When I was MUCH younger

When I was  little girl I was afraid of everything. Are any of you like that?
My mom drank a LOT. and that caused gobs of problems between my mom and dad. He even had to tie her to the bed sometimes to keep her from harming herself. I think she must have had those bad dreams that drinkers have.

Anyway, whatever it was, I was scared a lot. I must admit I wasn't happy about those things that went on, but my older brother helped me to realize that it was maybe not OK, but that was how things were.

So, as I got older that fear stayed with me. I would walk to school backward!! Crazy stuff like that. I would scrub my face until it was bright red---and then put alcohol on it so that I wouldn't have any pimples. OOH how that would burn.

NOT good.

FEAR will make us do strange, crazy things.

One day two of my friends were playing in the trees. NO, they were NOT monkeys. We just climbed trees. Remember this is in the days before TV, WII, cell phones or computers.

We made out own games. I liked to climb trees, probably because my mom didn't come after me.

My point is this -- My friends told me that they had taken Jesus into their lives and I wanted to be like them -- because they were happy.

That's the day that confidence came into my life. Because, with Jesus on my side NOTHING can come against me!

CONFIDENCE galore. Churned up and put back into my mind.

I love it.

Do you want some -- let me know.

More later, Linda

Some times I wonder----

I learned something yesterday.

     It;s not the size of your bank account
     It's not the amount of people in your team
     It's the size of your DREAM that will get you where you want to be.

So -- lady friend -- get a BIG DREAM and stick to it.

Don't give up and don't forget your dream.

Make posters of what YOU want and put them all over .

Take a picture of your dream poster and put in as your lock screen image.

Do it!!

AND DO IT NOW!!!!


    

Want to know something?

I really hope that not one of you have gotten the wrong idea about what being Sassy is -- or isn't. I would not like to think I had lead anyone in the wrong direction.

I think of a SASSY woman as being happy with who SHE is.

It doesn't really matter what others think of your wardrobe. Does it??

Think about that!!

Answer these few questions.

Do you wear outfits that YOU feel good in???

Do YOU like the color??

Do YOU like how the clothes feel on YOU???

Do you stand in front of the mirror and think about what your boyfriend would think about what you have on??

Are you worried about what he would think??

Are your scared of his reaction or just excited about it??

Honestly ask yourself these questions.

Now be honest!!

SASSY is all about you!

More later, Linda

SASSY is----

I'd rather be sassy because sassy can be so many things.

Like, when a friend is down SASSY knows just what to say-----and when to say it. And isn't afraid to say something that might make them cry. And you too.

SASSY is wearing a lime green blouse with an orangey red suit!!!

SASSY is accessorizing the outfit with Turquoise jewelry and lime green shoes.

SASSY will take up for the person being bullied because they KNOW what's right and bullying is NOT right.

And a SASSY woman -- believe it or not -- knows when to keep her mouth shut.

More later, Linda

Sassy is a noun AND a verb

When I used to teach 3rd grade kids this is the way I explained nouns and verbs.

A noun is who or what it is about.

A verb is what it does, so that means SASSY is both a noun and a verb!!

WHY?? you ask.

I'm here to tell you why. 

Women who are SASSY know it. We call them SASSY!! Sometimes because we like them and sometimes because we don't.  Know what I mean???\

And SASSY is a verb because SASSY makes us act differently. We walk differently.  We smile more.  We wave at EVERYONE!!

SASSY is!!!!

How many of us ARE SASSY???

Have you ever been around THOSE kind of women?  You know the ones---yeah you do!!

The ones who have a smile on their lips---but NEVER in their eyes. The woman who works but never has time for husband or kids. The woman who has a house keeper, so she never knows what's going on in her own house, because a house does not a home make.

Do you remember the lunch date that Sandra Bullock had in The Blindside with her "friends"? You know the ones I mean. The lunch date where the women sit around and do nothing but push their very EXPENSIVE salads around their plates and gossip about EVERYONE!!

These are not sassy women.  These are MEAN women.

"X" marks the spot! STAY AWAY from women like that. They are not your friend as Mrs. Tuey, aka Sandra Bullock, found out. She wasn't doing it to THEIR standards, ideals or ideas of how IT should be done.

POISON!!  XXXXX

It rubs off!!!

More later,

Sassy isn't necessarily pretty

If you're thinking that you have to be spammy clean---every hair in place---nails done----best jewelry on---dressed to please anyone else---you are wrong.  REALLY wrong!

Sassy is confident---we don't dress for anyone unless it is OUR idea.

We don't spend hours in the beauty shop---unless we want to.

We don't spend thousands on one outfit--unless it is just what WE want.

Sassy means we are ourselves.

Take us like you find us.

We expect our significant other to listen to us as we tell them all about this movie we have seen.

We expect to have that same significant other to apologize to us if they have hurt us in ANY way.

We will not stay around anyone who is abusive.

We are woman and watch us RoAR!!!

More later, Linda