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The Tiny Hero
This is another children's tale that I loved so much. It's about a baby bird in unfortunate circumstances... Read to see how he turns it all around! :)


The Foolish Monkey and The King
This re-make of a children's tale tells the story about a king who learned quite the lesson from an unexpected teacher -- a monkey!


When The Time Comes
This story is about a family dealing with the sickness and death of a loved one.


The In-Crowd
This is a story about a girl beginning school in a new place. It follows her adaptations, and her feelings as she gets used to her new surroundings. It tells the story of how she finds her place in her new high school.

The Tiny Hero

Baby quail. Image source: EastValleyWildlife.

Once upon a time, there lived a family of quails. Their nest sat nestled into the highest branch of the biggest tree in the forest where it stood.

Momma quail, Daddy quail, and seven baby quails. They lived happily and peacefully.

At the time, the baby quails were only three weeks old. Their mother was still flying to find food for them, and bringing it back for them to eat. Every day, Momma would bring back insects and worms to make her babies strong, but one baby would never eat them. He only ate seeds and nuts. Momma quail knew this would affect her baby later down the road, but continued to feed him seeds to keep him alive and growing.

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One day, the family of quails heard a ruckus across the forest; animals crying out, trees falling, and a horrible smell they were not familiar with.

In the distance, Momma and Daddy spotted them… And they knew exactly what was happening. Huge, black clouds of smoke rising from fiery, vicious, red flames. It was a forest fire.

As the flames grew closer and closer, the quails knew what they had to do. All at once, Momma, Daddy, and the six baby quails jumped from the nest and began to fly away. As they flapped their wings as fast as they could, they had no time to look back-- no time to see that the 7th baby had been left and couldn’t fly away with them. His wings were not strong enough. The seventh baby quail did not panic though.

Instead of being afraid and accepting defeat to the flames that were engulfing the nest, the baby quail was brave. He stood tall in his nest, took a deep breath, and began to speak to the flames.

“Mighty flames, you see that I am small. You see that I am alone. Why do you come here? Go back, flames! This is my home. You cannot take it from me,” exclaimed the baby quail to the fire.

The flames froze. It was as if they were thinking, processing what the quail had said to them.

“Go on! Go,” yelled the baby quail once more.

And with his quiet and tiny, but powerful words, the flames disappeared into the night and away from the nest. The black smoke rose into the sky, and there was not a red flame in sight. In what felt like half of a second, there was peace in the forest again.

All the animals of the forest began to come out from their safe places, and smiled as they saw the forest come back to life. The baby quail felt triumphant as he lay down for sleep in his nest, but also lonely as he didn’t know where his family had gone.

The next morning, he awoke to his mother and father and all six of his brothers and sisters surrounding him showering him with love. The family of quails lived happily ever after in their nest.

Who knew a tiny, defenseless baby quail could be such a hero?

Author's Note

This is a children’s tale from Twenty Jataka Tales. The original was called The Forest Fire. Basically, what I did with my version of the story is I just added a lot more details and changed the ending. I provided more back story at the beginning about where the family lived and how they lived. In the original, the story escalated quickly. It started with the mother feeding the babies, then the fire coming. I also expanded on the moment where the flames are by the nest and the baby quail speaks to them. I made that part a little bit more personal. These children’s tales are usually short and sweet, so it’s fun to expand on them even more and add your own little twist. At the end in the original, after the baby quail saves the forest, it just says they he lived happily ever after in his nest. I thought it was sad that he was living without his whole family, so I made them fly back for him. Then they all lived happily ever after! I hope you enjoy this story as much as I did! Let me know what I can do to make it even better!

Bibliography

Twenty Jataka Tales. Link to reading.

Author: Noor Inayat.

Reading Notes: Twenty Jataka Tales Part B

THE TWO PIGS
two little pigs see woman
woman takes pigs oh no
says shell be their mother, is she going to eat them?
she was nice to them
men ask for pigs she says no
omg she’s going to let them take one
pig spoke and everyone listened, no longer drunk
king takes pigs and bathes them in water ?
some powerful pigs
taught the whole land the lesson of love

