Positively True-Why Not Him?!

Last Friday, my family drove into the city and stayed at a beautiful hotel. We were seeking a way to erase the stress that my family has marinated in for months. Friday was great. The happiness was a wonderful distraction and it helped…temporarily. Saturday, was a different story.  As the angry outburst transformed into quiet … Continue reading →

Shake it Up!

Forgive me readers, for I have sinned.  It has been one week since my last posting. I didn’t write in the evenings last week, because the days were just too exhausting.  The stress and worry about my TBP and the frustration about not hearing from his school after an important email was beyond tiring.  His … Continue reading →

I Was Going to…

Today, I was going to write about a stupid jealously that I was experiencing yesterday. I was going to start by explaining that in the grand scheme of all things, my pity party for one was over something so small and so truly unimportant… it was about Super Bowl Sunday. I know that the Super … Continue reading →

Child Conversations

I don’t know if it is the same in other families, but some of our best conversations happen at either ends of the day. It seems that when his mind is the most reflective, my mind is at its least thoughtful state. Take the other night, it was late and I still had chores to … Continue reading →

Greatest Gift

This Tuesday is my birthday.  Four decades, plus a few years more, I have been experiencing life.  As with most people, my priorities have shifted along the way. I remember that somewhere around my thirty-fourth birthday, I started thinking about a lifetime without children.  I began to picture the older years.  We would be reading … Continue reading →

Change is Gonna Come!

Many of you know about the struggles that we are having with my son’s school. Let me be clear, the staff at his school are not bad people. “Bad people” don’t dedicate their lives to helping kids. They are probably really good with the majority of kids, the typical kids.  I imagine, that they are … Continue reading →

Mixed Up Chameleon

I have a favorite Eric Carle book called The Mixed Up Chameleon.  After today, I understand him a little better. Today was a day of mixed emotions.  I think that’s probably how most people roll, but it is hard for a person who craves predictability. I started the day a bit slower due to a … Continue reading →

Scuffed Up Shoes

Last Sunday, I sent an email to six different key players that are part of my son’s education.  In the email, I shared results from an assessment called the BRIEF and new information that I had gained from Dr. Dan Peter’s book.  Combined, I felt like both of these pieces of information would help explain … Continue reading →

Epiphany of the Many Hats

If you know me in real life, you know that I am completely devoted to my son.  When his school isn’t communicating or his teachers seem ineffective and uninformed, it makes me crazy.  Last year, was a great year.  I would have done ANYTHING to have his second grade teacher move to third grade; unfortunately, … Continue reading →