When I was little, my brother was all about intent. If we were playing and he got hurt or something hit him he’d immediately cry, “She did it by PURPOSE!” Only it sounded more like “She did it by PORPOISE!” Like I had purposely hit him in the head with…
Dr. Nancy always has really good advice. My favorite is one of her go to’s: Don’t worry. Have you ever seen an adult walking around with X? (insert big belly button, whites of the eye that are gray, pink splotchy neck, etc.) I remind myself of this when the sunlight…
Jakey has met his nemesis. And her name is Emi. I admit, not your usual nemesis name. On the forms in the Teacher Linda C. binder there was one with silly kid categorization: flexible, fearful, feisty. The “flexible” box was checked for Jake. Without a doubt, Emi is feisty… and…
I’m certain that we will look back on these days in skeptical wonderment. We’ll say, “What? There was a time when we thought “no” was cute? Unheard of! Impossible! Ridiculous!” (Yes, our future selves will be saying these things with a British accent as well.) It started a month or…