THE PATIENT BUFFALO
monkey keeps trying to make buffalo mad, but buffalo doesn’t budge
fairy tells buffalo of his strength and power asks why he doesn’t kill the monkey
buffalo says he doesn’t want to punish the monkey he is small and not smart
fairy used powers to drive monkey away

cute story, but too short and don’t know what I could even do with it

THE SARABHA
sarabha is a deer
king wants to catch him, not succeeding
sarabha wants to save king after he falls in chasm while chasing to kill the deer! pretty nice deer
they make up
deer saves king, king is grateful
deer asks that no one hunts in the forest king agrees, happy ever after

i love how animals are always teaching humans lessons in these children tales, its cute and sweet and honestly relatable. obviously a talking deer would never come save and speak words to a human, but idk some how its just easy to connect with

THE GOBLIN TOWN
shipwreck
women cooked for them housed them
then turned into goblins
heard a voice saying a flying horse would save them
those who believed would be saved, those who didn’t stayed on the island

kinda a scary story with a happy ending, teaching to believe

THE GREAT ELEPHANT
beautiful elephant hears men, dying, offers to help
great elephant told them what to do but then disappeared
elephant died for them so that they would have food to eat
happy ever after

sacrifice

THE FOREST FIRE
family of quails, one baby only eats seeds
fire in woods
7th baby who only ate seeds couldn’t fly away (wings never grew)
baby is brave says don’t come this way flames you see i am alone and cannot fly
fire went other way
happy ever after

cute

THE END OF THE WORLD
hare thinking about end of world, hears fruit fall from tree runs and runs and runs because he thinks it was the world ending
all the animals of the forest believed hare and ran with him
wise lion stops them asks who saw the earth breaking, comes back to hares, lion says it must have been a fruit falling
lion took hare back to show him everything is fine
went back to hundreds of thousands of animals and all lived happily ever after

learning a lesson of not making rash decisions, not acting impulsively,

Bibliography

Twenty Jataka Tales. Link to reading.

Author: Noor Inayat

The Sarabha. Image Source: Bable.

The Foolish Monkey and The King

Once upon a time a very powerful king decided he wanted to take over the smaller kingdom that lay just on the other side of the river and through the woods from his. He gathered an army, and trained them for the day they would ruin that small kingdom. Day and night for months the soldiers got bigger and stronger and then the day came that they were ready.

The king and his army woke early that morning and marched all day to get near the kingdom, and then set up a campsite for the night in a dark part of the forest.

They rested for the big day ahead of them. As they fed their horses peas in the morning, the king noticed a small monkey watching from a nearby tree branch. He held his gaze as the monkey jumped down from the tree and scooped up some peas for himself. The monkey swiftly returned to his branch and began eating the peas, enjoying each one.

Suddenly, with the king still watching, the monkey dropped a single pea and watched it fall to the dirt beneath him. He sat for a moment, and then quickly jumped to the ground spilling all of the remaining peas that he had in his hand. Try as he might, the greedy monkey could not find that darned pea.

The frustrated monkey returned to his branch and sat reflecting on his actions. He let his greed control him, and instead of letting that one small insignificant pea go, he lost everything he had trying to get it.

Meanwhile, the king sat, still observing the monkey.

“We are ready for battle, Your Majesty”, said one of the king’s most valuable soldiers.

“We will no longer be taking over this kingdom. Pack your things and we will march back immediately”, the king responded quickly.

The army was confused and frustrated at the king’s commands, but no one dared to question the wishes of their ruler. So, the soldiers packed their things and waited for further instruction from the king.

The king remained pondering over what he had seen with the money. Then he said to himself, “I do not want to be like this foolish monkey. He gave much to gain a little, and lost everything in the end. I will take my army and return to my kingdom, and I will be grateful for all that I have right now. Greed will not guide my actions.”

So, the king and his men marched back to their kingdom and life resumed as it had before.

From that point on, the king no longer pursued the ruining of other kingdoms. He stayed in the bounds of his own land, and enjoyed all the riches and relationships and property that he had. He never took anything for granted as he had before.

To this day, the king still remembers that foolish monkey, and the valuable lesson that it taught him. He will never forget that monkey.

Monkey In A Tree. Image Source: Clipartfest.

Author's Note

This is an adaptation of the story from More Jataka Tales called The Penny-Wise Monkey. I kept a lot of the story the same. I mostly added a lot of details and depth into what happened throughout the plot. There isn't as much dialogue in the original as mine, but I feel that it adds an interesting and intriguing twist to it that I included conversation between the king and his men even though it is brief.  I made the army more a part of the story and gave them more meaning than the original. I also added on to the end. In the original, the story ends with the king deciding that he would go back home and be thankful for what he had. In my version, I carried on to talk about how he would always remember what the penny-wise monkey taught him in that forest. I did this to sort of emphasize the importance of what the king learned that day in the forest. I chose this picture because it is generic, and readers can imagine a painted picture of the scenes for themselves. Please let me know what I can do to make this story better!

