Merry Christmas

Marko playing a Christmas song with his teacher, Bud Preston.

Merry Christmas!!!

Namaste,

Michele

He makes me smile

Top 10 Things you need to know about Marko
By Marko

10. I have two sisters.

9. I have a weird grip on my pencil.

8. My parents are hippies.

7. I'm smart.

6. I have the same personality as my grandpa.

5. I have two hermit crabs.

4. My first word was ball.

3. I LOVE baseball.

2. I can turn my fingers into squares.

1. I am lucky to be a Chapman All-Star.

Marko created these with his cars tonight and took pictures of the artwork:)

There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- are always attained by giving them to someone else.

--Peyton Conway March

Music

Marko the rocker

Music makes practically everybody fonder of life than he or she would be without it.

-Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Marko the rocker

Travis is cute!

The soul that goes on

I need to keep this picture up and look at it often when Marko is acting out.
Last weekend, he called Mark a "jerk" when he was made to put his clothes away.
that cost him about 4 hours in his room. He came out a nicer boy and has been better behaved....but he is a challenge....(I remember a psychic once told me that he would be my biggest challenge of all 3 kids) I saw his teacher in the hall
today at school(she is such a patient and gentle soul).......she said what a joy he is and what a thinker he is...she said he is very precocious and says whatever is on his mind.
She is right about that......that is why he blurted out "jerk" to Mark...it happened so fast without even thinking.
Oh.....please grant me the serenity to accept the things that I can not change......he will keep me on my toes!!!
read below, and have a great day.
Love,
Michele




Marko came and jumped in bed with us last Thursday night about 4am.
He said he had a bad dream.
He wouldn't tell me what happened....just that there was a "Hobo" in the dream.

I remember going into my parents room and getting in their bed when I was about in first grade because I had a bad dream.....or that is how I interpreted it. I had a dream that we were at the mall with my mom's good friend from high school, Patty and her daughter, Michelle.
Michelle was someone that I grew up with....they lived in Brecksville, and our families did stuff
together.
Anyway, in the dream, we were at the mall and I went and got a coin from the fountain and put the coin in the bubble gum machine and got a prize....which was a green plastic knife. It was very tiny. I took the knife and stabbed Michelle with it. She instantly fell to the ground.....her body was laying their lifeless and I watched this bright ball of light come out of her and float up towards the ceiling and through the roof and it was gone.
I remember Patty looking at me with these really evil eyes and said "You killed my daughter."

When I woke up from the dream....I was scared. I had no words for that kind of stuff then.....that was like in 1970 or 1971. My family did not discuss death, or the afterlife or that the soul goes on. I did not discuss it with them either......I did not even tell them what happened in the dream....as if I was afraid to tell them because it might actually happen.

I wonder if that is why Marko won't tell me his dream.....I wonder if he is afraid it will happen to him. I asked him about that and he says no. I told him about my dream when I was in first grade....he just listened.

I don't know what to think.....or maybe that is the problem.....I am thinking too much!!!
I do feel there was some past life stuff going on their.....I suppose that Michelle and I have been working out Karma for many lifetimes. I do know that growing up, I never felt loved unconditionally by Michelle's family but Michelle felt unconditionally loved by my family.
Michelle was aloud to call my parents by their first name.....they always hugged her and she always wanted to come stay at my house for the night. I did not feel that way with her family.....I always felt judged....they would have me call them Mr. or Mrs. , they were not huggy people...it was more stiff and uptight....not aloud to sit on the sofa in their living room...it was covered with plastic...not aloud to have a drink with your meal because you would fill up on pop. Later in life it got weirder....when I was fighting with my mom (part of my emancipation...I do believe) and we were not talking, Michelle and Patty would step in and tell me what I was doing wrong......Michelle even stopped over to my house after I argued with my mom and told me I was wrong and how she was on my mom's side. stupid stuff like that. I was later able to withdrawal from the friendship.....a few years after I was married.
It was actually really fake...we never saw each other anymore but Patty would still get me christmas presents and send me cards..... I finally got it....that I was not responsible for anyone else's happiness and it was okay not to hang around people that were negative or "downers" or people that I just did not feel good whenever I was around them. I hung around them after college out of obligation I think....not because I wanted to.
I feel no anger or hard feeling towards them. I wish them well but I am so glad that I am a grown up now and I don't have to hang around people that I do not resonate with.
Don't get me wrong.......I see beautiful souls there.....in human skin and I would still help them if they needed help. I love them but they are not healthy for me and it is okay to leave some behind and to be with the ones I feel connected with.
weird.....maybe that is what that dream was about.
maybe it was showing me how the soul goes on.

