Just finished a great book,"The Last Lecture", by Randy Pausch. If you haven't read this book and you have kids, you don't have a choice..you must get it. This book will make you seriously look at your life and it will make you reflect on what you are doing with your life and what you need to be doing with your life. There is so much in this book.

Probably the best part was Chapter 49 entitled, "Getting in Touch with Your Crayon Box". Here is a very brief synopsis: Mr. Pausch tells of how his personality is black or white, with no gray in between. He also explains that when he wants to escape his busy adult life, he smells a box of crayons to bring him back to his childhood. Mr. Pausch says the smell of wax and paper are a heavenly combination. Every year he gives his students a crayon so if they feel overwhelmed they can take a deep breath and escape for a while.

So are you a black and white crayon person? Or do you have a gray crayon in your box? If you are like me in some parts of my life I am black and white, but in other parts I can be gray.

Are you more black and white with your kids and family and more gray at work? I am! I sometimes am more flexible with people at school than I am with my own family...pretty sad! I guess I need to stop blogging and go get a box of crayons and spend some quality time with my family...now where is that gray crayon!!

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