I consider my friends to be special "gems." I treasure each and every one of them. To have friends you have to be a friend. Simple, but true!! Some of my friends I have had for a long time, others a relatively short time. According to dictionary.com a friend is "a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard." With me, what you see is what you get. I am 100% trustworthy and very loyal. I don't try to be someone that I'm not. That is definitely a really good way to lose a friend. That or go around spreading that person's business all over the place. I have told other moms stuff that I thought was in confidence, only to find out it had been spread around. I consider my friendships like my marriage, it's built on trust. I have friends that have seen me at my absolute worst. I have friends that have passed on, but I still keep them in my thoughts and prayers. Unfortunately, I have had more than one friend that turned out not to be who I thought they were and we have chosen to part ways. You have to keep friends around you that will support you no matter what and pump you up, not tear you or your family down. Childhood friends that I thought I would never hear from again, I've reconnected with on Facebook. I get a kick out of "chatting" with them. It's like no time has gone by at all. My philosophy is to be good to your friends and they will be good to you!
We are heading towards 600 orders for Dominic's business. Since our long-term goal for Baked Goods By Dominic is having a "brick-and-mortar" and hire those with disabilities, it is essential and imperative that I continue to teach him all parts of the business. Since I prompted Dominic for so many years for speech, he has become "prompt dependent." What that essentially means is that he will look at me for a prompt, like, "what do you do next?" I do that one a lot. Dominic has been going to a private speech therapist for over ten years and she reminds me often that Dominic usually will know the answer, if I am patient and wait for him. That has been a very hard habit to break! Dominic has an incredible memory, so I put it to the test this morning. I didn't write out the steps, I wanted to see how much he could do completely on his own. We have a customer picking up his order today, but the only thing that had been done is putting the cookies into t...
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