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My oldest two children are, on the surface, about as opposite as they come. My son Loren is 18 and a free spirited artist. His elementary and middle school years were spent at a Waldorf school where his talents were very much at home. In high school he eventually ended up at an alternative school [...]
My youngest son came home from the bus stop in tears on Friday. Little J has a high functioning form of autism and is mainstreamed into the seventh grade in middle school. I have been wondering when the other kids would clue into this and think it was fun to upset him, because middle school [...]
NEWS FLASH… as per a recent news show, parents should discourage their kids from writing letters to Santa that included a list of more than 4 or 5 presents. WHAT! It’s hard enough trying to get kids to believe in Santa past the age of 6 these days, and now we have to tell them to [...]
We stepped outside the door as the snow started to fall down on our warm faces. The joy in Paige’s face could light up an entire town. We were rushing out the door because we were late, as always, but I had to stop to take in the first real snow of the year. “It’s [...]
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