by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
Adjectives, nouns, and verbs. Second grade begins to teach the navigation of words in the English language. My seven year old had no problem with nouns and verbs, but adjectives trouble her. As seen by this recent work assignment at school in which she assigned...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
Notes get sent home in her backpack. Notes from her teacher asking me to please help her speed up the process of writing; encourage her to move more quickly. I get assessment reports saying she is lagging behind the momentum of her class in her short moment story, and...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
His sticky fingers curl around mine and pull. His head pushes into that soft space just below my ribs and I hear him exhale. Still I am unwilling to move or swivel my chair so he can climb up at my desk placing himself prominently between what I want to focus on and...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
At Blended I am firmly committed to growing and investing in our families as a whole – adoptive and bio kids together. In certain seasons of life it can seem that adoption milestones and issues take much of my mental steam. I process, prepare, gather resources,...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
I have a problem. Some say it’s a good problem, but it has become all consuming. Keeping my six-year-old in books. Teachers and instructors call these kids ‘Advanced Readers.’ Perhaps one lives at your house. Here are 8 easy signs that this kind of person resides at...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life, Negotiations & Lullabies
Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching and the kids are excited to get together with family and celebrate. They are coming up with wacky turkey craft ideas and begging to make pie. But I want to be honest with you. Celebrating Thanksgiving in the most American sense is...