Bibliography

More Jataka Tales. Link to reading.

Author: Ellen C. Babbitt.

Week 13 Story Planning: 20 Jataka Tales

Bibliography

Twenty Jataka Tales. Link to reading.

Author: Noor Inayat

THE MONKEY-BRIDGE
monkey ruler, rocks and river and valley and honey
happy monkeys
fruit tree
don’t want men from village looking for it
fruit falls
want to find it
find it, monkeys, king orders to kill and eat monkeys and mangoes
chief finding way to save them
king sees chief break his back for his monkeys, has him come down to bathe and clothe and feed him
rule with love for they are your children
chief dies and king learns lesson

i really like this story but it’s told so well, that I’m not sure that i want to mess with it or remake it. but ***

THE GUILTY DOGS
king with chariot and horses,
dogs come at night and chew leather harnesses
king ordered to kill seven hundred dogs that were in the city
chief dog
wanting to save them
common theme of love, i like it
chief tells king royal dogs did it
wise
proved him right king saved all the city dogs
happily ever after

i could change this into a story about a family, a king being a mom or dad, the royal dogs being ornery brothers chief being sister or friend or something

BANYAN
golden deer
forest
palace
king hunting, not golden ones
doe w baby
more love <3
golden deer takes place of doe, king agrees to never kill another animal and he ruled with love

THE TORTOISE AND THE GEESE
geese carying tortoise
he fell (hearing kids in village laugh at him)
counselor told king that he fell because he could not hold his tongue, directing message at king
king learned only to speak when needed

not so interesting

THE FAIRY AND THE HARE
wise hare teaching others
animals get food for others, hare has nothing
offers himself as food
fairy took place of beggar and hare jumped into flames of fire, fairy created test, flames were fake, hare was honored across the land

i could modernize this make it realistic or keep it as a children’s story and change it up, i like this one

THE GOLDEN FEATHERS
father leaves, promises daughters wonderful things on his return
meets fairy, changes him into a goose with golden feathers
could no longer search for riches
lets family pluck his feathers one by one
mother gets greedy say they need to pluck all the feathers
feathers grew back and he flew away

not a good ending, kinda sad

I am thinking that for my next story, I am going to modernize and change it up a bit. The last one I wrote I just added more details and enhanced what had already been happening in the original piece.
My two favorite stories from this week's reading are The Guilty Dogs, and The Fairy and the Hare. I think I could turn the themes presented in those stories into a modern, relatable one of my own. I am excited to see what I can do with this.

Hare jumping into the fire. Image source: Pinterest.

Reading Notes: Twenty Jataka Tales Part A

Bibliography

Twenty Jataka Tales. Link to reading.

Author: Noor Inayat

THE MONKEY-BRIDGE
monkey ruler, rocks and river and valley and honey
happy monkeys
fruit tree
don’t want men from village looking for it
fruit falls
want to find it
find it, monkeys, king orders to kill and eat monkeys and mangoes
chief finding way to save them
king sees chief break his back for his monkeys, has him come down to bathe and clothe and feed him
rule with love for they are your children
chief dies and king learns lesson

i really like this story but it’s told so well, that I’m not sure that i want to mess with it or remake it. but ***

THE GUILTY DOGS
king with chariot and horses,
dogs come at night and chew leather harnesses
king ordered to kill seven hundred dogs that were in the city
chief dog
wanting to save them
common theme of love, i like it
chief tells king royal dogs did it
wise
proved him right king saved all the city dogs
happily ever after

i could change this into a story about a family, a king being a mom or dad, the royal dogs being ornery brothers chief being sister or friend or something

BANYAN
golden deer
forest
palace
king hunting, not golden ones
doe w baby
more love <3
golden deer takes place of doe, king agrees to never kill another animal and he ruled with love

THE TORTOISE AND THE GEESE
geese carying tortoise
he fell (hearing kids in village laugh at him)
counselor told king that he fell because he could not hold his tongue, directing message at king
king learned only to speak when needed

not so interesting

THE FAIRY AND THE HARE
wise hare teaching others
animals get food for others, hare has nothing
offers himself as food
fairy took place of beggar and hare jumped into flames of fire, fairy created test, flames were fake, hare was honored across the land

i could modernize this make it realistic or keep it as a children’s story and change it up, i like this one

THE GOLDEN FEATHERS
father leaves, promises daughters wonderful things on his return
meets fairy, changes him into a goose with golden feathers
could no longer search for riches
lets family pluck his feathers one by one
mother gets greedy say they need to pluck all the feathers
feathers grew back and he flew away

not a good ending, kinda sad

Golden Goose Feathers. Image Source: Featherbuy.

