Beatus diem matris
by
C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
Sometimes when this part of the week arrives, I feel like I've skidded into home, knees and uniform a mess, and dirt up my nose. Another six hours in this day wouldn't h ...
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Good
by
C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
Number one.
Number two: These kids of mine are doing well. I don't mean they're perfect or geniuses, or really anything related to those categories. I mean they ...
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Goodbye, February
by
C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
And none too soon!
Oh, hello. It's been a few months, I guess. Crazy times here - trying to hold All the Things together in reasonable form and to a reasonable s ...
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Three Good Things
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C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
1.) Enough warm blankets. We're trying to keep the thermostat low, a challenge with a kid who doesn't self-regulate body temp as well as one might like. Over the last f ...
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Thankful
by
C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
I am so glad for Friday night. I feel, and have felt for a few years now, that I often screech into the weekend, shrieking, "SAFE!" as I cross home plate.
This wee ...
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Growing boy
by
C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
Q's awesome PT fixed the wheelchair today - back pulled up higher, headrest dropped, side supports measured, repositioned and tightened down, footrest adjusted, and front ...
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Day in the Life
by
C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
12:04am - Reposition Q.
1:30am - Reposition Q.
4am - Awaken to Q giggling.
4:40am - Still giggling, shushing him is even funnier.
6:30am - Turn off alarm.
7:30a ...
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Almost summer
by
C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
Sometimes when I reach the end of a week and look back over it, I can't figure out why I'm so tired. This is not one of those weeks.
The girls have been busking at ...
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Projects, optimism, spring
by
C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
I'm avoiding tasks. Namely, sorting my gigantic stack of teacher's manuals and Q's toys and equipment. It's that time of year - wrapping up the old, enacting plans for ...
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It's May?
by
C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
Well look at that - I missed April altogether. It was a rather surreal month, what with the surgery (it went very well), giant cast (glad it's gone), miscellaneous track ...
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Zoom
by
C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
Hello. I'm posting quickly, en route to bed. Morning brings the pre-op appointment for Master Q, so the schedule will be full. We've been sick, so energy is in short su ...
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Equipment
by
C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
Good advice.
Models and manufacturers to consider
Merritt
Recaro Monza
I've looked over the Britax Frontier 85 and a Graco model as well, on the advice o ...
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Praying without ceasing
by
C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
I've been thinking about that call lately - to pray without ceasing. Many years ago, someone asked me how, with three kids and one on the way, I found time to pray. I an ...
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Mid January
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C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
Hello and Happy New Year! We made it through the busy holiday season, with all the performances and scheduling disruptions. The big kids went off for time with their dad ...
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Merry Christmas
by
C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
To know and to serve God, of course, is why we're here, a clear truth, that, like the nose on your face, is near at hand and easily discernible but can make you dizzy if ...
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Quote
by
C
Posted in: Blog Posts in Brain Health
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelmin ...
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