Tag: adoptive family

  • Funny Family Stories and Cosmic Payback!

    Every family has stories that get repeated over the years. The stories where you simultaneously dread hearing them and find that they grow funnier with distance. My dad was a prankster. He was known for his dry wit and his laughter. He loved practical jokes. And, like any prankster, he occasionally pushed it too far.…

  • The older my son gets, the more I treasure these little-kid moments

    My son came home excited about school lunch:“I tried something new!” “Great! What was it?” “Hundred Mountain.” “Hmm, what is hundred mountain?” “It’s this sauce that I really like.” “Oh, could it possibly be thousand island? “Yeah. That’s what I said.” Oh, my heart.

  • (More) Bizarre Things My Son Likes to Eat

    “Mom, I want cinnamon toast but please don’t toast it.” “If I don’t toast it, the cinnamon and sugar won’t stick to the toast. Maybe we could use some peanut butter to help it stick together?” “No peanut butter. What about glue?” “You can’t eat glue.” “Oh, I eat glue all the time. It’s great!”…

  • I meant it as a compliment. Really.

    Son, spoken through a mouthful of a new vitamin: “Hmm, it tastes like……It tastes like chalk.” Me: “Oh no! That’s a bummer. And it was so expensive.” “But that’s great! I LOVE chalk!!” Can’t make these things up. Don’t miss my webinar, Parenting Through the Unexpected! Limited space is available. Reserve your space today.

  • Ease, Joy and Humor Journal

    Let’s capture those little moments in life where we are gliding, just for a second. I will update this journal each night with small, cheerful moments. Feel free to contribute your moments of joy, humor and ease in the comments below! (Listen to my podcast about this Journal here.) 9/5/2023 9/4/2023 9/2/2023 9/1/2023 8/21/2023 8/20/2023…

  • All the Memberships

    I’m the kind of mom who buys all the memberships.  Science center, botanical garden, zoo: you name it, I buy a membership to it.  I know a family who buys only one membership per year. They go to that place once a month for 12 months and then buy a different membership for the next year. That…

  • A Pride Month Story

    “Could you hand me those Barbie dolls?” my son asked. “Sure,” I replied, trying to hide my surprise. Not surprise that he would play with Barbies—even my brother had one that he would carry everywhere while he trailed after me. But until now, my son had completely neglected these dolls. Suddenly he was asking for…

  • Visual Calendars Rock

    In my recent post “Where the Wild Kids Are,” I discussed my how I equip myself for life with a super-active child. A visual calendar is another essential in our household. I bought this set of SchKIDules magnets with pictures of all of our common daily activities: I then bought several portable, magnetic dry-erase boards…

  • How to become your child’s hero

    What have I done to become a hero to my son? It’s nothing I ever imagined. I thought he hear me in a concert and think how cool it was to have a musician-mom. Or he would see me running a marathon and say, “That’s my mom!” But be has watched those things for his…

  • The Big Question…

    “Mom, why is it just you in my family?” my son asked. We were standing in our kitchen and he was asking the question I’ve both dreaded and prepared for since before he was born: “Why don’t I have a……” My brain reeled. I always thought that I would have formulated a better answer before…