Category: Parenting Advice
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Don’t let my daughter die!
This was my constant prayer for several weeks earlier this fall. My then 9-year-old had some sort of upper respiratory illness that would cause her to gag on phlegm, then suck in so much air that she would vomit and choke at the same time. It was terrifying, and nothing seemed to help it –…
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I need to leave pretty soon
“OK, see you!” and off my Aspie zoomed to the Tilt-a-Whirl line. “But I don’t want to go on that ride, again,” his friend called after him. “I need to leave pretty soon.” “Mom, his friend said he needs to leave pretty soon,” my nine-year-old daughter repeated, concern written on her face. “Yeah, I know. I wonder why…
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He was perishing
Ornery, no reason to behave. We had just gotten back from a vacation in Arizona that my husband and I loved, my daughter thought was pretty good, and my son wished had included Wii, rollercoasters and mini golf. Facing nothing but school one morning, he looked at me over his bowl of cereal. “Mom, I…
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It’s like it doesn’t exist
Several months ago I was having lunch with some friends, one of whom has ADHD, so has many similar issues to myself. As the four of us were talking, somehow we got onto the subject of disabilities, God, and His ability to heal. I shared how when I am doing exactly what God wants me…
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No bickering in the bathroom!
Overall, they get ready for school pretty well, now. But they both tended to be in the same bathroom brushing their teeth and hair at the same time, right before we needed to fly out the door. The bathroom is pretty roomy, and they each had their own drawer to hold their toiletries. But the…