Episode 6 - Crosses and Frames

Day of Events:  February 16, 2024

Monkey Bread for my son and Sherbert Punch for my daughter- love the kiddos!!

My job as a parent and I take it seriously and I communicate it well, I think! 

Scarlett Davis

Facebook: Future Single Lady

email: FutureSingleLady@gmail.com

Transcript

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Llama Llama, his mama has some drama. Is that one of those Llama Llama book titles? If not, maybe it ought to be. I forget the author of that series, but I used to love reading Llama Llama Red Pajama to my sweet little boy. He enjoyed it too. Also, Llama Llama Misses Mama. Sure would be nice if my sweet little boy, who's not so little anymore, missed his mama. I certainly hope he does, and I hope that my daughter does, too. I'm Scarlett Davis. This is my drama. I'm the future single lady, and this is my chronicle of forcing a change in my life that, though I believe everything is better in the end and that it's all divinely purposed and divinely suited, the fact is, It wasn't an easy thing to do. It wasn't an easy thing to go through. And so this is the chronicles of my sometimes dramatic situation. Sometimes, dramatically good. Not always. So if you're interested, then keep on listening. I just have to tell you that this podcast is for entertainment purposes only. I am not I'm not authorized or qualified in any way to give advice, really of any sort, other than based on my own experience, but just because it's my experience doesn't mean it's the same for you or whoever it is that you would be getting the advice for. So I'm not qualified in any way to advise you on anything except maybe hair and or massage because that's what I do. I am not a counselor. I am not a legal professional. I am not a doctor. I'm not a nurse. There's a lot of things that I'm not. But what I am is a person who's going through some stuff and who's sharing it with you. And my hope is that it helps you in some way. Whether it's just flat out entertainment, or if it helps you know that you're not alone. in going through your stuff. If you're going through some kind of forced separation, whether it's a marriage, a relationship with a significant other, or maybe even a business situation where there is a forced separation occurring, or if it helps you to understand what someone else is going through, or as I like to call it, the ups and downs and all the rounds, then keep listening. I love you, my friend, and I'm so very thankful that you're here. Continuing on with the journaling, February 16th, 2024. This is a really short one, um, even with two entries being, uh, the morning and the evening, there's only about a half a page. So, here we go. For the morning, I said, a full day of work scheduled, starting with a perm and ending with my children. Happy face. I really, truly hope that we get some good, fun, quality time together this evening. Happy face. Yeah, I know, but I don't have to pretend about the framed marriage stuff. I really want to be, want to take down a bunch of those crosses. We'll see after tomorrow and also see about my framed stuff that my aunt has, smiley face exclamation mark. Okay, I'm just going to explain for a moment. But there was a corner in the master bedroom where we. There was a corner in the bedroom where we had our framed marriage license or certificate and also this additional thing that the justice of the peace gave us. And so they were all professionally framed and looked nice and had a place of blessing in our home. I am a person of faith and I also sort of developed a collection of crosses. Not, it was not something I actively sought out to do, but basically I put them in this, this corner. I kind of think of this as my meditation corner. My great grandfather's easy chair was in that corner, and that's where I would sit not only whenever I was reading or just meditating But also whenever I would do some webinars or stuff like that And so it was in this corner, and I just had things that I considered blessings for me they kind of increased my vibration and There were crosses all in this corner, so Since I don't, didn't care about the marriage and I wanted it to end, then I didn't need to pretend like those pieces of paper or those framed things meant anything to me. And I was obviously looking for a place to put the stuff that did inspire me. So, to that evening. The, the journal, the journal entry goes like this. Busy day and good, though a tad crazy, lol. Told my grandmother what was going on. She was shocked but sympathetic. Glad I caught her right before her morning meditation, smiley face. I'm asking everyone for good thoughts, prayers, and energy. Love and light for this being a positive thing. Dash the best ever, exclamation mark. Both kids came in for cuts. My son decided on John Wick 4, and my daughter wanted Sherbert Crunch, so she ran to the grocery store after we stopped off at the local auto parts place to get a rear windshield wiper for my daughter. Happy face. Taking care of business. I made the monkey bread for my son that I forgot on Super Bowl Sunday, happy face. Was too full for salad or ribs after having summer sausage, exclamation mark. I don't know if that was for Super Bowl Sunday or that day. And loving having the best future me pull my strings. Looking forward to tomorrow, happy face, happy face. Looking forward to sleep, happy face. And, I don't know, there's 22, oh, I think that maybe those are some Z's in there. Happy face. It looks like four twos, but I think it's maybe some z's, and there's some happy faces. So that's it for February the 16th, 2024. It was a happy time for me. The kids and I were doing well. We were hanging out together. We were doing special stuff together. It wasn't over the top. It was just us being us, and it being good, because we were always good. Even when we weren't so good, we were still good, because we communicated, and we worked through our stuff, and we learned from whatever it was that we did or went through. So, I mean, I'm a parent. That's my job, right? So, I always tried to make the most of it because my job was always, I told my kids always, that every parent has the same job whether they realize it or not, and that is to raise responsible, respectful, productive citizens of the world, not just of Portland, Texas, or Texas, the United States, of the world. This is a worldwide community, and It's one thing to be responsible, it's another thing to be productive. And it's one thing to be productive, and it's another thing to be responsible. So, responsible, productive citizens of the world. That is every, in my opinion, that is every parent's job. And I always told my kids, and I included their dad in this too, I said, we take our jobs seriously. So if you want to compare us to other people's parents, that's fine. Just know that not every parent knows that this is their job. And even those who do know that this is their job, they don't take their job seriously. But your dad and I do. And we put thought and time and effort into things that we ask of you guys. So, and as, was it yesterday? Yesterday's? Yeah. So just the evening before, my son had expressed thanks for how he was raised. My son was 17 at the time that he said that. And I'll be honest, it wasn't the first time he said it. And he wasn't sucking up either. He has just been raised with an awareness and has been taught to, both of our children have, to observe the things around them and to think about it and to make decisions. How do you want to be? Do you want to be like, like the person you're looking, looking at? Are you looking up to them or are you looking down at them? If you're looking down at them, do you want to be like that? If you're looking up to them, do you want to be like that? What steps are you going to take or not take to either be or not be that person? There you have it. That's my drama for the day and I think maybe we've both had our limit. If not, keep listening because there's another episode. There's more. There's always more.