Monthly Archives: November 2014

A Polish Texan Explained…

Updated some things…

One Flew Over The Empty Nest

Panna Maria, TexasWe Polish-Americans who are direct descendents of the First Polish Immigrants to come to the United States are a proud bunch. People are surprised to hear that in 1854 the first to come to America to stay came to Panna Maria, TEXAS and not Chicago or any other place… Here is a short cheat sheet on us and our customs.

If you are a Texas Pole, when you first meet a Yankee Pole they try to impress you by saying that they just “loved the Pierogi’s that their Grandma used to make for them in Chicago”. In response, you just nod and smile, because you have no idea WHAT that is…

You, in turn, try to impress them by telling them that you used to date one of Bishop Yanta’s nephews – In response, they too just nod and smile, because they have no idea WHO that is…

Your knowledge…

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Perspective For Mothers in the Trenches

For goodness sake, all “healthy persons” on Earth have struggles striving be a the very best parent they can be.  And if anyone tells you it’s easy and they and their kids are perfect, they are fooling themselves.  Think of this:

Even Princess Kate, in her palace and People magazine covers has been hovering over a toilet in anguish from time to time for her family.  It’s a gold 24 karat toilet, but that’s just minutia.”  Ha!

Here is a wonderful link for Mothers just hanging in there as best they can and deserving an “attah-girl”:

http://www.scissortailsilk.com/2014/08/08/to-the-momma-hanging-on-by-a-thread/