16 years ago today, I held Katie in my arms for the first time. You’re still the most marvelous surprise in the world, angel. If I could have special-ordered a child, she would have been you. Thank you for being…
Silly thing
I get all tickled every time my girl posts something about a link I send to her. It’s like scoring Mommy points.
Quote of the Day, Happy Half-Hour
“We worry about what a child will be tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.” – Stacia Tauscher, quoted in The Change Your Life Challenge by Brooke Noel. One of Noel’s suggestions is to have a regular “happy…
Dragon Con, Weekend Planning, and Back to School
I won’t be going to Dragon Con unless a ticket (or pass—hey, I’m willing to do panels, ya know) falls out of the air. Sam will be running games and the girl will be working the con, so they both…
Katie and high school
Katie is absolutely loving school. Well, she loves the social aspect, and the challenge of interacting with new instructors. She isn’t happy about living by a bell, and of course, all of us are adjusting to living on the school’s…
Monday: sick kid, annoying doctors
Katie is under the weather, and after I realized she’d been exposed to strep throat last week I took her to the doctor today. Seeing the doctor took far less time than finding a doctor to see. Her “primary care…
I need an empty nest icon
No, nothing shocking has happened. But Katie did start school today, and I feel as if she’s done needing me. It didn’t hit me nearly this hard last year, for whatever reason. It seems more “real” now. She’s just so…
In Transition
Katie is going to high school in a few weeks, as a tenth grader. The school is much larger than the one she attended last fall—approximately the same population as my own alma mater when I was there. I, at…
Separation Anxiety
And I don’t even know for sure if there’ll be a separation! Katie may go to high school this year. We’ll know for sure very soon. I’ve done a transcript for her, all official and everything. Just the thought makes…
Arguments Against Homeschooling: Too Sheltered?
I’m not worried about Katie being “too sheltered,” although that’s one of the “dangers of homeschooling” according to its opponents. This study is something to remember the next time someone brings up that old argument. People who have suffered life’s…