LittleFish BigPond
Stories (7/0)
Drive, Don't Fly
If you‘re going to travel, and get the very most out of traveling, consider driving instead of flying. There are so many interesting and beautiful things along the way that you shouldn’t miss. We recently took a trip down the East Coast. It was a 12 hour drive. We had briefly considered flying. Then I thought that it would be a two hour flight, with two hours at the airport prior to that. That totals up to four hours of annoyance and it doesn’t even count getting out of the airport, finding luggage and getting a rental car. Then you have to do the whole thing over on the way back. That just seemed like a whole lot of BLAH to me. Driving allows you freedom to go at your own pace and explore the surroundings. Flying is sometimes necessary, I do like the convenience at times. However, it feels a lot like being part of a cattle herd getting shuffled along. So for this trip, we opted to drive and I am so glad that we did.
By LittleFish BigPond6 years ago in Wander
Tips to Road Trip with Kids
If you’re traveling with kids, I can give you a few pointers, having done it many, many times. I’m going to give you tips on driving vacations and road trips. It can be very trying for you and the kids to be stuck in a vehicle. It can also be a fun adventure in itself. Here are a few tried and true methods that I have used, and they’ve worked.
By LittleFish BigPond6 years ago in Families
White People Need to Speak Up!
White people need to speak up. Racism is running rampant in our country and it has got to stop. I’ve heard the counterarguments, “My family didn’t own slaves,” and, “Slavery was a long time ago, get over it.” Well, you can’t forgive someone for stomping on your foot if they are still stomping on your foot. Racism clearly still exists, whether the whites want to recognize it or not. This is not a problem created by people of color, and it can’t be fixed by them. The more blacks and other people of color protest racism, the more it seems to rear its ugly head. I don’t mean to say that they shouldn’t protest, by all means they should. But since whites, our ancestors, created the problem, we, as whites, should do everything we can to fix the problem. It’s not their problem to fix. It’s ours. It’s our bad behavior. What we allow is what will continue. Racism is ugly, hateful, stupid, and mean. Racism exists still, because whites need a scapegoat for their own insecurities and shortcomings. If you are racist, you are weak. Furthermore, if you don’t speak up against the problem, you are part of the problem. We need to create a better future for our children, all of our countries children.
By LittleFish BigPond6 years ago in The Swamp
Old & Going Back to School
Back to school? After a certain age, we look at our lives. Is there something that you really wanted to do but didn’t? Now is the time. You may have always wanted a different career but raising a family and bills got into the way. You may think it’s not possible, but actually anything is possible if you want it bad enough and cast aside your excuses.
By LittleFish BigPond6 years ago in Education
Dead Facebook Friends?
I have a lot of dead Facebook friends. It seems like a shocking sentence, but you probably do as well, even if you’re fairly young. I have at least six on my small friends list of 300 or so. These people have passed on, moved into another realm—but they’re still hanging around their social media accounts, and mine. I've deleted some in the past but I'm not quite sure what the dead social media friends etiquette is. Do you? I don’t know if I should have done that. I’m assuming that when someone in my close family or circle dies, it will be like a punch in the gut to see them on social media. It seems that this is another the world and our old ways cannot keep up with the age of the internet. This, to me, is clearly one of those situations. Maybe it's the new normal. It will take time for me to adjust to this part of the internet.
By LittleFish BigPond6 years ago in Humans
Stop Saying "Single Mom"
I hate the term “single mother,” even though I guess I am one. I think saying “single mother” denotes weakness, a victim. That’s not me. I am a single woman with children, a divorced woman with children. I am a strong woman, like I’ve always been. My marital status doesn’t change that. I realize what I’m saying may be controversial to many, but quit playing the victim, even if you are one, become a victor.
By LittleFish BigPond6 years ago in Families
Traveling Without Kids
On the topic of traveling without children, it’s absolutely glorious! This is definitely a benefit of growing older. Don’t get me wrong, I love my kids, I really do. I took them on a lot of vacations, as well as road trips to museums, science centers, amusement parks, and historical sites. I enjoyed those times, I really did. But let’s face it, vacationing with kids is just taking care of kids in another location. Even if it’s the most beautiful and/or luxurious vacation, it was childcare. It was actually childcare on steroids. A different location with stranger danger, elusive bathrooms, whining, bickering, and sullen, unappreciative teenagers.
By LittleFish BigPond6 years ago in Families