New Year--New Word--Maddietude.
Maddie This year I have decided to have a new attitude toward life's many pleasures as well as life's many problems. I have been studying the attitude of this little girl for the last two years or so. She has a great attitude toward life. Of course, being just two and a half, she hasn't had too many trials and tribulations, but when one arises she meets it with Maddietude. That's what I want. I want Maddietude! You know, the kind where you give yourself permission to eat, while you're shopping. Or the kind of attitude that allows finding joy in watering flowers with your brand new unicorn water gun. The kind of attitude that gives you the gumption to pack up all the toys and leave. The kind of attitude that gives you the power to stop the birthday party proceedings to try on your new bright yellow gardening gloves. Or the attitude that says, "so what if it's a birthday party