Mary, Mary Quite Contrary
How does your garden grow? In the last few months, I have hardly written. It isn't that I don't have ideas floating around in my mind, its just that I don't know how to say what I want to say. About a month ago, I had a falling out with a friend of mine. We were friends for 5-6 years. I sent her a message, as I had before. In this particular message, I mentioned something I noticed about the shoulder straps on her daughter's car seat. I explained that I had to adjust A's when I read about shoulder strap placement for rear-facing (at or BELOW the shoulder) versus forward facing (at or ABOVE the shoulder...so many rules). This 'friend' proceeded to tell me how annoying I was, among various other remarks. I was hurt, and I was offended. I had to step back and evaluate: did I say something to be right or to be helpful? At the end of the day, I removed this friend from my Facebook because I know my intentions. I meant we...