What is a Bully?

February 13, 2025 by GmasPhoto 4 Comments

What is a Bully?

Hi, welcome to Gma’sPhoto. Since beginning to drive the bus in November, I have had the opportunity to witness many fun, exciting and concerning experiences. Every one has heard the saying, ‘kids will be kids’. But at what point is the ‘kids will be kids’ not be okay?

Mrs.E (Me): Is Beau and Mae on the bus today?
Kids: yes.
Mrs.E: At Beau and Mae’s house I stop to let them off bus.

Mrs.E: How’s the tempature back there?
Some kids: cold, other kids: hot.

I go with the kids who say cold and keep the heat turned to low. When I was dropping off the last rider, she told me the bus was in fact hot and two of the younger girls were crying because they were hot. They were sitting next to the heater.

I have since been paying attention to two particular young boys. They are pranksters. Very funny too. They have even gotten me to laugh on more than one occasion. These two boys will often times answer opposite of what is true. I am now waiting for them to answer no to a kid who is actually on the bus and I pass that child’s stop!

This had me thinking, what actually is a bully. ChildCare Education Institute explains there are four types of bully: physical, verbal, rational and cyberbullying.

Verbal bullying is such a broad subject. What is bullying changed to Am I a bully? I absolutely love comedians. So am I promoting bullying behavior? Comedians are always making fun of people and or events, that is their livelihood. Saturday Night Live is horrible at making fun of politics, targeting a particular party/person. Can you imagine how you would feel if you were that one person of the party? Probably wouldn’t be too funny. Are we bully’s for enjoying these programs?

We, as adults are supposed to prevent bullying. However, while enjoying the comedians and even finding humor in their presentations, I feel like a hypocrite- someone who pretends to have certain beliefs or qualities, but their actions contradict those beliefs.

What do you think? I would be interested in knowing. I find myself wondering about this more now that I am working around kids of many ages, kindergarten through high school.

Take Care. Best wishes, Debra

Gma’sPhoto | ge•ner•ic Linkup Party #60

February 6, 2025 by GmasPhoto 2 Comments

Gma’sPhoto | ge•ner•ic Linkup Party #60

Hi, welcome to Gma’sPhoto ge•ner•ic Linkup Party #60!

This Party’s Theme is Generic.

Each Friday a new ge•ner•ic Linkup Party will open and end the following Thursday. Link up any family friendly post, health, diy, recipes, home decor, parenting, wordless, crafts, sewing, you get the idea.

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Let’s begin the fun at Gma’sPhoto ge•ner•ic Linkup Party #60!

Take Care. Best wishes, Debra

What to Wear | February 2

February 5, 2025 by GmasPhoto 4 Comments

What to Wear | February 2

What to Wear will feature different palettes providing ideas when you plan the wardrobe for individual pictures or your family images during the holiday gatherings.

What to Wear | February 2 features ideas for all family members: mom; dad; big brother; big sister and little brother and little sister. Have fun preparing your stylish look for family pictures!

It is not necessary to purchase new clothing for better images. When planning the wardrobe, do wash and dry the clothing. Immediately after drying, hang the clothes on a hanger. Or iron, if you like. The main goal is wrinkle free clothing.

Shoes do not need to be new either. New shoe laces is an inexpensive purchase to spruce up the look. Polishing leather or washing canvas shoes is another solution to brighten their appearance.

Have the socks match either the pants or shoes. This is important for anyone who may be sitting or squatting in the group. Imagine if the pants are navy blue, shoes white and you see bright green socks. Very distracting. Your eyes will go straight to the green socks and not the person’s face! However, if the socks were either white (matching shoes) or navy blue (matching pants), your eyes will flow over the person and land on the face/eyes of the person in the picture.

Take Care. Best wishes, Debra

Gma’sPhoto | ge•ner•ic Linkup Party #59

January 24, 2025 by GmasPhoto 16 Comments

Gma’sPhoto | ge•ner•ic Linkup Party #59

Hi, welcome to Gma’sPhoto ge•ner•ic Linkup Party #59!

This Party’s Theme is Generic.

Important things to know:

By linking to Gma’sPhoto Party LinkUp, you give permission to share your post and images on Gma’sPhoto blog and social media. Proper credit with a photo and link back will be provided.

Let’s begin the fun at Gma’sPhoto ge•ner•ic Linkup Party #59!

Take Care. Best wishes, Debra

Life with Crohn’s Disease

January 20, 2025 by GmasPhoto 8 Comments

Life with Crohn’s Disease

Hi, welcome to Gma’sPhoto! Today I would like to share my life with Crohn’s Disease. First and foremost**-
Nothing on this website should be considered medical advice. Always consult a doctor before making any changes to your diet, medical plan, or exercise routine. Please refer to the disclaimer.

Let me first begin with, ‘What is Crohn’s disease?‘ To get a complete explanation, click the link. In my words, it’s the sshitz….. literally.

I was diagnosed at age 17. It took many years to understand what foods I could eat without triggering the horrible side affects of the disease. Stress interrupted my food intake, what my gut could and could not tolerate at that moment in my life. The weeks leading up to me qualifying for my CDL and learning a new route was a stressful time for me. Keep this in mind as you are reading….

Past employers have been wonderful working with me and my need to have restroom access as needed. However, my newest job is a tricky one. My supervisor has been wonderful. There was an incident that I could have lost my job because of the actions I took at the time of one of those restroom needs.

At this moment and time of my life, I have had to make another adjustment to my lifestyle. This will include carrying a bag of necessities on the bus. This bag will include an extra pair of pants, panties, baby wipes and a potty pad. You heard correct, a potty pad. I am now a CDL Bus driver. Thank goodness, my longest route is 2 to 2.5 hours. There is no bathroom on a bus. So guess what? I will need to pooh my britches if a bathroom urge strikes. Not looking forward to this. One of my requests was no cloth seat 🙂 I will be sitting on a potty pad!

The incident I referenced above, I could have lost my job because I did not pooh my britches. It was necessary for the administration correction taken. There is a plan now in place. Luckily the superintendent of the district is aware of Crohn’s and understood the meaning of, ‘I need to go now’! Of course, I had to provide a doctor’s note stating my diagnosis and what was needed medically for me to be successful. All is good for now. I am sure this will provide opportunities of some humorous post follow ups 😂

In all seriousness, Crohn’s is not a fun diagnosis to live with. On the other hand, I would much prefer to talk about it instead of talking about it when an ‘accident’ occurs and I am very embarrassed. Granted talking about pooh for most is embarrassing butt (pun intended), could you image how embarrassing it would be if you had to pooh your britches?

Should you have experience with Crohn’s or Ulcerative colitis, let me know. We can share tips and tricks to avoid those embarrassing moments.

Take Care. Best wishes, Debra

Jesus and Germs

January 19, 2025 by GmasPhoto 10 Comments

Jesus and Germs

Hi, welcome to my Sunday snapshot! Today I am driving my second wrestling tournament trip. So far I am pleasantly pleased with the facilities hospitality room for coaches, helpers and bus drivers. I brought my pillow and blanket to get comfy. The hospitality room has a couch, nice!

Hospitality room cough — A very comfortable couch,

Jesus and germs — And the food was delicious!

After eating and being comfortable, it was time to visit the girls’ room, RR.
The tournament is at a private Catholic school. In the restroom back door was a poster. The poster is my Sunday snapshot this week. I liked it. Very clever.

Have a wonderful week!

Take Care. Best wishes, Debra

Pictures can produce so many different emotions and feelings. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words! Share your fun and interesting image from the past week.

My Sunday Snapshot 37

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