My Connections to Play

"Play is our brain's favorite way of 

learning - Diane Ackerman"

"When children pretend, they're using

 their imaginations to move beyond the bounds of reality. A stick can be a magic wand. A sock can be a puppet. A small child can be a superhero. -Fred Rogers"

When I was a child play was highly encouraged. Whenever all of my cousins and other family members were over to the house the kids already knew that we couldn't stay in the house we were always told to go outside and play with the other children and to be back before dinner time or sometimes we would just go into the backyard and play. From what I can remember play was always a part of my education life, personal life and all other aspects of my life when growing up. 

Play is definitely different today then how it was when I was growing up - when growing up most of our play took place outside at the park, in the backyard or on the front porch with children from the neighborhood or family members. Children today consider play to be playing with their iPad/iPod/iPhone, Playstation 4, Wii or WiiU, Xbox or spending time surfing the internet. As a child I had no idea what a cellphone was or any of the gaming systems that are out now - children today do not understand the quality of playing outside instead they want to consume their time with technology - I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of children do not know how to ride a bike, play hopscotch, hide and seek, double dutch/jump-rope and other fun outside games.

Relationship Reflection

Relationships are very important to me and to everyday life. A relationship is a connection, association or involvement with others that you care about and that care for you as well or it could be a professional relationship where you guys work solely with the business to become successful.

I have more than several positive relationships currently in my life:

1. My grandmother MeMe
2. My god mother Yolanda
3. My uncle GG
4. My close girl friends Destini and Ashley

My grandmother is my heart there is not a thing that I wouldn't do for her because she has done so much for me and she is still there whenever I need her help financially or just some advice for things that are going on in my life. My grandmother is loving and she motivates me to accomplish all of my dreams no matter the amount of time that it will take because the time will pass anyway. My grandmother loves me unconditionally.

My god mother is the bomb dot com. Yolanda is so sweet and near to my heart, I can come to her about any and everything and she will listen to me and give her own personal opinion - she is very honest with me she doesn't just tell me things that she thinks I want to hear but the things that I NEED to hear and most importantly she never judges me based on the things that I have done or the mistakes that I may have made. She is my spiritual queen and we can always relate on things that may be going on in our lives. I just love her to pieces.

My uncle GG is a great man. He has always been there for me since I was born - he is like my dad. He is not really the lovey dovey mushy type he is the type where he just wants to fix the issue so if I am sad he wants to know what the problem is and what he can do to fix it. He is funny and playful so whenever he is around its all laughs and good times.

My close friends Destini and Ashley are awesome! They are my sisters day in and day out - even though we don't talk everyday or see each other as often as we used to I know that we are all here for each other whenever one of us is in need of advice or anything. I have been knowing these lovely ladies for the past 10 years and they have never done anything to betray my trust and love. I love them! 

Destini and I                                                                           Ashley and I

I value all of the close and positive relationships that I have with the people that were named above and I love them all very much and glad that they are in my life.