it is weird....when one is alive they weigh about the same as when they are dead.
but when the soul leaves.....the biggest part of them goes to a different plane.......so what is this part of us that goes on forever, that can't be seen with the naked eye and weighs nothing.
shouldn't we (and that is me included) be spending much more on the soul stuff that goes on forever and has no end.....and less on the outside stuff.
maybe I will never understand it clearly............
not in this physical form.....and maybe Marko will never understand his dream either.

Awesome job Nationals!!!!

Last night was such an awesome experience for the boys and for the parents!!
Marko's team, the Nationals, won their championship game.
Their head coach Tim did such an amazing job of coaching the kids.
Whenever I think of how Tim coached, I think of this one teacher's poster at Macy's school.
It said something like " the teacher believed she was smart and so she was."
Coach Tim believed that they were awesome players and so they were.
I have never seen such an upbeat and positive coach.
His encouragement was endless........and not only taught them great baseball skills,
he taught them great life lessons like: everyone matters, baseball is suppose to be FUN, there is no "I" in team and everyone has a gift to give to share.
He made every single person on the team feel special.
Coach Tim......thank you for all the time you put into coaching (and Brigid too.)
You have a beautiful gift of being able to coach and you made a big difference in the lives of 12 boys!!!!!!!
Marko will always remember you and how much you believed in him!!!!!!

Congratulations Nationals

Marko's baseball team is one of the two remaining teams in the finals.
They get to play under the lights Saturday night for the championship.
They are so cute!!!! I guess this day ended on a good note....I was feeling
pretty blue after taking Macy to the doctor.
Have a great day!
Namaste,
Michele

I feel so bad that my dad isn't here...this is the kind of thing he would love!!!!
Subject: Championship game

The tournament is coming to a close after some great games. Every team played their hearts out and really showed how much hard work they put into this season. The CHAMPIONSHIP game is set and should be fantastic. The Mets (9-2) and the Nationals (8-2) will meet on Saturday, July 14 at Reagan 3. The players will be introduced and we will be doing the National Anthem before the game, with the teams taking the field at 7:30pm. Everyone is invited and encouraged to come out to the game and cheer on the kids. The louder the crowd, the better!

Restful Sleep????

This is a picture of Jim Thome holding Marko when he was a baby......Marko smiled and laughed in his arms.
Marko came to me last month, when we were starting to open the windows at night and he was waking up to "Scarey noises", and said the following:
"Mom I think that I am going to need some of that Lunesta to sleep better."
I asked him where he heard about Lunesta and he told me about a commercial that he saw on television for Lunesta.....He talked about a butterfly that touches you and helps you sleep.

Weird......Marko gets only 2 hours of technology per day. (technology= video games, television or internet...like webkinz) The commercials are doing their job to help Marko fall asleep at night....that is very comforting to know!!!

Baseball Season!

Marko's second baseball game this year.

Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game! ~A Cinderella Story

MARKO

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR SPECIAL BUDDY!!!
WE LOVE YOU MARKO!!!!!

Rhythm Machine

this is a picture of Marko drumming at Omega.....He loves to drum or as he puts it......that "is where I found joy."



Life is about rhythm. We vibrate, our hearts are pumping blood, we are a rhythm machine, that's what we are. -Mickey Hart

My Teacher

Marko and Me


A child can always teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.

-Paulo Coelho Quote

Feeling Groovy


"They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel."
- Carl W. Buechner

Marko

Marko said to his kindergarten teacher last week, "When you make us be quiet, I am still talking in my head!!!"




Melanie Uttech took this picture!!!