My book and my bike
The new phonebooks are here! The new phonebooks are here! No, wait, not the phonebook. My book. Yes, If This is a Gift, Can I Send It Back?: Surviving in the Land of the Gifted and Twice-Exceptional is now available. The Hold …
This is a gift
On Friday at An Intense Life I wrote about returning to my flute playing roots. But long before I ever picked up a flute and worked up a pucker, I wanted to be a writer. I wrote stories for …
After a year
A year ago yesterday we frantically packed and cleaned the house, threw the remaining freezer beef at our friends as a thank you for helping, closed on our house, and hauled ass east, destined to be homeless for eleven days. …
How to parent a gifted child
It’s day two of National Parenting Gifted Children week, and I’m a stop on today’s blog tour. Sadly, I’m also getting this up mid-day instead of earlier as planned. Last year I wrote, hit publish, and then dashed off to …
SENGular appreciation
I’m back home from this weekend’s SENG Conference and I’m still reeling. I can’t yet read my notes, mainly because MacDreamy2 apparently needs some sort of exorcism and won’t read my iPad notes (I will never attend a conference without …
Of birthdays and mommy guilt
Today is J’s eighth birthday and I am a state away. He’s a little bummed, and I’m trying not to think about it. He puts up with so much crap daily, and here I go off to a conference on …
16 years is a sloth, a kangaroo, or home improvements
If you’re a fan of The Bloggess, you may have read about her awesome anniversary gift/prank the other day. Today is our 16th wedding anniversary and I see no wildlife. Heck, I’m still waiting for my large metal chicken from …
It’s ok, I’m with the band
Think back to the early 90s. Do you remember those old kitschy “Coed Naked” t-shirts? I think I had a Coed Naked Marching Band shirt in college. This popped into my head last night, when being naked in a coed …
One Brave mother
Disney! You did it! I’m so proud of you! Sniff…I knew you had it in ya! You made another movie that didn’t have a dead mother! Granted, the mother in Brave isn’t exactly herself for most of the film, as she …
A day eleven years in the making
When A was a newborn, lo those many years ago, he was not a sleeper. Understatement. He was a high-intensity kid. Understatement. He requires hands-on, nearly non-stop attention and even when he’s sleeping or out of the house, the MomRadar …