Sky stays blue, while everything changes.

Right now my sky is dark and gray with a perfect storm approaching. It's an unfortunate coincidence for which I am not prepared. Should've known better than this, and as a consequence I see you slowly fading while the hurricane is just a mile away. I'll...

[quotemadness]

If you begin to give away parts of yourself, eventually you’ll give it all. And once you’ve lost yourself, haven’t you lost everything?

Julie Garwood (via quotemadness)

[thepowerwithin]

Don’t ever forget how hard you’ve worked to get to the point you’re at right now. All of those moments you chose to take the hard path over the easy path; it will all pay off. It truly will. Just be patient.

@thepowerwithin (via theglasschild)

[mywhisperedcolors]

[danielodowd-deactivated20170124]

[courtneywirthit]

[daeranilen]

"Should parents read their daughter's texts or monitor her online activity for bad language and inappropriate content?"

Earlier today, I served as the “young woman’s voice” in a panel of local experts at a Girl Scouts speaking event. One question for the panel was something to the effect of, “Should parents read their daughter’s texts or monitor her online activity for bad language and inappropriate content?”

I was surprised when the first panelist answered the question as if it were about cyberbullying. The adult audience nodded sagely as she spoke about the importance of protecting children online.

I reached for the microphone next. I said, “As far as reading your child’s texts or logging into their social media profiles, I would say 99.9% of the time, do not do that.”

Looks of total shock answered me. I actually saw heads jerk back in surprise. Even some of my fellow panelists blinked.

Everyone stared as I explained that going behind a child’s back in such a way severs the bond of trust with the parent. When I said, “This is the most effective way to ensure that your child never tells you anything,” it was like I’d delivered a revelation.

It’s easy to talk about the disconnect between the old and the young, but I don’t think I’d ever been so slapped in the face by the reality of it. It was clear that for most of the parents I spoke to, the idea of such actions as a violation had never occurred to them at all.

It alarms me how quickly adults forget that children are people.

[daeranilen]

Apparently people are rediscovering this post somehow and I think that’s pretty cool! Having experienced similar violations of trust in my youth, this is an important issue to me, so I want to add my personal story:

Around age 13, I tried to express to my mother that I thought I might have clinical depression, and she snapped at me “not to joke about things like that.” I stopped telling my mother when I felt depressed.

Around age 15, I caught my mother reading my diary. She confessed that any time she saw me write in my diary, she would sneak into my room and read it, because I only wrote when I was upset. I stopped keeping a diary.

Around age 18, I had an emotional breakdown while on vacation because I didn’t want to go to college. I ended up seeing a therapist for - surprise surprise - depression.

Around age 21, I spoke on this panel with my mother in the audience, and afterwards I mentioned the diary incident to her with respect to this particular Q&A. Her eyes welled up, and she said, “You know I read those because I was worried you were depressed and going to hurt yourself, right?”

TL;DR: When you invade your child’s privacy, you communicate three things:

You do not respect their rights as an individual.

You do not trust them to navigate problems or seek help on their own.

You probably haven’t been listening to them.

Information about almost every issue that you think you have to snoop for can probably be obtained by communicating with and listening to your child.

[daeranilen]

Part of me is really excited to see that the original post got 200 notes because holy crap 200 notes, and part of me is really saddened that something so negative has resonated with so many people.

[bostonflavor]

Found some pictures of Foxing I took earlier this year

[le-disput3]

Hum - Tigers Jaw

[sslowpuncture]

[pansexualrevolutionary]

Follow for more beautiful things!

[just-shower-thoughts]

I wish people would stop asking me where I think I’m going to be in 5 years. I don’t have 2020 vision.

[helpivefallenandrefusetogetup-d]

We only have seven days to left reblog this joke

[keep-away-reality]

31st of December

[free-booty]

I don’t mean to interrupt people I just randomly remember things and get really excited I’m sorry

[andinthemeantimeconsultabook-de]

George’s First Halloween. Glad we had earmuffs. (x)

My generation has failed to disappoint on the Harry Potter front, thus far; 10 points to the millennials.

[yiker-dikers]

To anyone with suicidal thoughts this year, thank you for sticking around. I'm so glad you are here.

[hedonist--poet-deactivated20240]

Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 365-page book. Write a good one.

Brad Paisley (via maleenkatharina)

[wnq-movies]

You never know what’s around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you’ve climbed a mountain.

Tom Hiddleston   (via h-o-r-n-g-r-y)