• Wordy

    Posted on November 9th, 2011

    Written by Shannon

    Parenting for kindness

    Parenting for kindness

    I would love to hear others’ thoughts on this incident, and on the idea of how to raise a child to be compassionate and kind. If you had been in that situation, what would you have done? How would you have handled it differently? What if it were your child that had behaved similarly? And how do you raise a child to NOT hold prejudices that are socially acceptable (like fat prejudice)?

  • Wordy

    Posted on October 27th, 2011

    Written by Shannon

    Where has the time gone?

    Where has the time gone?

    I’m sure every parent asks that, but really, where has it gone? It’s as though one day I woke up with a baby in my arms, and the next day TA is cruising and playing. Like, marathon playing. This child will amuse herself for hours, and when I think she wants me to pick her [...]

  • Wordy

    Posted on October 6th, 2011

    Written by Shannon

    On Turning 37

    On Turning 37

    I am a different person than I was last year. I have not only grown, I have changed: I am a mother. And I embrace that identity. I thrive in it. I dance around the room in it, the pure deliciousness that is loving my TA.