parenting
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“Happy My Teeth”
My eight-year-old son, M., has autism. For an autistic kid, M. is very in tune with other people’s feelings. He shows a great amount of empathy. He gets very upset when others are upset. For example, when our house gets loud or we’re arguing with M.’s older brother JC, M. gets very unsettled. He starts to Continue reading
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Funny Kid Story . . .
Today I happened upon an old email in my Lotus Archives and remembered this funny kid story and thought I’d share. About five years ago, my then-five-year-old, JC, loved to watch a television show called “How It’s Made.” I think it was on the Discovery Channel (it may still be). He loved the episodes showing Continue reading
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Sweet Defiance
My son, JC, who turns 10 at the end of the month, has what he calls “interests.” These “interests” range from particular types of jellyfish (the arctic comb jelly is his current favorite) to Star Wars, to his favorite app, Minecraft. During the life span of any one of his “interests,” he likes to research Continue reading
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Elf Stress
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the popular Elf on a Shelf bonanza that happens every Christmas, let me briefly explain. Some genius came up with the idea to make a toy Elf that comes to your house Thanksgiving night and makes himself at home. This Elf supposedly watches the kids and then Continue reading
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Dad’s “Magic”- A Guest Post by Linda (My Mom)
Hi Everyone! I’m still busy NaNo-ing. So far I’m doing well and I’m on track to finish. “Embracing the suck,” as they say. In the meantime, WOAW keeps chugging along with a guest post by my mother, Linda. You may recall that I wrote this post about my grandfather, my Gido. That’s my mom’s dad. Continue reading
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Daily Prompt- Trick or Treat, and Halloween “Hi”
Today’s Daily Prompt from The Daily Post reads: If bloggers had their own Halloween and could go from blog to blog collecting “treats,” what would your blog hand out? You can see the prompt and other answers here. After some careful thought, I decided that I would hand out coffee. You’d totally come visit if Continue reading
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Mommy Guilt- A Guest Post by Kate
Kate, one of my favorite bloggers at Did that Just Happen Blog, has honored me by writing a post for me to share here at WOAW. I love Kate’s blog because she’s personal, witty, and honest–three attributes I strive for here. Please click over and explore her blog (which is currently Halloween themed and awesome!). Continue reading
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Daily Prompt: Pants on Fire
Today’s Daily Prompt from The Daily Post reads: What was the last lie you told? Why did you tell it? You can see the prompt and links to other responses here. I read this one and immediately thought of all the nonsense I tell the kids, from Santa seeing their every move, to babies coming out Continue reading
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A Writing Prompt for You . . .
I found this when I was cleaning off my nine-year-old son’s “work table”: “But when we saw the light, …” I read it and smiled, wondering about the story in his mind. I love that he used a comma and that he drew it like a colored-in dot with a tail. I Continue reading
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What’s Up, Blogtropolis??!!!
HI EVERYONE! I’ve missed being here on WordPress! In fact, I feel like everything has changed here– there must have been some sort of update because my “Add New Post” screen that I’m looking at as I type this looks so faaannnncy schmancy! Different font, updated look. It’s so pretty and easy on the eyes. Continue reading
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