As I sat at gymnastics today with Nick, I couldn’t help but be struck with how incredibly fortunate I am to be surrounded by wonderful women who are absolutely fantastic mothers. These women are kind, gentle, patient, loving mothers, and even when they get flustered or upset, they handle it so beautifully. I’m sure they [...]
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Beautiful Mothers
Posted in Parenting, Random Thoughts, tagged Blessings, Family, Parenting on April 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
H.O.P.E. Class, and a Jumble of Emotions
Posted in Infertility, Parenting, Personal Growth on March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last Saturday was one of the HOPE classes, and ever since it I have been a jumble of emotions. The class was very interesting, and I learned many things I did not know. It was also very emotional, I spent half of it with tears running down my eyes, sometimes from the stories Tracy told, [...]
So Proud
Posted in Parenting on March 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I am so proud of Nick today. He overcame a major hurdle for himself. I’m sure the struggle isn’t completely over for him, but he showed incredible restraint and determination today and managed to diffuse a situation that could have gotten quite ugly had he decided differently. I posted about it on our homeschool blog [...]
Happy Birthday Nick!
Posted in Family, Parenting, tagged Family, Parenting on July 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Nick is 6 today! I put a post on our family blog in honor of his 6th birthday. It’s got some fun photos, you should really check it out! http://ourlifeashomeschoolers.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/my-boy-is-6/
Resiliency
Posted in Parenting, tagged Parenting, Resiliency on May 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today I am pondering what it is in people that makes them resilient. Why can some people pick up after major hurts and go on, while others are debilitated for life? What is the difference, and how can we instill those traits in our children? I like to consider myself a fairly resilient person. I’ve [...]
My Epiphany
Posted in Beliefs, Parenting, tagged Confidence, Faith, Parenting, Revelation on March 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I had a lot of epiphany moments today, some of them were things that I knew before, but just cemented in my head a little more today, others were fairly new ideas. 1. I remember being told as a child that the actions of a child directly reflect on their parents, that people judge parents [...]
Winnie the Pooh makes way for the Transformers
Posted in Parenting, tagged Parenting on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I cleaned Nick’s closet out. I’ve been noticing a progressive trend in his closet everytime I change clothes he’s outgrown out. His clothes are growing progressively darker. Why don’t they make little boy’s clothes in fun colors? His adorable little Winnie the Pooh and Diego clothes came in reds, oranges, yellows, and bright greens. [...]
An Interesting Day
Posted in Parenting, tagged Parenting on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I didn’t have extra child (the little one I take care of during the day), because her mom was off work. I decided that son and I should have a nice mother/son day. I wanted to take him out to do something he’d enjoy and then come home, play games, maybe paint his volcano. [...]