Tech Tip: Canvas Notifications

I enjoyed exploring this tech tip option this week. I knew there were notifications in canvas but I did not make use of them.
Through this tip, I made it so that I get notifications when grades are posted. I like this, because a lot of the time I will be sitting around checking every 10 minutes for a grade to be posted. This way, I know exactly when it is so that I may go look at it.

This tip was very helpful, and I will continue to make use of it in my future classes!

Reading Notes: More Jataka Tales Part B

HOW THE MONKEY SAVED HIS TROOP
THE HAWKS AND THEIR FRIENDS
different animals on different shores of a lake
lonely hawk
hunters come
wake birds, want to eat for breakfast
father hawk goes to kingfisher for help
kingfisher put out fire hunters made it again
“ “
“ “
tired, goes to get turtle

guessing he’s going to get help from all the animals on the lake

turtle pulled them in water
now lion
saved them
“friends in need are friends indeed”
team work, true friendship

THE BRAVE LITTLE BOWMAN
man with a crooked back

THE FOOLHARDY WOLF
lion ate buffalo
hungry wolf, servant,
deal
food
you scratch my back i scratch your kind of deal
wolf gets greedy wants to kill his own elephant, lion gets angry shuts him down
but gives in eventually
wolf tries, misses, gets killed by elephant
“you will no more come forth in your might, you foolhardy wolf.”
lion was wise and knew what would happen, but wolf had to find out for himself

THE STOLEN PLOW
town and a village trader
village leaves plow with town
town sells it for money lies about what happened
** bad karma
drama
village takes town son
says a bird took him lies
now court
village calls town out
judge settles it both get their stuff back

should’ve just done the right thing in the first place

THE LION IN BAD COMPANY
another lion and wolf wanting to be servant
ignores parental advice against wolves and lets him come back home with him
took kings pony for wolf
archer waited for lion
lion dead wolf safe goes back home

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douche wolf

THE WISE GOAT AND THE WOLF
THE PRINCE WICKED AND THE GRATEFUL ANIMALS
THE ELEPHANT AND THE DOG
dog and elephant bffs
farmer wants dog, buys it
elephant refused to eat or bathe without dog
aw separation anxiety best friends
king told whole nation about the dog and to set it free
happily ever after elephant and dog

Bibliography

More Jataka Tales. Link to reading.

Author: Ellen C. Babbitt

Elephant and dog. Image source: BoredPanda.

Learning Challenge: Empathy Meme

Whatever point of view you have, there's another. Image Source: Blogspot.

This meme shows something that is so so important, and one of the hardest things to remember. Sometimes, we feel that we are so right, or we 100% know what we are talking about, but we have to remember that there are countless ways to view a situation. And countless ways to handle it. We have to remember that there is not just 1 right way to feel, act towards, or treat things. Everyone is different and every situation is different, we have to be able to see where others are coming from in order to empathize with them and show compassion. This takes maturity.

Growth Mindset: Growth Mindset Meme

I need feedback to help me grow. Image source: Blogspot.

I really like this meme/quote because it is so simple, yet so powerful. The words it's saying are true!!! We truly cannot grow as people without feedback. If we could reach our fullest potential all by ourselves, we wouldn't need school, or parenting, or mentors, or advice. 

In order to become better in whatever it is - a sport, a school subject, controlling emotions, learning, anything - we have to be able to receive feedback. This is such a simple concept, but not so easy to accept all the time. Sometimes we feel that we don't need other's input or we don't want people telling us what to do. The hardest part is learning how to accept it and take it with a grain of salt in order to improve ourselves every day!

When The Time Comes

It was a cloudy Sunday in May of 2008, and Roger Keaton lay sound asleep in a St. Francis Hospital bed. His family was all standing close by: his three daughters, son, and six grandkids. Tension filled the room. Granddad hadn’t been doing so well since his last round of chemo – pancreatic cancer.

Like anyone, Roger’s family was constantly in a state of worry because no one knew when his time to leave them would come. However, even more so for Roger’s family, because the doctor predicted that he would only live to be 68, which was only one year after his diagnosis. Pancreatic cancer is a mean and violent disease. For Roger to live as long as he had was a miracle in itself – he was now 74. So the anticipation was amplified times ten for the Keaton family because their beloved Roger could literally be taken from them at any second.

