an afternoon with fiona

katie: do you like snow, fiona?

fiona: no

jenny: do you like saying no?

fiona: no

amy: do you like saying yes?

fiona: no

tammy: do you like saying maybe?

fiona: no

grandma: fiona, are you contrary?

fiona: yes

word of the year

pro·ac·tive \prō-ˈak-tiv\

adj.

*Action and result oriented behavior, instead of the one that waits for things to happen and then tries to adjust (react) to them. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

*Tending to initiate change rather than reacting to events. (The Free Dictionary)

*(of a person, policy, or action) creating or controlling a situation by causing something to happen rather than responding to it after it has happened. (Oxford American Dictionary)