This month, I attended for the first time, Fairfax County’s 6th Annual Special Education Conference, held in Springfield, Virginia, for parents, educators, and students. With a variety of informative workshops offered from preschool through high school, such as Homework Made Simple: Solutions for Stress-Free Homework, Courageous Parenting: 5 Ways to Take Back Control of Your [...]
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March Makeovers
March 31, 2011
Being Love
February 25, 2011
I recently came across Marci Shimoff’s book, Love for No Reason, and immediately lit up with the book in my hands before even turning to one single page. I just knew from the get-go that I was going to enjoy this book exuding with love that was such a pleasure for me to read and [...]
A Spontaneous Snow Day
January 26, 2011
Today I am going to try something new. School is closed for the day due to ice and snow, and wanting to finish this blog, I am going to completely change my writing topic that I originally had in mind for January. My previous writing idea can wait for another day. Today I am more [...]
December Doozies
December 1, 2010
Dinner wasn’t exactly what I would call pleasant at our house the other night. In fact, it was definitely one of those dinner doozies. Several hours before we sat down to eat: all of the “fun” began. As soon as the boys came home from school that fine day, my younger son entered the kitchen [...]
An Attitude of Gratitude
November 2, 2010
During the month of November, I find myself incredibly full of gratitude. Every day I am really, and with Thanksgiving right around the corner, I am already overflowing with appreciation for all that I am grateful for, as my list is very long and continues to expand with each passing month and year. In the [...]
Fall and New Beginnings
October 7, 2010
I am writing my very first blog entry today, and am noticing that my hands are actually shaking as I think about what feels like a really big new beginning for me in my life………. Blogging, hmmm, BLOGGING? ME? I can’t believe that I am really DOING this! I am genuinely excited, and I am reminding [...]