Mina has been gone almost a week and people are asking me how I am spending me days. I have put my "Mommy-Hat" up on the shelf for the time being and pulled out the "Student/Professional-Hat." I have committed myself to finishing up my application to the International Coaching Federation and …
Single Parenthood
I love you, Mama
My Little Mina left yesterday to go to Turkey. It was a mad dash to get everything done and ready before her father picked her up. I spent some time wrapping up little surprises for her plane trip and making a little note-card advent calender for her to take with her. Everyday, she could open a …
Be Safe, baby-girl!
In one week, my baby will be flying over to Turkey with her dad. She and I are starting to have a difficult time as the reality of this comes close. She will be there for 16 days, in another country thousands of miles away. We spent the afternoon gathering things she may need: medicine in case …
Mama, tell me a happy memory…
I am the memory keeper of the family, ever since I can remember. There are moments in my life that all I did was focus on the bad and what was done TO me. It wasn't a healthy place to be. As I mover further away from the past and move toward the future, I have begun to look fondly at the good …
Cultivating Creativity in Children
It has been snowing like crazy around here. After I pick Mina up at school these days, we end up at home, pretty much snowbound. The time at home soon turns into something creative to pass the afternoon together. Mina, through observation, is a very creative child. Sometimes, it is even hard for me, …