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MIA 🙁
My mother passed away on 3/23/11 after a ten day illness where she refused to seek medical attention. I was there when she died–rushed over to be there when my dad called the paramedics to hopefully drag her off to the hospital (she refused to go on the 21st even with paramedics standing there telling…
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Homeschooling vs. Home Schooling vs. Home Educating
I call myself a “home eductor” for many reasons. The first is that there is somewhat of a stigma attached to the word “homeschooling.’ I’ve heard one too many times: “Oh….you hooooomeschooooool…” Then the barrage of questions start. Fellow home educators are probably all too familiar with these questions! 😉 The second reason, if you want…
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Diagnosis: Madness!!!
It’s official…I am indeed an oddball. Wait–I’m sorry. I’m not an oddball. I’m simply a “Highly Sensitive Person!” Apparently this is a personality trait, not some sort of major dysfunction. I’m NORMAL. Yay, me. Now, if only we’d figured this out say…I dunno…THIRTY SEVEN YEARS AGO? According to Elaine Aron et al about 15-20% of…
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Spring Cleaning – Part 1 – The Plan
Since we just moved in November, it really seems like there shouldn’t be tooooo much to do for spring cleaning, but no, that’s a faulty assumption. We moved a couple days before Thanksgiving and before I knew it, Chanukah was upon us. And then Christmas. And then hubby’s week off from work. And then New…