Stay at Home Moms vs. Working Moms
While I don’t want to get into a debate about the virtues of either being a stay at home mom vs. a working mom, I do find myself in a dilema.
I was a stay at home mom for 13 years beginning when my first child was around 18 months old. I didn’t originally choose to be a stay at home mom. I chose to continue working. Little did I know that being a working mom would equate to tremendous stress and guilt for me. I still remember crying and asking my husband if he would mind if I quit my job to stay home with our son. Asking, because it meant a loss of income that he would have to make up, which meant more stress for him. Read More…
Twilight Addiction
Okay, I admit it. Much to the embarrassment of most of my family, I am a Twilight Junkie.
I’ve read all four of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight saga books, twice. Not to mention the internet only manuscript of Midnight Sun. I check out the latest gossip on the New Moon filming and look forward with great anticipation to 11.20.09 for the opening of Twilight #2. My desktop image is the New Moon poster released by Summit last week.
I’ve had in depth conversations with my 12 year old niece as well as several teenage fans of the series and I just can’t shake it. I know that I’ll eventually get over it, but until then, I plan to enjoy!
4 Chords 36 Songs
I have often told my children that there are only a handful of original plots and that all books are somehow based upon those plots and their variations. Success; Failure; Love and Loss; Revenge; Mistaken Identity; The search for a higher power, be it God or the Devil (according to Stephen King).
Others list them as this 5: man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. society, man vs. nature, man vs. god -
Examples would include: Braveheart
Ronald Tobias wrote the book 20 Master Plots: And How to Build Them
But whatever notion you hold, I do believe there are only so many original ideas and the best authors mold and shape these basic plots into new and exciting twists that entertain us and become classic.
In that vain, my son showed me this video from Today’s Big Thing which really illustrates the point. This video is about music, but shows that there are only so many chord combinations that a muscian can create and still be original. Th video is very entertaining and makes you stop and think about what creativity really means.
Enjoy!
