PastaQueen - Comments on 'If you're happy and you know it'

Vickie commented on 'If you're happy and you know it'

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:14:13 -0500

By Vickie]]> You might consider sending your cousin a special letter/note and a journal - perhaps a journal with room for drawing (if he is like other 10 year old boys that I have known that love to draw).

I think that you could talk to this 10 year old in nearly the same way you would talk to a friend - and share some of the things that have occurred to you since your chat with him. Things that you wished you said - write them.

If he lives close to you (or if not perhaps e-mail) this might be a kid that would like to see you more often - perhaps that is why he reached out to you (or perhaps he does this all the time? Woe is me - kind of kid?)

PastaQueen commented on 'If you're happy and you know it'

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:20:58 -0500

By PastaQueen]]> This cousin talks to everybody. I think he cornered at least 3 or 4 other cousins during the day :)

Smissy commented on 'If you're happy and you know it'

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:52:54 -0500

By Smissy]]> When my brother, sister and I were growing up my mother used to always tell us, "You're as happy as you want to be!" We used to always roll our eyes at this statement, however the older I get the more I agree with it. Great post as usual PQ :)

fair fat and forty commented on 'If you're happy and you know it'

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:01:25 -0500

By fair fat and forty]]> I have found your website so inspiring . I have read it for the last couple of months. The pictures are great. I have just started a blog today, I am not technical at all dont know anything about linking blogs etc. I have just published my first entry,its a bit short but Ill add on later. I just feel its a start in me loosing weght and changing things I need to change in my life! I mentioned your blog but dont know how to make it a link. Anyway thanks so much.

Whitney commented on 'If you're happy and you know it'

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:47:45 -0500

By Whitney]]> The world has changed. I am 25, and when I reflect on my childhood, I was so happy - not a care in the world!

For some reason, children seem to have more stress and pressure. They are expected to participate in numerous activities, maintain good grades, and then the media forces a certain body image down their throats.

When my nephew was 8 he would always say, "I'm ugly and stupid." I could not believe it! And now he's 12 and often says that he's depressed and confused about life. It is all very sad. I don't understand it.

Laura commented on 'If you're happy and you know it'

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 07:53:37 -0500

By Laura]]> I think it is a different world we live in. I see it clearly in my own 17 yr old son. Perhaps because we are so media driven and the kids are exposed to it at such a young age no matter how we try to shelter them. When I was younger there were 3 channels on TV and we basically got most of our information from our parents and school. Now the kids are bombarded with very adult things at a young age. It's too much for them to handle.

By the way, I also am relatively new to this site but LOVE it and have it on an RSS feed on my home page so that I can see when you add a new post. I have 100 lbs. to lose (how did THAT happen?) and am on a similar diet. You are a great inspiration, real and honest and insightful. You help us out here!

Thanks, Laura

K commented on 'If you're happy and you know it'

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:45:23 -0500

By K]]> I spent much of my teens in tears.

It wasn't until I met my (now) husband - who has suffered from fairly serious depression since he was 12 - that I realised that in fact, I'm not doomed to be unhappy, that I'm luckier than many people, and that I can pull myself out of the holes I dig for myself.

I'm a great believer in counting blessings, but you can't do it for other people, only yourself.

Kat commented on 'If you're happy and you know it'

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:46:39 -0500

By Kat]]> Did you know that having 6 fingers on one hand is a dominant trait and having only 5 is a recessive one?

It's only cause the dominant trait is so rare that it doesn't show up often and most cases involve people who are heterozygous for the trait, so therefore, they only have a 50% of passing on the trait to their kids. And those people, at any rate, have their "extra" digits chopped off at birth.

And a related question, if having 6 fingers is dominant, then can it really be classified at being an "extra" finger? Shouldn't having 5 fingers be considered having too few?

Oh biology, my life has had never a dull moment since I found you...but it has certainly bored the hell out of my friends and family (and online bloggers like Pastaqueen).