So, yeah. I’m asking for money. Except that we won’t actually ever see or touch any of it. It all just goes directly to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America, a private organization supporting research and education dedicated to helping those suffering from Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis to lead healthier, fuller [...]
Update: More tests. An upper GI where she gets to do a barium swallow and have her small intestine X-rayed along with a DEXA (bone density scan) and another blood draw to determine whether or not she has an enzyme to process one of the medications the doctor is looking at prescribing that is [...]
Update: my brave little girl is currently drinking that disgusting stuff. Her facial expressions say enough, but she is willing herself through it. What a girl. Also, comments are working again! And my site is updated and working! Yeah!
The “Big Day” is finally almost here. And today is the day my [...]
April 20, 2008 – 10:13 pm
On the discussion regarding Victoria Lindsay, the Florida teen whose classmates beat her up and videotaped it to share on Youtube, Crimson Wife of Bending the Twigs shared a video game.
In my local paper last week, there was this glowing review of a new video game called “Bully: Scholarship Edition” that I found absolutely appalling. [...]
March 26, 2008 – 11:44 pm
Or maybe a guy thing? Because I could almost see my husband doing something like this, although probably not with a four year old:
He was demonstrating a trick at his home during the girl’s visit that involved heating up a liquor bottle and dropping a match inside, creating a shooting flame. After doing the [...]
November 30, 2007 – 9:54 am
Massachusetts seems to have set off a national debate on the use of corporal punishment with its proposed legislation to ban the practice. State representative Jay Kaufman who is presenting the bill on behalf of the Arlington nurse who first proposed it says of the bill,
We need to have a serious public conversation, not [...]
November 11, 2007 – 6:40 am
Since he was very young, there has always been something about the way my Baby Bear lines up his cars, counts his blocks and just cannot step away from a task that has bothered me. I recognized the signs. I grew up with it. But I pushed it out of my mind [...]
November 5, 2007 – 7:14 am
While sitting in the children’s area of the Stuhr museum today, my eyes scanned over the various quotes on the wall about play. This one by Plato stuck with me.
When I listen to my children play, it is full of scenarios they have learned during our studies. They re-enact battles, build shelters and pack bags [...]
September 21, 2007 – 6:41 am
School is well underway for most of us, and we are far enough into the year to begin feeling behind. Stressed, we begin looking over the fence at the Jones’, where the grass is always greener and the children never whine. Meeting with other homeschoolers brings a mixture of encouragement and feelings of [...]
September 11, 2007 – 5:01 am
The most frequently asked question I receive from polite strangers has nothing to do with socialization and everything to do with latent fears regarding parenting. “How do you do it all?” They ask as my daughter bags groceries and I pay. I revel in the praise which comes as a welcome distraction from [...]
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