He had good and bad days, but the adults in the family knew the time was nearing and they could hardly bear it.

The youngest of Roger’s children, his baby girl Lillian, walked to his side and broke down into flowing tears as she cried, “Daddy, I don’t know what I’m gonna do without you here.”

Roger replied with wisdom like he always did, and comforted Lillian with his kind words.

“Lil, let go of your own plan and accept God’s. I am prepared to stand at the gates of Heaven whenever my time comes, whether it be today or ten years from now. You’ll always be my baby girl, and just as I have kept my eye on you since the day you were born, I will do the same even when I am gone.”

“I love you, Daddy.”

“I love you too, Lily Pad.” He had called her that since she was a baby. Lily Pad. Lillian used to hate it, but hearing it now sounded so sweet.

Roger then called his oldest son Mark over to his bedside.

“Mark, you’re a good man. A great father. A faithful servant. An inspiring teacher. An encouraging friend. And not to mention, my favorite son ever.” Mark gave a meek chuckle knowing he was his father's only son.

Holding back tears, Mark replied, “I will make you proud, Dad. I will honor this family and the Keaton name until-“

“I trust that you will, son. I have all the faith in you. Now don’t cry. You’re no wimp.” Roger always had a dry sense of humor. Somehow it made him obnoxious, but so charming at the same time. Everyone loved him.


The days passed slowly. Two weeks later on June 3rd, 2008 Roger Keaton passed away in that same St. Francis Hospital bed. His family mourned as they watched him take his last breath. An incredible mix of deep sorrow and adoring love filled the room as family members cried, and tried to process what was happening. Bible hymns were playing in the room as they were Roger’s favorite. The whole family sang along and smiled knowing that their father and granddad was right where he was supposed to be.

Bibliography

PDE Mahabharata. Link to reading.

Author's Note

I changed this story quite a bit, but writing it came so naturally.

This is a story taken from the death of Bhishma. He got to choose when he died, and he instructed others as to what to do when he died. Here, I took a more emotional approach. I wrote about a person who could not choose when to die, but was ready when the time came near. I included a real life situation with my main character's family being there and experiencing the pain of what was happening to him. I made the story into a more realistic version, or a more real life take on what went on in the PDE Mahabharata. The physical death of Bhishma is similar of that to Roger's in my story in that he died with his loved ones around him. He told stories and advised the others what to do following his death.
I chose this generic picture because I thought it was just a sweet representation of a family. That's the most important thing about this story. The plot is based on the grandfather dying, but that is not meant to be the focus. It's about the love and respect the family has for each other and how that both makes his death harder, but leaves them with peace as well. I would say most of us have either personally suffered the loss of someone special to us, or have known someone who has lost a loved one. So I think this is relatable and makes an emotional connection to a reader more than the original Mahabharata version. It's more personal.

Family Portrait. Image source: online.

Story Planning: Jatakas Tales (undecided)

Okay so I wrote a story planning post two weeks ago, but didn't have time to write the story. But I started reading cute children's tales and decided I wanted to write about one of them.

the girl monkey and the string of pearls
queen getting in lake w king, giving servant her pearls sees a girl money in trees, wanting to snatch the pearls
someone lesser or below you wanting what you have, envy, jealousy, theft
guard falls asleep perfect time for monkey to swoop in
guard suspects girl monkeys - cover being blown
all the monkeys got the bead traps, made jealous girl monkey come out with her pearls, green and pride and jealousy for the L
caught

the three fishes
thoughtful, very thoughtful, and thoughtless were their names
leave home to go somewhere else, VT says should go back
cautious sibling.
of course they don’t listen and get caught in a net
VT wants to save them, so mad at someone for being an idiot, but having to save them bc you love them
yay
after that they listened and all went home

the penny-wise monkeyaw king was gonna take over a little kingdom, saw a monkey drop peas and lose all of them over one
learned a lesson from the monkey

decided to be grateful for what he had and went back home i could definitely make something of this

I picked my three favorite from the several that I read yesterday, but have not chosen which one I want to make a story out of. However, I have decided that I want to expand on these stories. All of my other stories I have taken the themes/situations of the stories I read and changed them into modern examples that were related to them. But with these, I just want to add more detail, maybe switch up the plots a bit. I am excited to pick which one I will write on!

Bibliography:

More Jataka Tales. Link to reading.

