This is my first week to join “Five Minute Friday.” This is the deal, via creator Kate Motaung: “Write for five minutes on the word of the week. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation.” Today’s prompt: EXPECT. I read this “expect” prompt last […]
A Late Cleanup
Three years ago, I came home from my last day of work at Healthy Kids and placed a box of assorted “office stuff” in our dining room (which we don’t use for dining). There it sat. For three years. Every time I walked by it, I used a few brain (and heart) cells thinking “I really should […]
A Photo Finish for a Helicopter Mom
My husband and I have been surprised throughout my son’s school years when pictures of him have shown up in our newspaper, The Tallahassee Democrat. There was the “Home Alone”-ish shot of him watching his teachers do a presentation designed to get him excited for standardized testing. And the shot from Summer Track in 2008, […]
Saying Goodbye to Silvia
It is time to say goodbye to Silvia, the first person our family sponsored through Unbound. Although I knew her time in the program would end, it was still a sobering moment when I received the notification, even though her departure is due to her success. The Farewell Notification Unbound sent us a letter notifying […]
National 529 Day Scholarship Giveaway!
This post and the scholarship giveaway are sponsored by the Florida Prepaid College Board. All thoughts are my own. My children and I were involved as volunteers with the Florida State University Film School for several years. The first time we went to campus to watch one of the films be screened, I headed automatically […]
Tell Me About Yourself, Mom
In his post, 10 Questions to Ask Your Mom or Grandma on Mother’s Day, Bob Tiede shared ten questions to help us get to know our moms better. I love the questions but feel shy to ask them of my mom, so I decided to answer them from my perspective; maybe my kids will be interested someday. […]