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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

How To Keep Your Child Quiet During Church, Weddings, And Any Other Public Event

How To Keep Your Child Quiet





The first five years of motherhood can have a variety of names. I particularly enjoy “The Time Of Isolation.” Or maybe “The Era Of The Cry Room.” How about “The ‘We’d Better Stay Home’ Period? Let’s face it, for the first couple years, many moms would rather miss their second cousin’s wedding than actually try to control their children in public. We think of it as a public service. We’re saving everyone at Church or at a play from hearing our chattering little monkey.
Unfortunately, sometimes an event rolls around that you simply can’t miss. My husband’s family attends the Holy Days of Obligation together, little ones and all. Even better, we attend Mass in a Church so small that it doesn’t have a cry room. There’s one big chapel and an entrance big enough to hold exactly two parents and two wailing infants. I know this because it’s constantly full.
No joke, I spent two hours on Christmas Eve sitting in the car with my daughter while everyone else received the Sacrament. See, my little girl had realized that the tall ceilings made her voice echo. Echos are irresistible to two year olds. By the time my husband made it to the car, I had run out the battery. Merry Christmas to all.
This weekend, my daughter is the flower girl in a wedding. Honestly, I’m not too worried about her walking down the aisle. She’s always kind of enjoyed being the center of attention. What little girl doesn’t enjoy 400 people collectively adoring her?
My concern is for the actual ceremony that will follow her petal-strewing obligations. How am I going to keep her quiet for the next hour? Of course she knows how to behave in public. Of course she’s capable of sitting still when the situation calls for it. But let’s face it, even the most well-behaved children slip up!
Parents need to be prepared. Here’s how I attempt to make it through graduations, ballet performances, weddings and even the occasional Mass.
What’s your secret? How do you keep your kids from making a scene in a quiet ceremony?

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Ke$ha: 'I Was Born With A Tail'

Ke$ha: 'I Was Born With A Tail'




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Outlandish singer Ke$ha has revealed she was born with a "tiny tail." 

The 26 year-old pop star had a bone sticking out of her back that resembled an animal's tail when she was a baby, but surgeons removed the appendage. 

She tells Britain's Heat magazine, "I had a tail when I was born. It was a tiny tail, about a quarter of an inch, then they chopped it off and stole my tail. That was when I was little. I'm really sad about that story." 

Ke$ha admits she has grown to embrace her physical flaws, adding, "There are tons of things (I dislike about my body) but I'm at that point right now where I'm trying to accept every little bit of me. Trust me, I don't have the perfect body, but I don't have anything else to work with, so I might as well accept it."


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Oprah Winfrey: 'You Cannot Be My Friend And Use The N-Word'

Oprah Winfrey: 'You Cannot Be My Friend And Use The N-Word'


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Oprah Winfrey has warned pal Lee Daniels to stop using the N-word, telling him that if he keeps it up they can't be friends.

Daniels, Winfrey and Forest Whitaker sat down with Parade magazine to discuss their upcoming film The Butler, which chronicles the Civil Rights movement through the eyes of White House butler Cecil Gaines (Whitaker), who served under seven presidents.

During the chat, Daniels said that he's used the word often in the past, but Oprah set him straight.

“It’s a word I used quite a bit," Daniels tells Parade, "until Oprah sat me down and talked to me about its power."

"You cannot be my friend and use that word around me," the TV mogul added. "It shows my age, but I feel strongly about it... I always think of the millions of people who heard that as their last word as they were hanging from a tree."

Daniels, who has since stopped using the word, claims he still experiences racism on a daily basis in New York City.

"It’s a given. I can’t even get a taxi. I send my [white] assistant out to get a taxi because I can’t," he says.

Whitaker, who "never did" use the term, says he's experienced plenty of racist moments in his life also.

"I’ve had many incidents in my life of racism. I’ve been thrown on the ground. I’ve been frisked. I’ve been arrested so many times I couldn’t tell you. I have no need to talk about it," he says.

"If you can’t accept that these things are going on, you’re living an illusion."

Winfrey added that people "need to see" the movie because the youth of today know "diddly-squat" about the civil rights movement.

The director is hoping for a PG-13 rating so more people can be exposed to the film's message. "Lee Daniels' The Butler" opens in theaters August 16.

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