I think 1st grade is a tough year for transition. Kids are still such babies and yet, the expectations put upon them scholastically and behaviorally are unrealistic. Evolution hasn’t, well…evolved all that much when it comes to milestones and children. 6 and 7 year olds are basically still fresh from the womb, minus the midnight [...]
Archive for October, 2010
First Grade And The Terrible, Awful Sixes
October 28th, 2010 
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Tags: 1st grade is a tough year, 6 year old temper tantrums, parenting 
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October 28th, 2010 admin Dear Friends, Please excuse my absence over the next few days. It’s a crazy time right now. My mind is a mess. This Halloween weekend is the B’nai Mitzvah. I’m busy obsessing and finalizing so that it’s perfect for my children. My house is a mess. I’m busy cleaning up the dog shit and folding [...]
High School Absences Then And Now
October 26th, 2010 admin I used to skip school. I did. Way back in the dark ages, when I was in high school. I skipped a couple of months straight. Don’t ask me how I got away with it, but I did. I’d check in with my first hour and then, check out. For the rest of the day. [...]
Capturing Moments: Photo Facades
October 24th, 2010 admin Each picture touches me as I touch the glossy surface, running my fingers over moments captured. Mine. His. Families broken. Ours. New families created from the dust and devastation. Frozen in time are smiles, touches, looks. Facades created by a pose and a flash. It’s after the camera was put away on shelves, in closets, [...]
Police, Tailgating and Double Standards
October 22nd, 2010 admin Last year, as I was driving along and completely minding my own business yet perhaps speeding in a school zone, I was pulled over and received a ticket. Actually, it wasn’t shocking. I was in the wrong because I wasn’t paying attention and I was moving just a tad too fast. I hate getting tickets. [...]
Sealed
October 21st, 2010 admin Do you ever wish that you could reach deep down into that pit of “only you know what’s really there”? That heavy space where, in a tight ball, “everything you’ve ever felt or wanted to say and never did” is stored for safe keeping. They stay, not because you couldn’t find the “exact right words [...]
My Thoughts On The 140 Conference
October 21st, 2010 admin Yesterday, along with many local social media and Twitter personalities, I spent my day at the #140Conf, brought to Detroit by SMCD and Jeff Pulver. It was AWESOME. On so many levels. I don’t know how to put my thoughts into a true post so I’m going to do it in list form. OK? Good. [...]
