I was horrified and sickened today to learn of the shooting in Connecticut where it is reported 27 people have been confirmed dead - 18 of which are reported to be children. My God, is this the world we want to live in? What must we do to curb this type of violence? What do we [...]
Tag: children
If you meet one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.
There is a saying often uttered in the autism community, "If you meet one person with autism, you've met one person with autism." Autism is not a definitional box filled with discrete behavioral, neurological, or physical descriptors - it is a spectrum filled with ranges of color and shading, nuances upon nuances, and palettes that [...]
I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!
It was always my goal to raise strong, assertive children. In addition, I was particularly determined to instill in my daughters a sense of equality. I never wanted them to feel as females as if they were secondary or needed to be submissive to males. I wanted them all to be comfortable in their individuality and fierce in their defense of [...]
My refresher lesson…
It has been awhile since I have had a two year old running around. I must confess that even after four two year olds of my own...the years have fuzzied my memory regarding all the nuances of keeping up with a two year old - both mentally and physically. I received a refresher lesson the other [...]
Mama knows best.
When I moved to North Dakota in 1997, my two oldest children were teenagers in high school. They were not fond of the idea that they were moving from Orange County, California to Kindred, North Dakota. When we arrived in small town North Dakota and settled in on the corner of Elm Street they captured their [...]
61
I saw a story on television the other night about a woman who acted as a surrogate for her daughter and her son-in-law. The woman was 61 years old. 61 and pregnant - wow, what a great mama. You know she loves her daughter - being a surrogate at age 61 doesn't just say I love [...]
Equally but uniquely…
I have four children...four very different children. Each child has his or her own unique gifts, strengths, and challenges. Each child is loved equally but uniquely. This is how I think it should be. This is on my mind as I know a couple of families who have treated their children dramatically different. They have [...]
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