Undeserving

On my way home from cape cod with my mom we stopped in barnstable to return to one of her favorite restaurants. Sitting at a table next to us was a beautiful family of five. The mother, three girls, and father were not all engaged in conversation, instead the father sat on his blackberry and the mother tried her best to talk to her daughters. His wife looked to him to try and ask him a question. After she spoke he peered over his phone and glared at her. He finally spoke when he said, "I told you I was ignoring you today. I also asked you not to speak to me, so leave me alone." The wife looked apologetically at her children while they sat with their heads down pretended to be entertained by the words on their menus. About five minutes later when everything should have felt cooled off the wife tried saying something to her husband again. Apparently he felt she wasn't even worth his breath because this time instead of belittling her, he stood up and walked away. As I write thing, he still has yet to return.
I dont understand. You have been blessed with three gorgeous young daughters and and beautiful wife and you would think that you would have everything you could possible want in order to be happy. But instead you take it upon yourself to be a pompous ass hole? Undeserving. You don't deserve their unconditional love, and you don't deserve the moments in their life that you take it upon yourself to waste away as you start arguments with your spouse. So undeserving. I would say that my advice would be to actually try, but you don't deserve that either. You don't deserve the right to try and make things better. I hope someday your wife wakes up and walks away from the rudeness and cruelty you treat her with, she is undeserving of that.

Stacey

In 2006 I traveled with the People to People Student Ambassador Program, and made several life long friends. During the trip to Australia and New Zealand I never imagined that I would come home gaining friendships from not only ten of my peers, but also from my leader, Stacey Sherman.
She is my senior by at least 35 years, but I find myself relating to her sometimes more than friends my age. Last summer, the summer of 2009, I traveled to Greece and Italy with the same program, and I was fortunate enough to have Stacey as my leader again. Running through the streets of Greece and Italy with my good friend by my side created memories in my mind that I know I will never forget.
Stacey has so many qualities that I want to posses in myself as I age. Through the duration of the program I constantly found myself looking up to her, admiring everything about her persona. I have only met a few people in my life that have made such an impact on me.
Driving up to People to People meetings for the 2009 trip, Stacey would discuss many things with me. I always found myself enchanted and deeply interested in everything that she said. During the time she and I would get to spend alone in her car, we would talk about anything on our minds. She would always be willing to give me advice, and in my heart and head I always knew that she had my best interests in mind.
In my life I know that Stacey will always play a static character. She is the woman whom I someday aspire to be. Her sense of humor is dry and witty, and she always has a smile on her face. She is strong-willed and opinionated, and she would never shy away from speaking her mind. She truly has an enthusiasm for life. These few characteristics are among the many that I admire, and I hope they will come to me as I live my life.
Stacey Sherman has been and will continue to be so many things in my eyes. She is a volunteer, a leader, a strong woman, a mother figure, and a best friend. I will forever be thankful that such a wonderful person has crossed my path. She makes me want to be a motivated, compassionate, understanding, strong, independent person. Stacey Sherman is a woman I will continue to admire for the rest of my life, and the ways that she has influenced me have helped shape me into who I am today. That will never change.