Never apologize for who you are! NEVER apologize for being YOU!!! Sometimes we find ourselves in the hustle and bustle of the world and get carried away. We get caught up in the mundane, the comfortable, and the easy! It is so hard to not loose ourselves along the way. To not do what we must to either get by or fit in while doing what we must to sty true to ourselves. It’s hard to sometimes see that being individual, being special, being DIFFERENT indeed makes all the difference. Also who wants to go through life and only see and/or interact witb the same cookie cutter person over and over and over and over and over and over.

I raise my kids with the background of my religion plus pieces of our familys mixed heritage. I teach them that not only are they part of the unit of a family not every one from the family has to have the same views. There are times when I ask one of my children a question and she immediately looks at her big sister at which time I hush fhe older sister and encourage the one I asked to speak her OWN mind.

Disclaimer- It is VERY hard listening, absorbing, and encourageing six peoples individuality. It is a daily challenge but there is always the trying.