Before I Was a MOM...

I slept as late as I wanted and never worried about how late I got into bed. I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.
Before I was a Mom -
I cleaned my house each day. I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous. I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mom -
I had never been puked on - Pooped on - Spit on - Chewed on, or Peed on. I had complete control of my mind and My thoughts. I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom -
I never held down a screaming child so that doctors could do tests...or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom -
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life
so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom -
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important.
Before I was a Mom -
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known The warmth, The joy, The love, The heartache, The wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom. I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.

CINCO DE MAYO

Cinco de Mayo is a holiday celebrating Mexican heritage. It commemorates the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle Of Puebla on May 5, 1862.

How do WE celebrate??? With nachos and margaritas! Raise your Corona and have a toast!

National Teacher Day

The NEA gives a history of National Teacher Day The origins of Teacher Day are murky. Around 1944 Wisconsin teacher Ryan Krug began corresponding with political and education leaders about the need for a national day to honor teachers. Woodbridge wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt who in 1953 persuaded the 81st Congress to proclaim a National Teacher Day. NEA along with its Kansas and Indiana state affiliates and the Dodge City (Kan.) local lobbied Congress to create a national day celebrating teachers. Congress declared March 7, 1980, as National Teacher Day for that year only. NEA and its affiliates continued to observe Teacher Day on the first Tuesday in March until 1985, when the National PTA established Teacher Appreciation Week as the first full week of May. The NEA Representative Assembly then voted to make the Tuesday of that week National Teacher Day.

"The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind." ~Khalil Gibran

Tau Lambda Collegiate/Alumnae Support

It has been decided to create a facebook group for current sisters in administrative positions, and alum who want to be actively involved with the sisters to help recapture the essence of AOII. It came to the attention of several of us during the AOII 25th Anniversary, that the present sisters need help. Ritual was lost and no longer being performed, membership is down, there is probation and charter problems, and the loss of the president's gavel and ring were a few signs they need some help.

I ask you to consider joining this group. We would like to invest some time to AOII and repay the sorority for the qualities it instilled in us that make us the women we are today. By joining this group, you are commiting to (or attempting to) make a chapter meeting during the upcoming school year and actively communicate with sisters to better the sorority.

Please ask to be invited to join, or search the facebook groups for Shippensburg AOII Tau Lambda Collegiate/Alumnae Support Group and request to join. It will be a great way for us to communicate with the current sisters and find out how to best assist them.

We would have a meeting in September to allow us all to organize our involvement for this upcoming 2010-2011 school year. I am delighted to be able to send this message to you and look forward to meeting with you and current sisters to better Shippensburg AOII!!

May is Arthritis Month