• Everyday,  Trauma Parenting

    Stirring the pot.

    The power balance, female hormone edition, has been all out of whack since last weeks episode of Girly Prize Fighter. It seemed to be improving and then because someone crossed a boundary and put a tv remote on a bed,…

  • Everyday,  Trauma Parenting

    Hermit.

    First it’s Autorama time. The prep for that is intense, and Hubby and Mr. Gatsby are basically hiding in the garage until things are ready. So of course once Autorama prep was in full swing, each kids car, in succession,…

  • Everyday,  School,  Trauma Parenting

    Ummm, what?

    Each day this week, I have reached out to school, asking for the status on the escort system that Daytime Emmy Nominee is supposed to have in place, per her IEP. That escort is to ESCORT her from class to…

  • Everyday,  Trauma Parenting

    Death by closet.

    I’m so glad to be home and surrounded by what’s familiar. Things like finding two salad forks under a pile of laundry, and nearly being swallowed alive by an avalanche of stuff shoved into the closet. Glass half full: I’ve…

  • Everyday

    Hello, Instacart.

    Most of the things in my life, show up on my porch in Amazon boxes, delivered by my favorite dude in the brown uniform. Salad forks, are included in that list of things. For all of you that have asked,…

  • Everyday,  Trauma Parenting

    Natural Consequences

    I’ve said this before, but I have learned so very much about parenting in the last handful of years. The biggest lesson, “Natural Consequences. Let them happen.” I used to put forth a lot of energy trying to save kids…