Christmas holiday with them.  They are responsible for nurturing and educating me of my American (southern) heritage. 

Childhood Teacher- Mrs. Estravit (Primary 7 teacher).  I was distraught when I got my test results to determine which high school I would go to.  I didn’t do well on the exam and I wasn’t routed for an academic high school.  I cried, cried, and cried.  Mrs. Estravit consoled my and whispered in my ear, “it is not where you go, but what you do when you get there.”  Those are words I lived by then and I continue to live by.

Church Family- In addition to my parents, my church family reiterated the necessary morals I should live by in order to be successful in life.  Here I was taught to live by the words of God and Jesus-what is right, what is wrong, and what were the consequences of both.  I also was baptized and had my First Communion ceremony here.

My grandparents and I during our Wednesday night dinner (father's parents)

My grandmother (mother's mother)

My aunt Marlene at my birthday party-brother and cousins looking on

My mother and her sisters

My parents and I

My dad and I

Impressionable Human Beings

“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”

~JAMES ARTHUR BALDWIN

This quote validates one of the reasons I fell in love with educating preschoolers.  I found that at the ripe age of four and five how impressionable human beings children are.  Children are so eager to learn that they take everything in that is exposed to them, including myself.  

Love You Forever

Love You Forever, written by Robert Munsch is one of the many children's book I hold near and dear to my heart.  It is a beautiful story that encompasses all ages.  It describes the unconditional love a mother expresses for her son through a song during different stages of his life.  Most importantly, she reaches her elderly years, which she can barely whisper the song to her son.  It is at this point, he begins to sing the same song she sang to him for many years.  The same night he goes home to his newborn baby and begins this tradition with his own child.  Although this is a wonderful story to share with my preschoolers, I also share it with my 15 month old daughter.   My daughter was born with cystic fibrosis and I pray that she lives long enough to in turn read this book or maybe her own story to me when I am up in age.  I also pray that she is healthy and blessed to have her own children and do the same with them.

Love You Forever

Written by Robert Munsch.

Illustrated by Sheila McGraw.

Published by Firefly Books, 1995.

Embracing Change - Loving Every Moment Of It

Creating this blog has allowed me to step out of my comfort zone and I am LOVING every moment of it!  Thanks, Walden University (EDUC 6005)!