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September 5, 2019
B is for Bragging
What does bragging look like to you? Let me tell you a story. It’s a story of a young woman who wanted to have children…
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September 3, 2019
Summery Summary
And like that (dramatic finger snap), summer is over. Yeah, the temperatures might still be deliciously warm and the sun still high in the sky,…
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July 1, 2019
A is for Advocacy
Do you see it as speaking at the statehouse, insisting on funding for gifted and twice-exceptional programs? Perhaps it’s working with the school district to actually have gifted and twice-exceptional programs. Maybe, to you, advocacy is screaming into the wind, demanding that these amazing kids be recognized as more than the stereotypes pushed out into the world by media and a culture that don’t grok the nuances they embody.
Advocacy is all of these...
June 8, 2019
DON’T PANIC
As I have discussed with many folks in my life over many years, I do nothing half-assed. It’s whole-assed or nothing ’round these parts. Unfortunately…
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June 6, 2019
Underachievement according to whom?
Please, someone, tell me you also sometimes take the 30,000 foot view of humanity while lost in thought. Stepping back from the day to day…
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May 7, 2019
{2e Tuesday} The Elusive Question
I’ve had a question for parents of gifted and twice-exceptional kids that I’ve asked for years. What do you need? Inevitably the answer is something along the lines of time, money, sanity, walk-in liquor closet. But I’m not sure I’m getting the answer I’m looking for because I’m not sure I’m asking the right question. …
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April 29, 2019
Life with Maude
Last week I started working with a therapist, because boy howdy it was time. My coping and self-care skills were being drowned by the tsunami of life, and I needed help. It was a long time in coming, and I know it’ll help as I start venturing into what I’m calling Act II of my …
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April 14, 2019
In the blink of an eye
Our oldest son, the out of the box, move to the beat of his own drummer, complex as all hell son...our son is 18 today. He is a much different man than the infant/toddler/preschooler/kiddo of previous years suggested he'd be.
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April 4, 2019
Music of the spheres
Life is what happens when you’re making other plans. — Allen SaundersPriorities are what unexpectedly change when you’re busy living life. –Me Many years ago, when Andy was barely a year old, I joined a moms group. I was the only person I knew with kids, so meeting up with other moms was a relief. …
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March 26, 2019
Learning happens at the tip of a pencil
Recently I was digging through some old flute music, looking for pieces for students. Two things struck me as I pawed through my filing cabinets. The first was that I couldn’t believe some of the things I had played (omg so many notes), but the main smack-me-upside-the-head was just how much I marked up my …
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