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“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid”.– A. Einstein I thought this quote was pretty appropriate for our family … Continue reading
Category Archives: raising kids
I love reading about parenting. I love surfing the web about parenting. Of course, I am particularly interested in Motherhood. I came across a great site today – recommended by another amazing site. It is a site for “Smoms” (stepmoms). … Continue reading
I passed on a nugget of wisdom to the kids that I learned. A friend relayed how when he was younger, his parents taught him to only say things that were “Kind, True and Necessary” (KTN). If it’s missing one … Continue reading
Last year all the kids signed up for Cross Country. They went to practice every morning before school and trained really hard. On the morning on the Cross Country meet, I decided to read them this poem; one of my … Continue reading
First week of school is over. I think things went well. There were a few glitches along the way which had the little mouse in my brain running hard on his little wheel…thinking…. One of my kids did not get … Continue reading
We are finally back together! Zach and Josh arrived last night with their Grandparents. They had a great time. (Sorry for the iphone pics) Josh called me “Ama” (what they call their Grandmother) all the way home. It was quite … Continue reading
I got a text the other day from one of my BFF’s who mentioned that she was impressed with the fact that while my boys were away I was taking the time to hang out with my skids. She thought … Continue reading
Something we started when we first got “blending” was parent/child “dates”. We decided that it was important, especially as we were transitioning everyone that it needed to be a top priority to have individual time with each child: biological and … Continue reading
It has been 8 days since I have seen my boys. I have talked to them daily, and they are having a great time. But, of course, I miss them. Today is the day their Dad leaves Florida (where they … Continue reading
At my cousin Dan’s wedding on the weekend, his Dad gave a speech and said something that caught my attention. He talked about how he and my aunt had saved for Dan’s education and paid for it entirely. Dan was … Continue reading