Bee-side Myself: Helping Deal with Anxiety

Posted by on Aug 16, 2011 in A, Kids, Passably Parenting | 0 comments This summer A’s fear of stinging insects has hit an all time high.  It’s FEAR.  Pure fear. Paralyzing fear. Dry heaving fear. Heart racing fear. MAKSIM The World Premiere Performance.- Rachmaninoff-Rimsky-Korsakoff:Flight of the Bumble Bee. (A said this is exactly how her heart feels when she sees a stinging insect!)   At first I was sympathetic and then I became frustrated....
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Reviving Ketilave Again

Posted by on Aug 12, 2011 in Acceptance, blogging, Passably Parenting | 4 comments My last post mentions feeling overwhelmed.  As a mom, wife, sister, daughter and friend I had nothing left to give.  I felt I was going a thousand directions and doing none of it well.  I’m taking another leap of faith and putting myself out there.  Because talking helps.  Because I can’t and won’t pretend that life is perfect.  Not for myself nor for my kids....
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Modern Parenting is Today

Posted by on Nov 7, 2010 in Acceptance, Ketilave, Mommyhood, Passably Parenting | 3 comments A friend posted on her Facebook wall a post about Modern Motherhood.  I didn’t read the link.  I HATE the attempt to define or pigeon hole parenting. Parenting truly is day by day.  Each day I wake up hoping to do a better job than the day before.  Each day I learn a little more about myself and each of my kids.  The only time I have ever been able to sit back and plan how I was going...
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Addressing Bullying

Posted by on Oct 11, 2010 in Acceptance, Passably Parenting | 1 comment October is National Bullying Prevention Month and Cyber Security Month I’m not the first person to write about bullying and I probably won’t be the last (I wish I was).  I may not get a number of Facebook posts, blog posts or reTweets.  But I speak and act in the hope of reaching 1 person and if I am lucky 5.  My 5. I have my stories of mean kids saying and doing mean things....
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Solitary Confinement

Posted by on Oct 1, 2010 in Acceptance, Passably Parenting | 2 comments This is one of those weeks when Mike has been gone all week.  Not just a couple of nights like most weeks but gone on Monday and hoping to return on Friday evening kind of week.  This is not surprising to us.  We signed up for this.  Providing for a family of 8 (no I’m not pregnant; don’t forget Sarah plus her support) and all our activities plus interest in travel requires a...
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