by Amy LeForge | May 6, 2010 | Relationship
I’ve mentioned before that Captain Earthquake has difficulty controlling his temper. If he gets angry, he routinely lets himself get swept away in the emotion. Lately, if he gets angry in the morning, we can expect him to stay that way for hours. Now, I happen...
by Amy LeForge | Feb 2, 2010 | Relationship
Growing up, I didn’t get along well with my brother. Two years younger than me, we were constantly competing for attention and the rivalry was pretty intense. Seriously intense. I hated him with passion, and it wasn’t until we were both out of the house...
by Amy LeForge | Dec 21, 2007 | Relationship
My weekly post at ForeverParenting is up. 🙂 I thought Giggles was a good thing to think about in the last minute hecticness (is that a word?) before Christmas. Is there anything more beautiful than hearing your child laugh? My favorite is when the boys start...
by Amy LeForge | Dec 13, 2007 | Relationship
Words are powerful tools. As a parent, I need to keep that thought at the forefront of my mind. We don’t realize sometimes how much weight our children assign to the words that come out of our mouths. Just a little bit of disapproval can really impact a little...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 29, 2007 | Relationship
A friend said something recently that got me thinking about funny things my dad does. He’s a big tree fanatic, and I mean big. In 1976 he and my mother planted one thousand blue spruce seedlings. Sadly 500 of them got mowed under by a farmer who was, uhhhh, not...
by Amy LeForge | Oct 14, 2007 | Relationship
Perhaps the boys aren’t the only ones with negative baggage about school. Well. If you were following the comments to my post about frustrating days last week, you’ll see some very wise words from Stu. To get the whole thing, read the comments and also...
