5 MOVIES YOU MIGHT WANT TO WATCH THIS SUMMER WITH THE KIDS

 

5 MOVIES YOU MIGHT WANT TO WATCH THIS SUMMER WITH THE KIDS

By Yahve Bean, yahvebean.blogspot.com

 

 
Need a great pick for your next family movie night? Here is a list of a few childhood movies for kids that I discovered as an adult. I know, I know, it is hard to keep the kids at home from being bored all day. Specially, when they are out for summer break or just cannot think of how to keep them entertained either. No matter what your family is feeling, the movies I have found are perfect to watch together. I sometimes get overwhelmed and just want to relax and refresh. So grab some popcorn, get your drink maybe a glass of wine, sit back, and enjoy!
 

 

Here are 5 Top Movies your kids will want to watch with you:

 

1.       Ballerina PG (Nov 4th, 2016 ‧ Family/Comedy) 

 

Set in 1879 Paris. An orphan girl dreams of becoming a ballerina and flees her rural Brittany for Paris, where she passes for someone else and accedes to the position of pupil at the Grand Opera house. Much more than a very cute and very nice movie, Ballerina is a Praise to Beauty, Kindness, Dedication and Friendship.

 

2.       Inside Out PG  (June 19th, 2015 ‧ Family/Comedy) 

 

Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control center inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Sometimes is hard to be her.

 

3.       Robots PG (March 11, 2005‧ Family/Comedy) 

 

In a robot world, a young idealistic inventor travels to the big city to join his inspiration's company, only to find himself opposing its sinister new management. He was disappointed but this movie has a big imagination to kids intelligence.

 

4.       Wish Dragon PG (January 15, 2021‧ Family/Comedy) 

 

Determined teen Din is longing to reconnect with his childhood best friend when he meets a wish-granting dragon that shows him the magic of possibilities.

 

 

5.       Caroline PG (February 6th, 2009‧ Family/Horror)

 

Considering how formulaic so many family movies are, Coraline is a refreshing and inventive film. While too intense for some kids, it's a memorable treat for families with thrill-seeking tweens and up

 

Holiday's stopped for me

Days like these for some are lonely and cold. Not everyone is happy with the Holiday coming up, well at least is not me...

 10 years back it never excite me or amused me about any Holiday getting close because for me it was just like any other day. Thanksgiving, Mother's Day. Easter, Halloween, Christmas Day or New Year's Eve for me was a nightmare and it only made me sad. It was not fair or easy as I wanted it to end and all I ever thought about was my 3 little girls who were taken away.

After loosing them to my ex husband's parents, I got lost and was left alone in a room crying myself to sleep and not able to eat or go anywhere. I was starting to give up and wanted nothing more than to be with them again. Something was torn out of my heart and I could not put it back together even if I tried. I was not happy anymore and was drowning myself with alcohol. A part of my life which I can no longer control, one after the other just to hide the pain and suffering I endured. Killing me silently but thinking that it was healing me when it was only blocking it for that moment. No kids and no family to come home to or be strong anymore. 

"My life didn't matter anymore," is what I thought. "Why should I keep living for?" asking myself.

Is the question most ask right? What is everyone's happiness is and what made them go on as I can't keep going. Multiple times trying to change my mindset and that was not working at that time of my life. Now stuck in the same mentality over and over again. The mind is hard to control and that is when I remembered mom saying; "Surrender yourself to God and pray to him because only he will heal you." I didn't listen.

I was jealous of going into Facebook and looking at photos with Families smiling and enjoying these events together but here I am stuck in the house all alone or going to work because I don't want to be home by myself.

So yeah, my trauma and my past did me wrong and is why I became who I am today. There are people just like myself who are going thru the same or even worse, suffering in silence all alone. We have to find peace within ourselves again and heal little by little. Until that day comes, then that's when we will be happy once again. And each day I end up doing a good deed and helping others because it makes my heart smile. 

The Holiday's weren't for me since that day when they were taken from me. People ask; Why don't you celebrate? or can you explain to me why? my response would be because I just don't or is a sensitive topic. And here is my story of why not everyone celebrates the Holiday. Not so special for myself as the years have gone by and my little girls will be teenagers by now. I held strong for so long and motivated myself to keep going even though it still hurts me inside. Thanks to my past trauma, I have become the women who I am today. 

  

 

 

Sophia

          A sweet bundle of joy wrapped in a pink blanket, 

           with a big bow over your head and pink tiny socks that still don’t fit those tiny feet.

It never bothered me to stay up all night when your still awake, and not being able to fall asleep alone.

I'm getting up every half hour or so just to change them dirty diapers. You get a bit whiny when you are getting hungry and want to feed. 

The sleepless nights, early morning waking up every hour or two right after that rest. Those big round eyes and red tiny lips looking straight at me just staring.

 

Because I'm a MOTHER, your mama and I will do it for you,

Because I also have the maternity mentality and won’t complain at all. It's my job and taking care of you is my responsibility.  You are a piece of my heart. 

Holding you in my arms all day, swaddling you at night to sleep and being able to keep you warm if I need to. Even though I’m dying of sleep and paralyzed on my knee, exhausted I am but taking a 5 minute bath just to come back to you, to me it does not matter at all. Being restless for the rest of my day and night because you've kept me up all night is one of the best. 

