Loving Parenting - Again

Lillian started kindergarten this week. (It doesn't seem like it has been twelve (12) years since Alexandra was beginning school, but she will be eighteen next week and working on getting her diploma.  Less than a year from now she will be going to college. ) I am, starting a new twelve year journey of meeting with teachers, signing notes, attending IEP, SEP and PTA meetings.  A new era begins of reminding students about and overseeing homework, making sure assignments are returned and tracking test scores and grades.  There are parts of the adventure I look forward to, some I hope I do as well as I did before and others I hope I find I have improved in handling.  As each child is different, though some things may be the same, others may not. Overnight it seems as though Lillian turned a page from a clinging child to an independent young girl.   One day she needed me to be with her to go play and the next day she is asking to go play alone and reminding ...

A few years ago I published a book through Amazon entitled Loving Parenting.   At the time I wanted to share my belief that being a parent is many things.  No matter how we obtain the title, it is our choice how we approach the adventure.  In Loving Parenting I hoped to reach out and touch other parents, offering them a choice to enjoy the journey by looking for the positive moments that come along.    I have been blessed to be the mother of five children, four daughters and a son, all of whom are grown now with families of their own.  Although I was married twice, I spent the majority of the time of their growing years as a single parent.  In order to avoid being or feeling overwhelmed with all the responsibilities and challenges that came my way, I had to learn.  I feel I was blessed with opportunities to evaluate my priorities and thoughts.  I was blessed with some wonderful people in my life who assisted me in seeing that the...