The few sources of comfort I found after the Newtown tragedy and ideas for healing and talking to your children. Continue reading
December 17, 2012
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Category Archives: Loving Truths
June 9, 2010
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Art Lesson
Sobbing, four year old Daughter stared defiantly back at me. “Yogurt,” she choked. “No!” I said for the third time. Exactly why I chose to dig in my heels over her third yogurt is one of the … Continue reading
October 31, 2009
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Yiddish in my Soul
I met her when she was eighty-five. She was Jewish. I was a Wasp and quickly adopted Husband’s Grandma Sylvia as my own. Well, no adopting was necessary. Grandma Sylvia grandmothered me with no nonsense advice before and after the … Continue reading
October 21, 2009
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Secrets
It’s been a rough couple weeks. Son has started exhibiting the telltale signs of over stimulation, over tiredness, over commitment and over induction to Kindergarten. You know the drill – tears upon hearing the first of my … Continue reading
May 1, 2009
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Acting Out
January 3, 2009
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Building vs. Planting
For Christmas, Youngest Brother gave me a sweet little book of Paulo Coelho’s quotations titled, Life. One of the excerpts jumped out at me as being very applicable to raising children: In his or her life, each person can take … Continue reading
October 24, 2007
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Ladybug Lessons
Yesterday, I opened the door to my back deck into an explosion of ladybugs. Yes, dozens, maybe hundreds, of lucky little black and red insects crawling over railings, siding, table and chairs. What really caught me by surprise was the … Continue reading