Tag: parent life

  • 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…

  • Interdependence Day

    Today is the 4th of July. It is a great day because I woke up healthy. Three years ago, I feared that I might not. I was in the emergency room, listening intently to the young doctor who had just examined my CT scan. “You have five masses in your abdomen,” she stated perfunctorily. “It…

  • 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…

  • Excuse Me: I Have an Announcement to Make

    How old does your child have to be before you remember not to declare loudly, “I’m going to go pee in the potty!” when you are with a group of adults? #askingforafriend

  • 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…

  • Wa Condo Forever

    Scott Discussing Vacation: “I can’t wait to stay in a condo… That’s where Black Panther lives!” [Who am I to argue? Maybe he will turn out to be right…]

  • Where the Wild Kids Are

    Supporting your Active Child (with special mention of Sensory Seekers) Two years ago, a friend changed my life when she asked if she could do a sensory evaluation on my son. I’ve known this friend since we wore matching green pleated skirts on the middle school cheerleading squad. (Go, Irish!) That was a “few” years…

  • Won’t You Be My Neuro-Spicy Valentine?

    Last week, writer Sarah Dickinson (of The Nerdy Quill) introduced me to a new term: neuro-spicy. I love it even more than “neurodiverse” and oh-so-much more than “neurodivergent.” In fact, I love it so much that I’m appropriating it for all things relating to my son and to others whose brains function differently than what we…

  • Mom Flies Solo’s Caption Contest

    And the winner is…….(drumroll please) “Follow Me for More Fitness Tips!“ Congratulations to Mary Beth Wilhelm Lock and thanks to all who submitted and voted! Mary Beth will get a Mom Flies Solo magnet to add to her growing collection of MFS Swag. Here is a recent photo she sent of her laptop. I ❤️…