Parenting is difficult When you are expecting cooing and sweet smiles, you get stinky diapers and tantrums. When you imagine cuddling up with a book, you get siblings bopping each other on the bean. And when you finally get them to bed, you look around and realize the dishes are stacked to the ceiling, the dirty clothes are overflowing the laundry basket, and you can't even remember what color the rug is under all the toys. And then that sweet voice calls "I need a drink " But you are not alone There is help for tired parents. After many years as mother, step-mother, grandmother, and...
Parenting is difficult When you are expecting cooing and sweet smiles, you get stinky diapers and tantrums. When you imagine cuddling up with a book,...
"An accountant's head is full of numbers. A banker's head must be full of money. A writer's head is full of words, a plumber's is full of pipes, and a musician's full of music. A teacher's head, of course, is full of children. I remember them all." Teachers and parents have long memories. We remember all the wonderful (and not so wonderful) things about our children. We think we are teaching them, but when we really stop to think about it, they are teaching us. And what do we learn? We learn to live with passion, to stand on tip-toes, to pull ourselves up when we fall down, and to see the...
"An accountant's head is full of numbers. A banker's head must be full of money. A writer's head is full of words, a plumber's is full of pipes, and a...