This is an exercise for kids in their late 3s or older. At the end of the day, ask your kids: What happened today that made you [smile/happy]? When I started this with my kids, they automatically told me negative things e.g. Suzy hit me and I cried and stuff like that. And I was [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Just.Be.Enough: Things I Like About Me
February 28th, 2012
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Just.Be.Enough is doing a link up this week that I am totally psyched about. It’s called Be Enough Me: The NEW Things I Like About Me. This concept of this link up goes back to what I talked about on this blog last November. So many people emphasize “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t [...]
Mystery feeling identified
February 25th, 2012
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At the end of my last post, I wrote about feeling a heaviness in my body; one I couldn’t identify. Last night I figured it out: it’s defeat. I totally feel defeated. For one year we’ve been struggling to get my husband a new job. Both he and I have worked our asses off to [...]
In which my daughter starts to drown on the 10th anniversary of my dad’s death
February 22nd, 2012
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We tried swim lessons at three other places before settling on the British Swim School. The small classes, excellent teachers and emphasis on learning safety before swim stroke technique really sold me. Plus, the teachers, unlike all the others to date, were adept at working with my kids’ fear when it reared its ugly head. [...]
