We started homeschooling our daughter around 2nd grade, for a variety of educational and developmental reasons. Steps along our journey were often frustrating and overwhelming for our family. I was not individually equipped to completely manage and handle all of my daughter’s unique processing challenges and roadblocks. Miraculously, eight years later, she is currently working…
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Charlize Theron’s Thoughts on Parenting #Tully
The annual Hallmark holiday ‘Mother’s Day’ is around the corner. As a kid, I followed that yearly tradition and produced something for my mother at that time. Since becoming a mom, my view on the meaning of that ‘tribute’ changed. Therefore, my husband and daughter may give me an acknowledging nod and card during these…
Another Key to Sanity – The Right Fidget
After literally DECADES of questing to ‘heal’ my family: myself, my husband, my daughter, my mother, and the list extends to friends as well LOL – I FINALLY realized that we are ALL on a ‘spectrum’ of some sort (autistic or not) and each struggle with issues and learning disorders. In understanding and accepting that, I…
How to Avoid Cabin Fever During Winter Weather
For the first decade of my life, I lived in Hawaii. As magical as living on a tropical island sounds, there are several negatives as well. One downside can be: weather. Same weather, every day. All year long. Forever… You can imagine my excitement, that first winter, when I first saw SNOW at age 10…