Outside More Than Inside Growing up as a country kid, you were outside more than you were inside. You had some type of farm animal(s) in your backyard. They might have been roaming freely. Maybe even an incubator in the house. You know how to shuck corn and shell beans. Baskets full. You’ve picked your …
A Small Town View Some of us leave, and some of us stay. I think it would be fair to say that all of us, at one time or another, imagine ourselves in different, flashier places than the hometown we grew up in. It’s easy to think about all the things you are missing, and …
Only Seven I didn’t know that it was so difficult to make a decision to put your child on medicine. I have taught at all grade levels in public school across three counties, K-12. Learning about so many young kids being on medicine was a shock to me. ADHD, Anxiety, and Depression were the most …
Being Mean Starts Early What do I want my three daughters to know about mean girls? Mean girls are toxic and they don’t grow out of it. Sometimes when we think about mean girls, we think about high school. But mean girls start in elementary school, they continue and often get more intense in middle …
Not Always a Bad Thing The benefit of your comfort zone is something you might not consider. We often don’t even know what our comfort zone is until suddenly we are out of it. What is the benefit of your comfort zone? We often see our comfort zones as a place we should want to …
A mother is a first friend you never have to earn, From tummy kicks and childhood trips to pirouettes and turns. A mother is a lasting reminder of who you were and who you are, She’s there to help you with the journey on your way to catch the stars. A mother puts herself just …
Wait, that can happen? Being a mom is great, right? Here’s what they didn’t tell us! My pregnancies weren’t too bad, some hot flashes, some nausea and throwing up, a few really terrible leg cramps, and some hip trouble (nothing compared to what some people go through). But I’ll never forget when the doctor said …
Gathering Stars For as long as I can remember, my mama told me to catch the stars. Every card she gave me for a Birthday or a Thinking of You or a Congratulations would have those words. They changed over the years from “Catch the stars” to “You’ve already caught a few.” They were always …
“I Don’t Have to Carry My Stuff” I would say this week was tough, but it was the same as it is every week, and the same it has been for a very long time. It’s hard to know what someone else is thinking. And your own child, with special needs, may not be thinking …
Let them play in the dirt. As long as they want to, as much as they want to. As often as they can. Let them be messy, and let them be explorers. Let them be little. Some of my best memories are of following my mom and my aunt, row by row, hunting for lady …
