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About One Great Mom

Mommy, wife, author, educator, social media marketer and community builder, and lover of coffee and chocolate. Find out more about me at http://about.me/BrandiJordan.

Paying It Forward.

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Half of the lobby of the Chicago Hilton – a gorgeous hotel!

When I was 21, in my senior year of college, I went to Quito, Ecuador to student teach at the American School.  I had planned for months, and although I had minored in Spanish, I was exceptionally nervous about being immersed in the language.  But I had the plane tickets, the student teaching assignment, and the contact information for my host family, who, I was assured by the director of placement at my university, knew when I was arriving and would be waiting for me at the airport at 11:30pm when I arrived.

Only they weren’t there.

Because no one had told them when I was coming.

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Hit A Nerve.

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Yesterday’s post about Philadelphia’s ACCT and the dog attack on my daughter generated a lot of views.  Surprisingly more than I anticipated.  While the situation was reckless and irresponsible, they did do the right thing after being contacted, and quite possibly after seeing the post.  Social media has a way of spurring people to action – especially if it’s not good press.

When I woke up this morning there was a comment saying that instead of taking Will to the shelter we should have taken him to our own vet to have him euthanized.  The point being that we caused him undue stress and terror at the end of his life instead of taking care of it ourselves.  A condemnation of how we handled things and an insinuation that we didn’t care for him, because we opted to surrender him.

Now, let’s just clear this up, because it’s been stewing in my head all morning.

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Why I No Longer Support ACCT Philly.

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When our dog attacked our daughter two weeks ago, I thought it was inevitable that he would be euthanized at the end of his 10-day waiting period.  After all, he attacked a child and bit her multiple times – all unprovoked.  Surely, if any dog needed to be put down it would be one that’s aggressive toward humans – especially when unprovoked.

Apparently, that is not the case.

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Happiness Is…Fresh Paint.

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To say that this month, my birthday month of all things, has been rough would be an understatement.  Not promising since it’s only the 18th.  HOWEVER, tonight something absolutely wonderful happened.  And, in Junie B. Jones style, that thing would be called “I just won a Painter for a Day from Nolan Painting.”  I’m very excited.  So are my walls.  I shall post pictures once the whole painting thing happens, but for now, I am dreaming of fresh paint – that I don’t have to do myself.  Bliss!

Trauma.

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This time last night I was starting to make dinner.  It was a typical holiday Monday.  Relaxing, a little bit of working, hanging out outside….it was great.  After recovering from the stomach flu pretty much completely on Sunday, Monday was…great.  And then at about 6pm last night, the greatness turned into the suckiest day ever.

There were some kids walking by our kitchen window (our house sits on the corner and the sidewalk runs along our kitchen window) and Will, our dog, barked.  One bark.  Sweet Pea said, as she’d been taught, “Will, no!”  At which point, Will lunged across the kitchen, knocked her down, and attacked.

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