Author: Ellen C. Babbitt

The Girl Monkey and the String of Pearls. Image source: WhisperingBooks.

Reading Notes: More Jataka Tales Part A

Bibliography

More Jataka Tales. Link to reading.

Author: Ellen C. Babbitt

the girl monkey and the string of pearls
queen getting in lake w king, giving servant her pearls sees a girl money in trees, wanting to snatch the pearls
someone lesser or below you wanting what you have, envy, jealousy, theft
guard falls asleep perfect time for monkey to swoop in
guard suspects girl monkeys - cover being blown
all the monkeys got the bead traps, made jealous girl monkey come out with her pearls, green and pride and jealousy for the L
caught

the three fishes
thoughtful, very thoughtful, and thoughtless were their names
leave home to go somewhere else, VT says should go back
cautious sibling.
of course they don’t listen and get caught in a net
VT wants to save them, so mad at someone for being an idiot, but having to save them bc you love them
yay
after that they listened and all went home

the tricky wolf and the rats
big rat is chief
tricky wolf is gonna catch them, waits then plays tricks on rats so they will have sympathy to eat him
deceit, trickery, mean
ate last one out every time
selfish, deceitful
whah chief rat tricked and bit his neck and killed wolf
sneak attack, least expecting it, student outsmarts the master

the woodpecker, turtle, and deer
friends
deer trapped by hunter, ugh
woodpecker suggests turtle gnawing at trap
friends helping friends no matter what the risk
woodpecker flew to hunters house and hit him in the face when he came out
team work
woodpecker outsmarting hunter
turtle bleeding but deer breaks free just in time
turtle got caught :(
deer wants to save him
saved him, get away from hunter live happily together
happily ever after story **

the golden goose
poor fam, goose gives her golden feathers
charity, kindness
greedy mourned the golden feathers
greed never wins - theme and lesson

the stupid monkeys
no

the penny-wise monkey
aw king was gonna take over a little kingdom, saw a monkey drop peas and lose all of them over one
learned a lesson from the monkey
decided to be grateful for what he had and went back home i could definitely make something of this

the woodpecker and the lion
lion bone stuck in throat while eating
offers to save life but is too scared to get eaten, lion says he won’t eat him
woodpecker got it out, but lion didn’t even say thanks
uh oh
woodpecker asked something of lion, he said no i already did the best thing for you didn’t eat you
hmm, don’t want to write about that

Penny-wise monkey. Image Source: TonyKinsey.

Reading Notes: Sacred Tales of India Part D

SACRIFICED TO VARUNA

brahman digging for water, never finds any
working so hard, failing again and again, tells son, he’s sad
sacrifices son for water

i was liking this story until the sacrificing of the son


JOYABATI— THE GIFT OF JOYA
girl out on a mission - girl power - well wishers
rich mans mansion, guy won’t accept food from daughterless rich guy, asks him for a daughter
has daughter searches for joydev
get married
he’s being protective
take care of child - aw


THE WIFE WHO USED TO EAT THE LAST MORSEL
daughter in law all her babies died in the cradle because she ate the first morsel before the gods and thats sacrilegious
her mother in law took care of it
after she stopped sinning, she had lively babies <3

The Wife Who Used to Eat the Last Morsel. Image source: Archive.

Bibliography

Sacred Tales of India

D. N. Neogi

Google Timer Tech Tip

I actually had no idea that Google had a timer! I struggle with time management sometimes, and I will definitely be using this tool in the future. 

Usually I just look at the clock and say, okay well in 30 minutes I will move on to my next assignment. But this technique has not been effective. I think the Google timer is cool because it alerts you when the time you set is up! A lot of times when I use the watch-the-clock technique, I end up not sticking to my times.

I think this is a great tool especially for people who struggle with the same issue I do, but it's great for anyone! Everyone needs a little reminder every now and then.

Learning Challenge: Health/Happiness Meme

CtrlAltDel Meme. Image Source: Blogspot.

This was a the first meme on the page, but as I scrolled through all of them, this one stayed my favorite. I am a big believer in doing everything you can to help yourself. You never know what other people will do, and you never know what will happen. Life is ever-changing, and being able to deal with hard situations is something we all have to learn how to do. And it starts within! This meme represents 3 simple steps to the start of the control of your life. Now, don't get me wrong, you can't really control much in life. Things will happen, sometimes for no apparent reason at all, so all you can do is control how you react to those things. 

I really like this meme and think that it's message is important to remember in our every day life.