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Summer finally…blah!
It was inevitable. I knew it was going to happen but later not sooner. After one week of summer break under our belts, I heard it. I’m bored!!! And it happened on day two! My soon-to-be 6th grader (referred to … Continue reading
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Tagged 11 year old, 6 year old, activities, activity, agreeing, bored, boredom, boring, camps, chore list, chores, conundrum, creative, driver, educator, entertainer, first grade, first grader, interested, interesting, interests, job, jobs, parenting, parents, planner, planning, routine, school, schooling, sixth grade, sixth grader, summer, summer job, tedium, thankful, thanks, think, thinking
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The Dance of Acceptance
This past school year has been frustrating, scary, wonderful, exciting and challenging. It has been definitely a roller coaster ride. There have been so many extreme ups and downs without a lot of middle ground. Every time I had been … Continue reading
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Tagged 6th grade, acceptance, ballet, dance, dancing, disabilities, disability, education, emotional, emotions, first grade, gen ed, IEP, inclusion, Individualized Educational Plan, K-8. K-8 school, kindergarten, kindergartener, kindness, middle school, parenting, school, special ed, tolerance, waltz
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A Different Path
Having a child with a disability is a challenge to say the least. It’s not something my husband and I had signed up for. When we got our daughter’s official diagnosis in the hospital (right after she was born), I was devastated. … Continue reading
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Tagged beautiful, challenge, challenging, courage, daughter, diagnosis, disability, funny, kids, kindergarten, kindergartener, older moms, parenting, pregnancy, sad, school, son, strength, uncertainty
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Really…Now?!?
One of the frustrations of being a working mom is being confronted with the last minute school related project. Oh, I try to sort through all the flyers that come home about after-school enrichment classes, sports camps and what-not. And … Continue reading
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Tagged boys, calvinball, imagination, kids, last minute, school, talent show
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Flying by the Seat of our Well-Worn Mom Pants 