parenting
Support outside of family gives strength in challenging times
How do you say Thank You to people you may never meet? How can you convey the choked up, holding back the tears feeling after reading a blog comment and realize that people get you, feel you, are with you? Well, to the best blog readers in all of the land, the two simple words [...]
Family opinions cause more stress, homeschooling uncertain
It’s been three weeks since four of my children have been in Michigan with both sets of their grandparents. Everything sounds well over the phone. My oldest son, age 9, has taken on the challenge of reading the entire Harry Potter series in record breaking time. In two days, he completed Book One and was [...]
Will the punk parents please stand? Part 1
Now, for those of you who have been checking out Dahgurl for awhile, you know that I try to keep my tirades under wraps, but thanks to an experience I had at church last night, I can no longer remain silent. For background sake, I was asked to teach a class on entrepreneurship to my [...]
Proud mama needs to write a book
Even though I am keeping myself busy (how can I not?), it is wierd having only one child and one who is pretty much independent and self-sufficient. I miss the rest of the crew, but I am enjoying this time with just me and Boo (I think I have to stop calling her that when [...]
Full moon, under arm odor changes personality
I often wonder do some of my children get more props, more blog time than others. When I was writing for the Parenting Post, I used to always take turns writing about each one of the children. Some of favorites, though, were about my younger son or technically, my middle child. Now, I’ve told you [...]
