The 15-Minute Strategy
I am presently home-tutoring my 12-year-old Taiwanese daughter. She is two years new to the United States and to the …
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It Happened Overnight
Last night was Promotions Night. One of our girls was promoted from the 6th grade to the 7th grade. And …
I Know You Don’t Like Roman Funerals
Last night we were all at home, each busy with our own projects: Daddy was in the back part of …
Broken Concentration
My two daughters, aged 14 and 12, share a bedroom. There’s a bunk bed in the room. (The fourteen year-old …
What To Do with a Bad Attitude
Life’s daily responsibilites are hard enough to navigate through without adding the crushing burden of bad attitudes. This morning I …
A Potpourri Day
Our girls’ school conducts once-a-year week-long achievement testing for its students; this week is the week. In order to get …
The Week Ahead
Yesterday I was thinking about the week ahead: its duties, its responsibilities and its work. I like to enter my …
Ridiculous Mondays
What is so ridiculous about Mondays? Only me. I enter into my day (and my week) like a thoroughbred at …
Mom – Lizard Wrangler
This afternoon around 3:00 pm, I gave my two middle school girls a choice: you may either go outside and …
To Stimulate Thought and Conversation
Sometimes to stimulate thought and conversation, I throw out a random question to my daughters. One day at lunch I …
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