me being me and making my way through life one day, one book, and one recipe at a time
I’ll be the first to admit that teenagers offer their own special challenges but for the most part, I think they get a bad rap. My son turns 13 this coming weekend and each day this week I have been gifting him 13 of things. Nothing too fancy but just fun things to have some [...]
Wed, October 8 2008 » kids, parenting » 3 Comments
I wonder how much longer I’ll be able to call you that before you start to complain that you aren’t so little anymore? You’re not you know – you are not so little any more Enrique - you are getting so big. I find it hard to believe that you are nine years old today. [...]
Sat, September 27 2008 » from the heart, kids, parenting » No Comments
Not only am I learning to let go but I am also still learning to let my kids do things their own way. Today I had the perfect opportunity to practice.
Last year, my daughter asked me if she could paint her room. Since I believe kids have very few spaces that are unregulated and [...]
Fri, August 15 2008 » kids, parenting » 5 Comments
The strangest thing happened to me today. Oprah would have called it an “A – ha! Moment”
My daughter is 14 and starting High School this year. I don’t want to talk about – I’d like to live in Denial just a tad bit longer mmkay?
We are still undecided about whether or not she [...]
Tue, August 12 2008 » kids, parenting » 3 Comments
I did something today that ended up being much harder for me than I thought it would be. The idea came to me on my way to pick up the little guy from school and it seemed so simple then – it made sense even and so i told myself that when the the [...]
