Today is Father’s Day and I could spend a lot of time discussing the amazing fathers I’ve had the privilege to know. My best friend’s father, who is no longer with us. My wonderful husband who helps me every day to raise this tribe of ours, and my own dad are just a [...]
13 Books I’ve Read Recently:
1. Escape by Carolyn Jessup
2. Stolen Innocence by Elissa Wall
3. His Favorite Wife by Susan Schmidt
4. Parenting Your Asperger Child: Individualized Solutions for teaching Your Child Practical Skills by Alan Sohn and Cathy Greyson
5. Could It Be Autism: A Parents Guide To The First Signs and Next Steps
6. The Everything Parent’s [...]
Sometimes I get up in the morning and wish I could just crawl back into bed. Today was gloomy. After two days of beautiful weather that brought us all outdoors and got me working in the garden again, today was just gray and rainy. Don’t get me wrong, I happen to enjoy gray and rainy. [...]
I grew up with a cat named Freckles who was mine from age 3 to age 20. I was very attached to her and have always wished that I could give a wonderful pet like her to my kids. As a little girl we always had at least one cat in our house, and I [...]
I remember years ago a woman who came up with a diet plan called “Stop the Madness!”. I need to come up with a parenting plan called “Stop the Crying!” as that’s been the last several days around here.
Anything and everything seems to reduce my children to tears. From legitimate reasons like “I tripped on [...]
This has been a really busy time for us. I’ve started a new position at work which I love. I’m busy homeschooling Piper and keeping the other kids active and occupied. And of course, our biggest news: we finally purchased our house!
We’ve been living here for 18 months in a rent-to-own property. The house belonged [...]
So much is happening in our daily life, and I’ve neglected this blog terribly. Which is unfortunate, since this blog helps me remember events I’d otherwise forget. But we’re working on buying our house and I’ve gone back to work, so time has suddenly become a very precious commodity.
Thankfully, I’ve been offered a better position [...]
