Jennifer McDonald considers herself a woman of mystery. Who is this socialite from Spanish Fork, Utah? Mother of three? Wife of one? Conqueror of the laundry and all spilled milk? Would anyone seeing this mild-mannered mom-about-town realize that after giving birth to fraternal twins while still a student in college she would wait nearly ten years before adopting her youngest son? And that today, she can tame the two teenagers' appetites for fashion and Honey Nut Cheerios, while at the same time starting Backyardigans on Netflix for the toddler? Can this biography handle any more questions without bursting at the seams? Probably not, so we move to swift conclusion with this inspiring quote from one of Jennifer's favorite philosophers, "yes, those birds are very angry, aren't they? And nothing calms an angry bird like being shot across the sky at a bunch of laughing pigs."
Monday we wanted to see how jelly beans are made at the Jelly Belly outlet, but that didn't work out how we'd hoped so we just bought some jelly beans anyway and went on to the sticker factory. We went to see how stickers are made at Mrs. Grossman's sticker factory in Petaluma. It was very interesting and we even bought a few stickers. There is a dog that roams around the building because he belongs to the owners. It was a nice looking dog, but you could tell it was old.
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we're liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
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