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Work-Presence Balance – Is it doable?
It’s helpful to know and understand that moments of connection can happen during the daily activities we engage in already. It needn’t be out of the ordinary, planned ahead or take extra time. “In the intervals of the game, while Uncle Henry was pondering over his moves, the little girl looked down at her pets and listened absently to the keen...
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Special Needs – The Other End of the Stick
Five years ago I became my granddaughter Maggie’s aid at school. Maggie has severe Cerebral Palsy. She is non-verbal, can’t walk, has to be fed and changed, and has minimal control of her hands and arms. But she is so bright. I went to school with her to help her brilliance shine. I held her hand while she wrote. I put math...
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You Can Manage The Best Job In The World Better
In 2011 one of my daughter’s, with four children, remarried. Another daughter and I went to her home to care for her kids while she was gone on her honeymoon. We took three children with us. That makes 7 children, right? But not to worry, after all, we had two moms to handle the job of caring for seven children,...
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Flying By The Seat of Your Pants Is Uncomfortable!
Being a mother of seven busy children was a BIG job. One of the difficulties I ran into was managing all the mess and work that comes with a family. Believe me, you don’t have to have seven kids to figure out that a family takes work. I do a lot of mentoring with mom’s and dads who feel a bit...