Drumroll Please – We have a winner
The Weary Parent Group Writing Project and Contest was a success! While there were only 12 entries, there were 12 FABULOUS entries – all of which are worth reading. I think next time I do this I may leave the contest open a bit longer and I’m sure a bigger prize may have helped, but I am still very happy with the outcome.
I’d like to recognize all of the entries we got! Take some time to read over all of them this weekend and I’m sure you’ll agree that each of the authors wrote with passion and true feeling. Thank YOU all.
- Joanne at Forever Parents was the first to enter with her post called Teen Advice. Joanne has been blessed with such a supportive Mother – I love the picture of your Mom that you included in your post.
- Kate from Babylune (who inspired this contest) has her Master’s Degree thanks to some sage advice she received as a teen – stay in school as long as you can!
- What came across as nagging to a teen turned out to be great advice as far as Doris is concerned. See, Mom, we did listen!
- Abel Cheng from ParentWonder was able to find a silver lining to his turbulent teen years in the lessons he learned along the way.
- Maria of My Baby and I got some great advice from her Mum. I managed to follow three of her four guidelines. I got married at 26.
- Dawud of dmiracle has fond memories of his Grandad and the words he spoke when Dawud was 8 years old – “what you focus on expands” – you will have to read the entry to truly understand these profound words.
- Gayle of Parenting Teens writes a beautiful post on the importance of family first; how she received this advice and is now passing it on to her daughter.
- ExPat Mom’s It’s Ok to Cry When You Say Goodbye entry was very moving! What tough events to have to weather, but what a wonderful father.
- Randa shared best advice she received – one that results in a clear conscious – honesty is the best policy because your sins will find you out.
- At Principled Discovery, Dana reminded us that face-to-face contact is best and that she now understands why her parents were always asking her to get off the phone!
- Neena just graduated to her own domain (yeah)! Remember when you were a teen and were giving your parents a hard time and their response was “just wait until you have kids“? Oh YIKES – they were trying to warn us!
- Gayla wrote at SuperNannyRules about the important advice of not lending money to friends. It’s like putting a price on your friendship.
I am so glad we are making this a RANDOM draw, because all of these entries were winners!
Drumroll please… My tweenie daughter has put all the entry numbers in a big bowl…and she just pulled out a winning slip of paper…
And the winner is number 8, ExPat Mom’s entry for It’s Ok to Cry When You Say Goodbye.
CONGRATULATIONS! I will be in touch with you shortly. You may choose a $24.95 deposit to your PayPal account or a $24.95 Amazon Gift Certificate.
Yeah!!!! Don’t you just love letting your kiddos get to determine the winner?
Congrats ExPat’s Mom
Congratulations to the winner, and I can’t wait to go read all of them. But I need to get off the internet and go interact with my kids now that their show is finished. : )
Congrats ExPat Mom.
Thanks! I never win anything, so this is great!
Gayla – oh my, my daughter thought she was queen of the world when I asked her to help.
Dana – My kids just started watching a movie so I am doing a little computer, a little laundry, a little cleaning and all.
Dawud – Thanks again for participating – I had to share your advice with my son who was complaining about a task.
I think it’s wonderful that ExPat Mom’s entry won the draw.
It was a very difficult piece for me to read and the emotional response was very strong, but I am glad I did read it and I am even more grateful that she wrote it.
Congrats, ExPat Mom. You deserve it. It’s a very touching story indeed. We always have this stigma that crying is a show of weakness, especially for boys. On the contrary, it’s a great emotional outlet. I always acknowledge her feelings when my daughter cries.