When It Rains….

When It Rains….

Sorry it’s been so long since I’ve written. Life has been dragging me down. So this is a little update.   1) My son had his evaluation for delays. I spoke about his speech and communication issues awhile back, but thought his vocabulary was improving enough that he would “pass” the evaluation. Unfortunately, I was [...]

Cramped Quarters

Cramped Quarters

Two bedrooms. one and a half bathrooms. This may seem like it can fit a parent and child well, and it could, normally. But I have housemates. Not just one….not even two. No, I have four other housemates. FOUR.   That’s a total of 6 people(5 1/2 if you count the small size of my [...]

Transgender Parenting: The Slow Journey of Transition

Transgender Parenting: The Slow Journey of Transition

I received a message in my inbox today, congratulating me on giving birth and breastfeeding, despite being trans*.  That I was an amazing “Addy”.   It made my day. I really did breastfeed for 14 1/2 months, through pain, discomfort, illness and a bad latch. I did give birth to my son. I did hold [...]

Autism Awareness Month – The fear and stigma of Autism

Autism Awareness Month – The fear and stigma of Autism

April is Autism Awareness Month. Many people have heard the term autism, and often the term summons images of Rain Man(for my generation) or more recently, and unfortunately, the sensationalized coverage of the Newton, Connecticut shooting.   They do not see the spectrum, the diverse and wonderful spectrum of functionality. The disorder that can be [...]

Apples and Speech Delays

Apples and Speech Delays

A few days ago, I posted a question about speech delays. My 18 month old son does not communicate as well as I’ve seen other children his age. I wanted to know how parents handled that sort of thing.   Everyone reassured me that I was over thinking everything. I still worried. I researched, I [...]

Ostara: Explaining Ostara Rabbits(and more) to Children, while Still Having FUN!

Ostara: Explaining Ostara Rabbits(and more) to Children, while Still Having FUN!

*This post is meant to be a semi-lighthearted look into introducing Pagan concepts while handling heavy questions with ease. Because Ostara is one of the more “borrowed” from traditions in Paganism(second only to Yule), our children will notice early on the “overlapping” similarities. If any of this offends you, I apologize in advance.*   Ah, [...]

A Lesson in Humility

I am a strongly opinionated person. I also have a tendency to be biting, sarcastic, and vitriolic.   I’ve been known to feed trolls and attack people without due cause.   This happens in both home and public life.   It has caused many issues in my life, and is now affecting my career.   [...]

Centering, Grounding and Releasing Stress and Sadness

Centering, Grounding and Releasing Stress and Sadness

This morning I planned on writing about how I was able to get over the disrupting stress of visitation schedules, as well as other life situations. Things were going fantastically, things were in the mail on their way to me, work is going in a great direction…then I got a phone call that disrupted in [...]

Single Parent Issues: The World of Online Dating

Single Parent Issues: The World of Online Dating

Last week(Friday, to be exact) I asked the following question on my Facebook page: “If you were a single parent, would you try online dating?” I got a couple of answers, positive, mixed and cautionary. One Reader wrote: “I personally would be a bit afraid to (at least the eventual meet up part of it). [...]

Mixed Faith Holidays on a Budget: The Easter/Ostara Debacle

Mixed Faith Holidays on a Budget: The Easter/Ostara Debacle

So, last night my housemate and I were doing math on March’s food budget. Basically, we were debating on what was and was not needed for food. This is a big thing every month because our incomes are very small, and our food bill is fairly high, about $600 a month(5 adults and a baby). [...]

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