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June 2, 2014
A year of small gratitudes
Last year at this time I was pretty grumpy. I’d just gritted my teeth through a winter in which I was never warm and had the cracked teeth and extensive dental work to show for it. That had followed a couple of years of medium grade hell that had left me mentallyand emotionally drained. It …
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May 23, 2014
{Friday Flashback} Mommmm, I’m boooored!
Some years I’m on top of it, some years it sneaks up on me. Summer activities for the boys. This year summer tiptoed up behind me, threw a sack over my head, and proceeded to beat me senseless with a catalog of summer camps that were full. Sometimes summer can be a real bully. As …
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May 19, 2014
{GHF blog hop} You must be 21 to read this post
I’ve joked for years that parents with a gifted or twice-exceptional child in their care need their own private vineyard. I’ve also been heard to comment that wine should come out of a third tap on the kitchen sink. And I may have, once or twice, indicated that my roundtables on 2e for the Chicago …
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May 16, 2014
{Friday Flashback} Drowning in the minutiae of daily life
I’ve been mighty quiet here lately and it hasn’t exactly been by choice. I’ve been drowning in the minutiae of daily life and it is fairly unpleasant. Like being pecked to death by chickens, it’s not one little thing butall the little things jumping on like those little prickly burrs. (How’s that for mixing my …
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May 10, 2014
If it’s summer, it’s G&T time…hold the lime
Winter hasdeparted, the pollen is flying furiously, and I finally got outside to dig around in the yard. Because of the aforementioned pollen I also watered the garden with my nose. I’d apologize for the mental image but I’ve been apologizing to my sinuses all day and I’m all so-sorried out. Also out of tissues. …
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May 3, 2014
Forget 40, I’d rather be anything than pregnant
Friday afternoon I received this email: Jen, We are an award winning TV production company known for sensitive and respectful documentary television. We are currently working on a new series that will chronicle the challenges and triumphs of families or women who have unexpectedly become pregnant. I’ve attached our flyer and If you, or …
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April 21, 2014
{GHF Blog Hop} Holistic medicine and my 2e kid
I almost hesitate to write this, even though it’s the perfect post for today’s GHF Blog Hop on health and wellness with gifted kids. As a lifelong Cubs fan, I have a healthy dose of superstition topped with hard-won experience a la mode. It tastes like an old shoe, the one ready to drop. I’m …
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April 14, 2014
And suddenly…13
“OH MY GOD THERE’S A TEENAGER IN THE HOUSE!” Is how I was awakened on my birthday in 1986. Hang on, there’s something I have to go do at the top of my lungs. BRB… A is 13 today, a day he has quite literally been counting down to for 18 months. I swear, the …
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March 27, 2014
Is your kid dedicated or obsessed?
Two students. Two similar scenarios. Student one: Young, talented musician. Plays the cello, piano, and oboe. Listens to music constantly, on the radio, streamed on the internet, live. Composes in every clef with ease. Is homeschooled so has the flexible schedule to dive deep into the musical interest of the moment. Can create beauty from …
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March 19, 2014
Momastery, yours is an incomplete truth
Several hundred years ago, the truth was that the Earth was the center of the universe. Societyknew this, it was the truth. When I was a child, the truth was that Pluto was a planet. Societyknew this, it was the truth. Today, the truth is that every child is gifted, just waiting to open his …
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