The Last Day of Summer for My High School Girls
Summer…over! Where’d it go? Between summer school, trips and guests, it flew by! I still want it! I’m not really ready for the whole school routine. Guess I better GET ready, because when I wake up...
View ArticleLetting Go of “Normal”
Normal-it’s what we all strive for. It’s what we’re “supposed” to be. It’s all the people around us-or so we perceive. Normal is what my kids said today’s lunches were, because I included cheese puffs...
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Mariah’s Graduation Day!
Graduation Day! The High School years FLY BY! Mariah is my 3rd to graduate and with each one I stand back and wonder how that time went so quickly. The Frosh year is full of getting into the routine...
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Mariah’s High School Graduation, In Pictures
The 2011 Cathedral Catholic High School Graduating Class (Mariah receiving her diploma) Family, celebrating Mariah on her day Sushi lunch! The owner of our fave, PB sushi spot brought Mariah a special...
View ArticleCatching Up On Friday
I am so so grateful for the doors that have been opened to us and the support that I’ve been given. The fact that the kids and I have a comfortable, safe place to stay and plenty of fun activities to...
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This Week Held A Lot-School/Travel/Court/Camping and More
What a week! Everyday of this life as M.O.M. keeps me Doing the Dance of the Children, but with the start of school, this week held extra Dancing. The first day of school went as smoothly as we could...
View ArticleStruggling with Finding Solutions for My Kiddo with Aspergers
Every time I’ve sat down to write about a zillion different topics, my mind wanders to the same one-Max. Max, my brilliant, stubborn, imaginative, frustrating, lil guy who’s locked in a complicated web...
View ArticleSST meeting for Max-Good Stuff!
A little later today I’ll sit down with several people from Max’s school for an SST meeting to get a 504 plan in place for him. This is such Good Stuff! This means that there will be an actual set of...
View Article“Geek Day”-You’ve Got To Be Kidding!
After school today Gabi let me know that next week is going to be a Spirit Week. She started listing off the days and what she would be wearing. She got to Geek Day. “Geek Day? What the heck is Geek...
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Military Spouse and Dependent Scholarships-A Guest Post by Adrienne May
Today marks my first guest post. I’ve been approached many times about guest posting on the site, but until Adrienne approached me with info about Scholarships for Military Spouses and dependents, I...
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Hey Buddy, Let’s Go Have Sushi
School’s around the corner and until this morning I wasn’t sure exactly where Max would be going. He’s been placed on a wait list for the only school in the area that has GATE classes and the school...
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Life Isn’t Fair
It’s true! Life is just not fair. How can it be? Some people have some things available to them and others have different things available to them. It is just not reasonable to think that everyone will...
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First Day of School Jitters
It’s nearly noon and the house is quiet. I’ve been working for the last 3 hours and haven’t been interrupted once. Yep, school is back in session! Last night we had a decent little case of kiddo...
View ArticleNo News is Good News?
Max is now in 4th grade and for the last 3 years, I’ve grown accustomed to having regular contact with his teachers. There was lots of communication about how he was doing in class and on the...
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Doing the Dance of the Children-Back to School Style
Here we go! Today is Freshman orientation. The girls had to show up to school in their “Dress Day” uniforms at 8 am for yearbook pics & spending the day on campus to get acclimated to the campus...
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