Life is Funny (a poem)

Life is funny
I sit here
Watching people speed by
I wonder
Why is everyone in a hurry?

Life is funny
I sit here
Watching the clouds dance by
I wonder
Why are clouds so free?

Life is funny
I sit here
Watching an ant scurry by
I wonder
Why does he work so hard?

The funny thing about life:
People who have the most to live for have no time to enjoy it.
An ant that has no purpose in the world works the hardest.
And the clouds that have no where to go enjoy existance the most.

Seventh wonder of the world

I know that it sounds cliche, but I truly believe that my little redhead is the seventh wonder of the world. As of today she is 2 years, 4 months, 3 days, and 5.5 hours old. And for only being 2 years old, she is amazing. She can sing her ABCs along with anyone (or anything) that sings with her. She can recognize and clearly say all her letters (except K and V which seem to give her some trouble). She can count 1-10 by herself and even recognize them when written. She speaks very clearly and most sentences are 2-3 word sentences. And she melts my heart when she says "Momma, hold me." :o)

I know that all mothers think that their children are geniuses, and I am not saying she is a genius, but I do think that she is gifted. Maybe it is just being a proud mom, but I know she is smart.

Every day when I come home from work she has learned a new word or a new sentence or a new song. I am teaching her sign language as she learns to talk (some researchers say that children learn to speak English quicker when taught sign language at the same time). Who knows, maybe she will be the next Sandra Day O'Connor or Laura Bush or Mary Higgins Clark or Celine Deon or someone else that is famous. (I forgot to mention that she loves to sing with me and dance to any music that comes on the radio or TV.)

I just hope that I succeed as a mother so that she can succeed as a woman and be whatever she dreams to be (which will change 1000 times in the next 20 years).

Men still rule the corporate world.

Wait and let me explain before all you women start screaming. I know that in this day and age of the year 2005 that all females love to say we are finally getting equal treatment at work. Well, if you are a woman that works and you still believe that, I envy your position.

I work in the world of private corporations, and as much as it pains me to say it, that world is still run by men. I never thought that I would work for a company that is completely ran by men. All of the Presidents and Vice Presidents and "important" people and the clients I am trying to sell to are men. As a woman, this makes my job very difficult. I deal with prospective clients from the "old school" way of thinking that would rather deal with a man than a 25 year old woman. It is a joke to them that an intelligent, young woman could actually exist and if she does, that she knows what she is talking about when it comes to business.

This is so frustrating to me because in the year that I have been in this business, I have learned more than most people do in 3 years. But still I struggle every day to be heard by the male dominants.

My one hope is that by the time my redhead is a woman in the working world, that we will have progressed and women will be recognized as intelligent and worthy as men.