Posted by Editormum on 2 September 2010 in
Family Life Okay, this is going to be short, because I am using the last eight minutes of my lunch break to write and post this. But I am SO in love I totally cannot wait to share this information. I have been reading for a couple of years now about Vibram Five-Fingers “shoes.” My virtual sensei [...]
Tags: exercise, shoes, VFF, walking, wish list
Posted by Editormum on 29 August 2010 in
Family Life,
True Stories A continuation of yesterday’s thoughts on having strong-willed children. Those traits can also lead her into situations that will give her a chance to develop a deep-rooted humility and dependence on God. When you are “strong-willed” and “independent,” it can take some doing for God to teach you the lesson that “there’s a God, and [...]
Tags: challenges, character, child-rearing, children, Christianity, Family Life, parenting
Posted by Editormum on 28 August 2010 in
Family Life,
Religion,
True Stories My friend Stephanie recently posted on her Facebook page that she “…somehow managed to get an incredibly stubborn, willful and highly intelligent daughter. She makes other kids that I had previously chalked up as ‘stubborn’ look wishy-washy in comparison. Someone please tell me this is a trait that will serve her well later in life! [...]
Tags: challenges, character, child-rearing, children, faith, Family Life, fear, independence, parenting, strong will
Posted by Editormum on 1 July 2010 in
Family Life So, at the moment, it looks like I’m able to manage only one post a week … sort of. That will have to do for the time being, as there is just a lot going on. Though I may come back and fill in some posts about things that have happened in the past week [...]
Tags: Boy Scouts, challenges, Family Life, karate, parenting, pets
Posted by Editormum on 6 June 2010 in
Family Life,
True Stories My life has spun out of control these last few weeks. (If that sounds like a familiar plaint to my long-time friends, that’s because my life tends to do that. A lot.) However, I have accomplished two big goals, and I’m on the cusp of a third. We’ll see in a few weeks if it [...]
Tags: Family Life, karate, stress
Posted by Editormum on 24 March 2010 in
Family Life Wow … almost a month of no new posts (though I have been migrating old posts from my Blogit account, so you’ll see some really old stuff back in the archives, as well as my new “Inspirations” page). Lost my groove back there somewhere, and haven’t the time to go back and try to find [...]
Tags: baseball, Boy Scouts, boys, camping, challenges, Christianity, divorce, Family Life, Joel and Kathy Davisson, karate, marriage
Posted by Editormum on 1 March 2010 in
Family Life This past weekend was unbelievably full. I’m not complaining. I had a lot of fun, and I wouldn’t have missed one minute of any one thing that I did. But it did underscore for me how very important it is to plan ahead if you want to maintain your sanity. We prepared for our weekend on Wednesday [...]
Tags: Boy Scouts, camping, Diet, Family Life, food, friends, karate
Posted by Editormum on 26 February 2010 in
Family Life,
True Stories Story of my life. If it isn’t doctors giving me attitude and inconvenience, it’s my own body playing me false. You know how your car will make the most horrendous racket, and yank the wheel out of your hands unexpectedly, until the minute you take it to the mechanic, and then it purrs like a kitten [...]
Tags: doctors, medical issues, pain
Posted by Editormum on 25 February 2010 in
Family Life,
True Stories I’m caving in. My wrist hurts so bad that it’s starting to interfere with my life — I have a high tolerance for pain, but now even Aleve isn’t really working. And it kept waking me up last night. Every time it slid out from under the cold pack. So I am going to an Orthopedist [...]
Tags: Family Life, karate, medical issues, pain
Posted by Editormum on 22 February 2010 in
Family Life,
True Stories I think I have finally figured out what is wrong with my left wrist. I mentioned in a couple of previous posts that I have a long-standing injury that periodically flares up and gives me merry hell for a few days or weeks, and then subsides. I thought it was a sprain from a fall I [...]
Tags: accident, challenges, Family Life, injuries, injury, karate, pain
