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Hello Susan Crook,
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Successful
Summers!
In the part of the country where I live, summertime
is filled with cookouts, hide-and-seek, swimming,
bike rides (with ice cream as a destination), and
kids eager to cooperate with their moms. No wait --
that must be a typo!
In actuality, it may be "work" this summer to get
your kids to cooperate with ANYTHING! For example,
you may prefer unpretentious days at home to
complete tasks around the house, but you have a high
energy child who constantly petitions to be with
friends and is on the go from the time he or
she opens those squinty little eyelids each morning!
Or perhaps you prefer to be on the go each
day, but your child stubbornly protests, "I just
want to stay home, mom."
Want a successful summer for everyone in your
family? If we're going to enjoy life and enjoy
relationships with our children, then we need to
understand them and where they're coming from --
which personality quadrant, that is. And we need to
care about why our children act the way they do
today, because it affects what they do
tomorrow! God has entrusted us with a wonderful
gift and responsibility to love, teach, train, and
be the best moms we can be (as we discover what an
awesome, yet sometimes wearisome "profession" that
is).
Moms are the largest non-licensed group of
professionals that exists. I don't know about you,
we may be professionals, but I missed the training
to be a mom somewhere along the way in my education.
I've been winging it ever since that first
excruciating, body-wrecking, sleep-depriving,
painful, yet joyful moment called childbirth! (By
the way, be sure and save all those labor and
delivery bills. You may need them someday -- when
one of your kids reminds you that you borrowed a
twenty!) (See how moms have to be on their
toes?)
Whether you work outside the home or are a stay-at-
home mom, you're a professional mom. Being a
professional mom is a highly demanding, continuous
hands-on type of job that comes with no salary and
no time off -- not even for good behavior! However,
the benefits (butterfly kisses, bouquets of wilted
dandelions, and homemade mud pies garnished with
roly-pollies) can be endless!
Summer days are so precious and you have the unique
opportunity to make this your best summer ever by
understanding why your child acts like he or she
does. And when a child feels understood, a child
feels loved. The fact is, we make memories every day
-- good or bad. So, go for it! Grab the sunblock and
make this summer great!
(A portion of this was taken from the newly released
book, "Personality Insights for Moms!") Visit
your local bookstore or order online at
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Father's Day is June 18th!
Father's Day Cake
1 cake mix
1 can icing
(tinted his favorite shirt color)
9x12 cardboard shirt box
Tissue paper
Waxed paper
White paper
(for shirt collar and 2 cuffs)
Colorful frosting for tie
Candy for tie and cufflinks
- Bake cake in 9x12 inch cake pan.
- Remove from pan, cool, place on waxed paper.
- Line 9x12 inch cardboard shirt box with
tissue paper.
- Cover with a larger piece of waxed paper.
- Flip cake over, place bottom-up in box.
- Frost.
- Cut a collar and two cuffs out of white
paper. (The collar is a strip, rolled into a
ring and taped, with a small V cut out of the
center.
The cuffs are rectangles with candy cufflinks.)
- Add a colorful frosting tie below the point
where the collar will be placed.
- Just before serving, trim away the waxed
paper and add the collar and cuffs.
(Recipe from Family Fun).
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1) What did the doctor say to the man who
complained he was shrinking?
2) How do you make seven even?
3) What do you call a country where all the
automobiles are pink?
1) You will just have to be a little patient!
2) Take away the "s"!
3) A pink car nation!
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Question:
I am supportive of my very driven husband in all his
exciting business ventures. However, it worries me
that he makes too many quick decisions without
thinking and we get in jams. He says he loves the
challenge of figuring it out. Why is he like this? I
want to think about it and plan things out first. Why
doesn't he think things through like I do?
Answer:
It appears that your husband may have a high "D"
personality style. Some "D" definitions are
Decisive, Doer, Determined, and
Dominant. "Ds" love doing things the "fast" way.
Challenges, taking charge, and accomplishing new and
exciting things invigorate them. In fact, their motto
could be, "Ready, Fire, Aim!"
You, on the other hand, may have the more
Calculating, Cautious, and Careful
"C" personality style. The most important thing we
should learn about our personality style is to stay in
control. A "D's" out of control ambition and
determination can be dangerous. However, a "D"
remaining in control can be amazingly productive and
successful, as long as he or she thinks through any
consequences ahead of time!
Remember, your husband's not acting this way to drive
you crazy. There's even the remote possibility that
you were very attracted to his "make-things-
happen-now" personality at the beginning of your
relationship! Keep in mind, "Ds" need challenges and
control like a fish needs water (as long as they can
keep swimming and avoid sinking)!
Submit your question today!
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"Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want,
but the realization of how much you already have."
And my God will meet all your needs according to his
glorious riches in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:19
NIV.
(Yes, yours!)
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