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June 18, 2015
Selfish, One Week A Year
Later this summer my menfolk are heading to the wilds of northern Wisconsin for a week of Boy Scout camp. Let us now fall to our knees and bow our heads in reverence, allowing the power and meaning of those words to seep into our souls. A week alone. In my house. Blessed be and …
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June 8, 2015
And that day is here
One of the hardest things about blogging about your kids is knowing where to draw the privacy line. At some point their stories become theirs alone, and no longer something I can conscientiouslyshare. We hit that stage maybe a year ago, when I was hearing “Don’t post that picture on Facebook!” and “Don’t share that!” …
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May 24, 2015
Still here. Still advocating for gifted kids.
So it’s been quite an interesting few days. Lots of online (and offline) conversations about gifted kids and parenting and the media and comediennes and poking fun and what it all really means. It’s a conversation that’s been had before and I’m sure it’ll come upagain and again and again. The conversation will continue until …
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May 21, 2015
That time The Today Show mocked gifted kids
Dear Today Show: Thanks so much for perpetuating the stereotype of gifted kids as hot-housed children hyper-managed by over-competitivesuburban helicopter parents. In a brief, throwaway segment duringthis morning’s interview of Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, you managed to make it even tougher for parents who really are raising gifted kids. I needed more challenge this week; it wasn’t …
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May 20, 2015
Guest post: Homeschooling – Two Thumbs Up
Today I bring you a guest post from GHF Author Celi Trépanier. Celi is a former public school teacher turned avid homeschooler and advocate. Her new book,Educating Your Gifted Child: How One Public School Teacher Embraced Homeschooling, is now available through Gifted Homeschoolers Forum Press. Today she shares her thoughts about homeschooling, first as a …
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May 18, 2015
Attack of the MAN COLD
It’s the End of the World as he knows it. “I’m going to end up drowning in my own snot.” One of my sons has a MAN COLD. In order to protect his privacy in this age ofeverything on the internet is forever (a concept we hammer home weekly), I will try to avoid sharing …
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May 14, 2015
And miles to go before I sleep
Damn, I’m tired. Tired of being tired. Tired of complaining about being tired of being tired. There’s a lot of tired here, is what I’m saying. Can’t even yawn properly, to maybe fend off some of the tired, because a big, satisfying yawn extends my jaw too far and after last week’s root canal (following …
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May 12, 2015
I am my own bling
I found a self-adhesive plastic rhinestone stuck to my hip this morning as I was toweling off after my shower. I have no idea how it could have gotten there, or even what it’s from. Ina home with two tween/teen sons, a notablelack of sparklies, and a personal style ofdistinctly low-maintenance clothing, I can come …
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April 24, 2015
Let Me Tell You About…Impostor Syndrome
If you’ve spent any time in gifted circles, or read about gifted adults, or checked out any websites on self-care in the last few years, chances are better than average that you’ve run across the term Impostor Syndrome. It’s that Lying McLiarpants voice in your head that never, ever shuts up. You know the one…it’s …
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April 20, 2015
Making time to find time
Thank you to everyone who emailed or commented or left me a message on the Facebook page about my continuing search forwhy am I so damned tired all of the time?answers. Eventually I’ll findsome and can move forward, hopefully with more energy. This has been an ongoing issue for at least seven years and probably …
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