 

 Yes, your “MOTHER” and that's what I am!

Maternity leave note

      Before you think about that time remember not everything is forever. Eventually we all leave for a while but life has to keep going. In this case my time has come for me to go and I'm honestly going to miss you very much. I hope you don't hate me for this. I wish you can understand that we all have to go back to work again I mean... In order to provide for you too. I carried you in my belly, I kept you warm and safe until the time has come. You decided to be here before Halloween 🎃 haha... My little devil you, what a stormy day you couldn't wait.

I told daddy it's almost time for her but he didn't believe me. He thought I was joking all the time. So here you are and that pretty little face not yet opening your eyes for the first days. I went on maternity leave right away but you are still at the NICU for not sure how long. I cry inside, yes I show no emotions because I have so much different emotions burning inside. All types of joy, sadness, worry, happiness, and so much I can't explain. God gave me you and a purpose is a blessing from up above.

Don't hate me, don't think I'm leaving you behind and please don't question my mixed actions. Mommy loves you and she will always love you no matter what. I'll miss you for those 8 hours of my shift and I will think of you. The things we can do when I see you again. Just want you to be a happy baby and explore while I'm gone. Maybe once or twice give your papa a smelly poopy diaper to clean haha just kidding. Your storms are my storms and your sadness I will blow away. Whenever you feel alone and unhappy just think of that strong little babygirl you were born to be. See you later honey bun. Until then we will be together again.

Love always Mommy

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Out of my chest

Every once or twice a week I get tears coming down my face.

I cry, I laugh and I think but nothing seems to work…

"Keep smiling" my voice says

My mind is saying "be sad"

The sun is so bright but it’s like all I see is dark clouds making it hard to see.

They say "mind over power"

But how? If your mind is being taken over a monster with no face and or voice to speak for yourself.

It’s like there’s no power over it to beat.

The body is working so hard but the brain is so tired and can’t stop overthinking, can't stop counting, or stop daydreaming any time of the day and night.

How will this end up later? Will I make it out? Will this nightmare go away if it’s a nightmare? How can it go away if the pills is what is needed? Nothing seems to work but still don't want the easy way out.

Nobody knows, nobody understands, you show them links, que to them, YouTube, give information from web but they think it's curable and it's a made up on the head.

Nothing's wrong they say, you're overreacting, get over it, it's all in your head, your dumb if you keep talking about the past, move on etc..

Normal brain can think what you want it to think but mentally ill ones take over your brain then you have no control over it even if you try....

Truth untold about a teenage girl

Going into high school back in 2000 was my dream, becoming almost a grown women soon to leave the home I couldn't be myself in. My dad was a"machista" as they call it. Mom got a new job at the Casino as a busser and I didn't like it at all because the tips they left at the table weren't for her but the waitress which they never picked up tables or clean but she stuck with it. I loved school, I liked to do essays and write poetry, I also liked doing all types of sports, I even tried basketball but I was too short haha but I did try out and well I didn't get in. But I was good at soccer and was the second kid to finish a race on track. My dad changed so much, he was always coming home drunk with friends and beat my mom for not having cooked meals ready on the table. I tried to stay almost everyday after school to finish homework just not to come home and see how he treated my mother. I begged for her to leave him but she did not have any legal papers so was scared to get deported. I got a car for my sweet fifteen because that's what I wanted instead of a party. I wanted to be independent so I also got a part time weekend job. I was so happy I was making my own money and getting good grades so I can be able to work. So here's where things get ugly... My mother after I came home a little before 10:00 pm at night from a friend's house finishing a project for school and I tried to explain to her that we were doing a project that had to be due right at the beginning of the class. She didn't listen and started calling me names. I didn't understand why she acted like that with me but only me? I told her it was cold outside and I wanted to come inside, she didn't let me and said "you like the streets so stay in the streets and never come back" I cried and begged to go inside but she locked the door and walked away. I started walking by a bridge and I was scared cause it was dark with no lights. I went to my cousin's house and asked if I can stay there for a night. After said ok but then again my aunt told me I couldn't stay and to go outside. It was a rainy day and we covered ourselves with blankets. In my head I didn't know what to do or where to go or who to contact. I'm only 16. I didn't want to be a burden and I was lost in emotions and confusion. I decided that I needed to think of a solution. I had no phone no nothing and I had no keys to the car my dad gave me. I turned around to try again with my mom but she never answered the door. I walked again to that dark bridge with my cousin and this is where another story begins. 

The story of a little girls FT working parents

Every morning as I can remember being in Elementary school both mom and dad will go to work at a cucumber field in Camp Pendleton, CA from 4:30 am to 8:00 pm at night Monday thru Fridays. Having to never see them during the week made us all lonely and sad. We had the weekends just to go to a park with my little brothers and one older sister with dad and family church on Sundays. My sister and I were in the choir up stairs which was really fun to do. That's the life of some immigrant families living in the USA have to go thru. During those times we always had different babysitters and they were all mean and I couldn't understand the rights from wrongs back then, just thought it was the way she was trying to discipline every one of us. Scared to tell both my parents of what was happening while we were supposed to be cared for because of her threats. This babysitters name started with a (T) she was our aunt my dad's brother's wife.