Posts in category Parenting

The Wood family limped out of the year 2019 in hopeful anticipation of a better year 2020.

2020 was…well… What. A. Year.  Read more... (1364 words, 19 images, estimated 5:27 mins reading time)

Yesterday was a day that we’ve come to dread. Yesterday was blood work day for Isaiah. The whole thing is an awful experience. I mean, it’s never fun to get your blood drawn or await results; but it’s a more complicated affair for us.  Read more... (509 words, 1 image, estimated 2:02 mins reading time)

For those of you who haven’t been following along, we did a thing. Visit strugglebustour.com to read about the adventure.

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Like many of you, I’ve gone back and forth as to whether or not to post my thoughts on this issue. My voice isn’t the one you should listen to, and nothing really qualifies me to write on the subject. I don’t have the right words to say or answers. But, at the same time, I feel like I have to say something. The issue is too important. The phrase “we’ve come here today to dramatize a shameful condition” (from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech) comes to mind.  Read more... (1423 words, estimated 5:42 mins reading time)

On today’s edition of “Is it just me?”, I’m tackling a couple questions that literally no one has ever asked me regarding conversational eye contact.  Read more... (872 words, 1 image, estimated 3:29 mins reading time)

Today on the ol’ blog, I present to you my inaugural “Is it just me?” post: quarantine edition. I’m curious…am I the only person with the following struggles?

#1 Screen time shame.

Oh my goodness. Did anyone else do a double take when their quarantine screen time “weekly report” notification popped up on their phone? Ouch. This is what my report should have said:  Read more... (427 words, 1 image, estimated 1:42 mins reading time)