When my daughter, Imogen, was seven years old, she sat on Santa’s lap in the shopping centre, closest to our house and asked for one thing. She asked for new teeth. Grade two had been particularly hard for Immy as she had been the brunt of playground teasing by some horrid little girls who obviously thought…
Monthly Archives: December 2008
A Matter of Etiquette
This is a topic I’ve written about on my own blog before now, but felt it was worth revisiting here – not least to get some other opinions about it. My wife and I were in the supermarket recently when we saw a mother with 2 kids – one was about 18 months old and…
Parent Job Description
One of the parents in my adoption support group shared this with the rest of us in the group. Hope you are all enjoying this holiday season! PARENT Job Description POSITION : Mom, Mommy, Mama, Ma Dad, Daddy, Dada, Pa, Pop JOB DESCRIPTION : Long term, team players needed, for challenging, permanent work in an…
Special Exposure Wednesday – Merry Kissmas!
…and a huggy New Year! Do you have some Christmas Spirit to share? Join us here this Special Exposure Wednesday? Please remember your comment love at each link you visit. Also blogging at Three Ring Circus
We Got the Funk
I had a whole post ready to go about Peyton’s upcoming surgery later this week. She’s supposed to be getting her port removed and the post told of my anxiety, her excitement, and all the changes having that port out would mean….and NOT mean. But in the course of minutes, the surgery has been postponed…
Try This Tuesday #22: An Easier Way to Vacuum
Last week when I was cleaning up our house before a friend came over, I realized I wasn’t going to have time to vacuum the living room and still finish the other things that had to be done. My son likes to help me when I vacuum, but he can’t manage the heavy machine by…
Coconut Macaroons
Thanks to those who sent in cookie recipe ideas last week; the recipes all sound terrific! Remember the cookie recipe swap is going on all month long, so keep those cookie recipes coming. This week’s recipe is a modified version of the recipe that appears on the back of the bags of Baker’s Angel Flake…
I Bet You Thought I Forgot……
about announcing the winner of our book review, Against Medical Advice. Nope. Things at the Brave Hero’s Home have been a wee bit nuts to say the least. I knew this last surgery was going to include a rough recovery time, but wow, this has exceeded even my expectations. I need Santa to bring me…
Blogger Interview – Dream Mom
Dream Mom, the subject of today’s interview, describes herself as a midwest mom sharing and reflecting on the love for her Dear Son and the challenges of everyday life with a severly disabled teenager. Make sure after reading her interview, that you visit her blog, Dream Mom! I promise you will not be disappointed! Tell…
Our song
Our winter coats scratched and chaffed as we settled into the truck for a night of running errands. Grocery shopping, store hopping, and errand running are at the bottom of the kids’ lists of “fun things to do.” Right down there with eat asparagus and vacuum the stairs. But, there were errands to run, and…