A reminder:
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished
-Lao Tzu
Month: May 2015
Wheels for Adam Update
Adam and his family now have a NEW VAN! And Adam’s wheelchair is on order! Thank you to EVERYONE for your generous support for this family that is near and dear to my heart! See his story on KHOU Channel 11
HOUSTON - A generous KHOU 11 viewer is helping out a 10-year-old born with Spina Bifida.
A few weeks ago, we told you about Adam’s wheelchair and family medical van that were stolen. Now, the family is getting new wheels that make all the difference.
“I’m going to be like a tractor,” said Adam Buckles, as he honked the horn on his family’s new van.
It’s hard to miss the joy on 10-year-old Adam’s face.
When we first met him, his family had just moved to Houston. Adam’s wheelchair and family’s medical van were stolen.
“I don’t know what to think, this is incredible!” said Jerene Buckles, his mother.
Now, Adam’s family has a new ride from a generous donor.
“Westside Chevrolet would like to give you the keys to a van,” said Bill Auffenberg, owner of Westside Chevrolet.
After seeing this family’s story on KHOU 11 News, the dealership’s owner says he was touched.
“I’ve got a special needs child myself and other employees in the dealership have special needs children,” said Auffenberg.
The Buckles family says the best part about this van, is there’s room for everybody, all 6 kids and their stuff.
“I got a helicopter!” said Adam, who is also getting another surprise.
His ‘Wheels for Adam’ page now has enough money to buy a replacement wheelchair.
“Thank you guys so much for getting our story out there,” said Buckles.
A story that changed their image of their new home in Houston.
“Definitely somewhere we are glad to be,” said Buckles.
http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2015/05/19/khou-11-news-viewer-helps-boy-get-new-wheels/27625891/
Quote of the Day
Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things. ~Elise Boulding
Inspiration
Food Revolution Day
Today is Food Revolution Day!!!!
FOOD REVOLUTION DAY IS FIGHTING TO PUT COMPULSORY PRACTICAL FOOD EDUCATION ON THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
With diet-related diseases rising at an alarming rate, it has never been more important to educate children about food, where it comes from and how it affects their bodies.
WHAT’S THE ANSWER?
“By educating children about food in a practical, fun and engaging way, we can provide them with the knowledge and skills they so urgently need to lead healthier, happier lives. We need to make practical food education a compulsory part of every school curriculum across the world, and that’s why I’ve launched a petition calling on all G20 countries to action this. With enough support from millions of people around the world, I truly believe that we can create a movement that’s powerful enough to make governments take action.”
Jamie Oliver
Read more at http://www.foodrevolutionday.com/campaign/#9wggYYhjQlktp34o.99
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ug_vpIk1jc
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Quote of the Day
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food”
-Hippocrates, 460 B.C.
Happy Dinners
My husband and I were discussing how enjoyable dinner has been lately. One of the main reasons dinner has been enjoyable is that we have been working really hard at avoiding snacks before dinner with the little one. I am not a snacker so this isn’t hard for me, but my husband likes to munch when he gets off of work. The little one has a snack in the car on the way home from school but if he get’s home and sees his Daddy eating he wants to try that snack out too! If Daddy lets him then dinner can turn into a grumbly affair where the babe takes two bites and proclaims he’s “all done” and stands up in his chair waiting for us to take him out because he’s full on snacks and doesn’t want to eat anything else.
My husband and I had a discussion about snacking in front of the babe over a week ago. Okay it wasn’t really a discussion it was a forced educational experience for my husband. I pointed out to him what I just explained above. He grumbled a little but also stated he understood. I explained to my husband that he could still snack himself, he would just have to become stealthier about it and not let the babe see him snacking.
If you think institution of no snacks before dinner is easy, let me warn you it can be a little painful at times. A few times the babe would go to the refrigerator or cupboard and ask for milk or a snack while I was in the kitchen preparing dinner. After his one after school snack I now have to tell him NO to any other snack (although I will let him steal a tomato, or a bite of cheese or other tidbit while I’m cooking if he’s “helping” me cook) . I tell him no and he moves into totally meltdown mode with protests, crying, and laying on the kitchen floor. He is quite stubborn and sometimes these antics can last for quite a long while, but I try my hardest to mean No when I say No so I let him carry on with the world is ending routine.
I’ve also instituted dessert for the little one. If he eats his dinner than he is allowed to have dessert which can be anything from a cupcake or cookie, to fruit or his current favorite yogurt raisins. If he doesn’t eat a good portion of his dinner he does not get dessert. I leave his dinner on the table for a while in case he had a bad night and if he asks for dessert I tell him he can’t have any because he didn’t eat his dinner, but if he’d like to eat some of his dinner then he can have dessert. This usually does the trick and he will let me feed him what’s on his plate until I’m satisfied and hand over dessert.
These few little changes have made our dinner routine so much happier. I challenge you to try for a week and see if it works for you too!
Cheers and Happy Eating!
