Because natural isn't always possible — or easy.
Posted in Dental care, Dentists, Emotional development, Health, Meditation on Dec 17th, 2011
Big Girl inherited many of my positive traits, but just as many of the negative ones. One such trait is the inability to let others help her. She seems to want to carry the world on her slim little shoulders. Another that goes hand-in-hand with the first: Projection. She is always thinking those what ifs. [...]
Posted in Emotional development on Dec 13th, 2011
Christmas trees are as individual as fingerprints. Some people favor white trees with multicolored twinkling lights. Others go for a more monochrome look with the lights, the ornaments, and the tree skirt all matching in shades of red, silver or gold. Tinsel, angel hair, garland, lights, stars, angels — there’s a look, a decorative element [...]
Posted in Consumer Packaged Goods, Emotional development, Things that make me go hmmm on Dec 2nd, 2011
It’s easy to say I don’t want anything for Christmas except a happy, healthy family and friends who fall into the same categories. In fact, usually it’s so easy to say that it’s exactly what I’ve professed to for years. This Christmas, however, I find myself at a crossroads of sorts. A moral dilemma if [...]
Posted in Emotional development, parenting, Siblings on Nov 8th, 2011
I have kept my mouth shut three times over the past 24 hours, and that’s a good thing. A really, really good thing. For the record, I was involved in three situations that could have turned ugly (or at least uncomfortable), but they didn’t because I kept what I was thinking and feeling to myself. [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Friendship, Health, Illness on Sep 9th, 2011
I got a card in the mail today from a neighborhood woman. I told her about the miscarriage when she called to ask me to send out an email for a local organization. At the time, she was so sweet, telling me how sorry she was for our loss. We got off the phone and [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Pissy mussings on Sep 3rd, 2011
Over the past 24 hours I have cried three times while reading Facebook status updates. This is not normal or good. It actually sucks. I won’t bore you with the details, but I am sure you could figure one or two of them out. Okay, I’ll tell you about one: A high school alum just [...]
Posted in Emotional development, parenting, Pissy mussings on Aug 23rd, 2011
I have been staying close to home lately. (Long story…) I decided to catch up on scrapbooking. I feel especially guilty about Little Girl’s books — or lack of. Big Girl has about eight completed books including a fairly obsessive pregnancy book with about 30 belly shots. As of last week, Little Girl had one [...]
Posted in Emotional development, exercise, parenting on Jun 29th, 2011
Big Girl is on a local swim team. She loves it. Last year, when she was six, she was not what I would call great. Or even good. She never won a single meet. Didn’t even come close, really. But she stuck with it, and we were proud. Most important: She enjoyed herself. This year, [...]
Posted in Emotional development, Things that make me go hmmm on Jun 27th, 2011
We had Little Girl’s birthday party this weekend. At some point, our camera got lost. We believe it took a long, one-way ride on the top of my SUV. (Hubby, buckling her into the carseat, placed it there and forgot to pick it back up. We think.) It was a rough afternoon for us. We [...]
Posted in Emotional development, parenting, toddlers on May 17th, 2011
Little Girl is angelic. Big light blue eyes, blond curls, porcelain skin. Truly, truly angelic. Tonight, that little angel behaved like a devil, dropping not one but THREE f-bombs. We were having dinner. I’m coaxing her to sit still and face the table. She was ignoring me. I gave her a final warning: “Turn around [...]