Winter Madison
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4 HUGE Motivation Myths
4 Huge Myths About Motivation Motivation is powerful, but not entirely necessary. Motivation makes it easier to take action, but you take plenty of actions without the presence of traditional motivation. Without motivation, it’s also easy to procrastinate. Motivation is tricky.
By Winter Madison3 years ago in Motivation
Love Always, Mom
Love Always, Mom My mother, a hard worker. The optimist. The intelligent caregiver. The instrumental genius. The original writer of our family. The list goes on. Being a single mother raising 4 children in NY was no easy feat for my mother. Times were hard, but my mother worked hard to provide and to make sure we were happy. To this day, I am not sure where she got the strength to raise all of us, and go through her personal battles at one time. But somehow, day in and day out, she made it work. Amongst the many lessons I was taught, a few were prominent and still hold true to this day for me. As kids, we are taught many lessons, however, when we are adults some of those lessons take hold more than others. My mother taught me that times would be hard, and she in no way sugar coated this fact. My mom taught me tricks to survive on my own, and how to stand on my own two feet. When I went out into the world, I was ready. I was afraid, but I was ready. Afraid. Who wouldn't be? These were times I would call my mom, and tell her how afraid I was, and she would encourage me. "You're strong, you can do this. You got this. You're fine." Simple words that comforted me and let me know that I would be ok. The fact was, I was perfectly fine. I could cook, clean, and work like any other functioning adult. I was fine.
By Winter Madison3 years ago in Families
The Beat of My Teenage Soul
Teen years. The most confusing, angry, and happiest time of my life. My teen years did not consist of parties, sneaking out, and the like. I was a bit of an angry teen, confused and looking for who I was. What got me through these trying times? My music. If my teen years were to have a soundtrack, it would sound mostly like DMX. Then throw some Aaliyah, Missy Elliot, and Usher, Kelly Price, and the list goes on. My jam walking to school in the morning was always filled with the sound of DMX's "It's Dark and Hell is Hot" to get me through the day. Listening to this seemingly confusing mix of music got me through different points of my teen years, and may have helped shape the person I am today. I lived in a dangerous neighborhood as a teen and went to an equally dangerous high school. It was easy to ignore the strange men following you to school with your headphones on, drowning out the constant catcalling. "Ruff Ryders Anthem" helped make me feel as if I was braver than I was when facing the "mean girls" of high school.
By Winter Madison3 years ago in Beat
Story Time With Winter Madison
Hello readers! Join me on Story Time With Winter Madison as we read stories together. Story Time is a time to relax, snuggle with your favorite stuffed buddy or blanket, and listen to stories read by Winter Madison. In this episode of storytime, we followed a little monster as he is having quite a bad day and is very grumpy. The little monster learns that no matter what, his mommy monster loves him anyway, even after he was a very grumpy little monster!
By Winter Madison3 years ago in Families
Story Time With Winter Madison
Hello readers! Join me on Story Time With Winter Madison as we read stories together. Story Time is a time to relax, snuggle with your favorite stuffed buddy or blanket, and listen to stories read by Winter Madison. In this episode of storytime, we followed A Little Spot as he learns what it means to go to school online and any rules and helpful tip s that involve online learning.
By Winter Madison3 years ago in Families
Story Time With Winter Madison
Hello, readers! Are you excited about this week's book, Green Eggs, and Ham by Dr. Seuss? During this week's storytime, we follow Sam as he tries to convince his friend to try out new food. Now Sam is very persistent readers! He really wants his friend to try this new food, but his friend just won't have it! Readers, why do you think he will not try the new food that Sam is offering him? (click the underlined word "storytime" to go straight to the Green Ham and Eggs episode!)
By Winter Madison3 years ago in Families
Story Time With WInter Madison
Hello readers! Join me on Story Time With Winter Madison as we read stories together. Story Time is a time to relax, snuggle with your favorite stuffed buddy or blanket, and listen to stories read by Winter Madison. Our Storytime today followed a little boy and his dinosaur on a hilarious series of events that all started when he gave his Dinosaur a crayon!
By Winter Madison3 years ago in Families
Story Time With Winter Madison
Hello readers! Join me on Story Time With Winter Madison as we read stories together. Story Time is a time to relax, snuggle with your favorite stuffed buddy or blanket, and listen to stories read by Winter Madison. Our Storytime Friday started with a fun and colorful book that hilariously takes us through the reasons that you should NEVER give a Unicorn a tutu!
By Winter Madison3 years ago in Families
Story Time with Winter Madison
Hello readers! Join me on Story Time With Winter Madison as we read stories together. Story Time is a time to relax, snuggle with your favorite stuffed buddy or blanket, and listen to stories read by Winter Madison. Our last storytime featured a fun and colorful story called "Dragons Love Tacos". In the book, we follow a character that shows us what kinds of tacos dragons do like, and what parts of the taco they don't like. The book is a fun way for readers to use their imaginations!
By Winter Madison3 years ago in Families
Story Time With Winter Madison
Hello readers! Join me on Story Time With Winter Madison as we read stories together. Story Time is a time to relax, snuggle with your favorite stuffed buddy or blanket, and listen to stories read by Winter Madison. Our storytime last week started with a very frustrated Alexander who was just not having a very good day. Poor Alexander, everything seemed to go wrong! We follow Alexander and his Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and find out what things in his day made him feel the way he felt.
By Winter Madison3 years ago in Families