In just 48 hours this iMOM will be boarding a non-stop to dotMOM. I am excited, relieved and expectant. I’m excited because this year for the first time ever I will be leading two break out sessions – one on protecting your child in the world and another on preparing your child for the world. Both will be excerpts from a book I have coming out in April called The Passionate Mom. Yes, a book, it was a big stretch…
When a Cheeto marries a Dorito it can work, but it is not easy because they are different chips. I am a Cheeto – mild, munchy crunchy, not very sharp and predictably cheesy. My husband is a Dorito – bold, powerfully crunchy, sharp if you are not careful how you chew and often accompanied by dips. We look alike – both chips, but we operate very differently. Sometimes the Cheeto doesn’t want to be in the same bowl with the…
Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. “Pooh?” he whispered. “Yes, Piglet?” “Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s hand. “I just wanted to be sure of you.” A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh To be sure. To be sure that when you get to the bus stop you will have someone to stand with. To be sure that when you get to the lunch room you will have someone to eat with. To be sure that when you go out on the playground you…
So let me just confess straight up — I struggle to stay organized. Therefore, consider this an addendum to the Teach Your Child To Be Organized lesson in my Ebook Every School Year Counts (download Lesson 1 below and the full version of the Ebook here). For every time that one of my kids yelled down the stairs, “Mom, I can’t find my shoes” there have been twice as many times when I yelled, as I raced around the house, “Has…
The sorry flowers delivery was ten days in the making. I moved on Friday, in the Florida, August heat, after a year of not seeing my stuff that was boxed by strangers after the flood and stored for a year. I unpacked, sorted, sifted, and purged for four days until 2:00 a.m. because the workman were demanding my attention from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and I couldn’t get in, out and around them to unpack. On day five, I loaded…
Did you know that in the first 18 years of your child’s life 6.4 years will be spent in school? Over one third of the days you have with your child until they go to college will be spent in school. Your child’s education is important and every year counts. Having three children that began school at the age of 4, an adopted child who began school at 7, and another adopted child who didn’t start until the age of…