Category: Parenting
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Ai încredere în mine?
Zilele astea iar au ieșit scântei din neînțelegeri. Decizii luate în pripă, decizii contra sfaturilor mele, testarea de libertăți și oportunități. După o seară în care ar fi putut demonstra ca sunt responsabile, să închidă televizorul la 9 și să meargă să se spele pe dinți, fetele au mai început un film și au mâncat…
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Misguided self-sacrificial parenting
When we teach our kids that they can do hard things, we gift them the best inheritance that will build their future. When the stakes are low enough, discomfort is manageable, the loss is insignificant compared to the gain of experience. I listen to the challenges of ivy’s classmates’ parents. The circumstances pull us into…
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Forgetfulness
Out of fearful brain, I easily forget to do this or that. I interrupt my own train of thought to do something that crosses my mind. I got to accomplish lots this way. I was so efficient. But my short term memory, treaded with fear, it started to fail me. Seriously fail me. I would…
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Beginning of 2025 school year
When it rains it pours. I dive head first into the crashing waves and I take it all in, embracing the challenge. With the new schedule one kid in the morning the other one in the afternoon at school, I had to adapt to their medical appointments and do them in different days even if…
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Impact
“Do not consider yourself wise. Fear the lord and stay away from evil paths.” That was week 2 for my week in the Proverbs with Brian & Michelle. I admire the humility with which this wide group of accomplished people present themselves. They are quick to acknowledge their shortcomings and where they feel they came…
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Mind buzz
So many trains of thought rushing through my mind. A constant buzz. Overlapping. Competing. I know the joy of peace through meditation – not easily attained. As a kind when praying my mind would easily wanter and I would struggle to bring it back into the one activity of prayer. Little did I know that…
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Conectare
Ca un elastic puternic care se poate întindeCând ne certam, când avem opinii puternice diferiteSa avem încredere ca nu se rupe elasticulSa avem curaj sa ținem strâns de elSa nu dam drumul înainte sa ne onoram punctul de vedereAcolo cred eu ca găsim odihna in relațiiCând avem încredere in noi si in celălaltSi vorbim onestChiar…
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Invisible
Taking pictures has been a passion of mine since I was a teenager, when you had to develop negatives and print them on paper. So photography came with a cost. I wasn’t particularly good at it, but I captured moments and emotions. I have family photos from 50 years ago that my uncle took. My…
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La jumătatea claselor primare
Am petrecut cu prima fiica primii ani de școală in pandemie. Nu mai fusesem in acel sezon ca părinți si ne-am adaptat fără așteptări. Nici n-am știut cât de bine ne era de fapt. Învățătoarea s-a adaptat si ea, si a dat tonul bine, mai ales ca apucasem clasa pregătitoare in scoli. Am ascultat multe…
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Perspective
Pe site-ul copii.gov.ro sunt povești emoționate și reale și încurajatoare despre adopție. Majoritatea scrise în primii ani, poveștile încă proaspete, și în mod evident romantice. Dar după o vreme, chiar cu cele mai bune intenții, subiectul adopției se prăfuiește. Obosim de atâta atenție, de povara de a fi diferit, și vrem să ne ascundem, să…
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The Proverbs…
Are my refugeMy childhood fortfamiliar and comfortingI would turn to this bookOver and overSince my preteen years. A Solid groundunchanged in essenceBut revealing new life,Hope, clarity, direction. Committing it to memorywithout trying to memorize it. It will be a strange journeyTo undertake with others. I don’t recall precisely what drew meto the book of Proverbsin…
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wide awake
We had a great summer. A pretty fantastic year actually. After the few hard decisions of deleting WhatsApp on Jackie’s phone, and taking a break from school drama, we relished in the peace of distance. After school started, Jackie asked if she can have WhatsApp re-installed. She said she will respect its time limit and…