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Family Gap Year Post #9: A Plan Takes Shape
Trying to plan a Family Gap Year during an international health crisis is quite a trip (pun intended).
A tentative plan is taking shape. None of this has been 100% confirmed at work, but you know I like to plan, even when it’s not 100% certain! Here are the details in case you are interested:
- Matt and I would keeping renting out this house. We have had a tenant in that house for more than a year now, and she wants to stay.
- Starting in June, we would rent out the house we are living in. Our neighborhood has an HOA that prohibits short-term rentals, so we will find
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New Podcast Episode—Big Behaviors: What We’ve Learned About Parenting
In this week’s episode, Katherine and I talk about the heavy topic of parenting big behaviors.
In many ways, all children go through periods of having pretty extreme or challenging emotions or behaviors. This can happen when they go through a big life change like starting school or losing a pet. Behaviors can be even more pronounced when the child has experienced trauma (like a pandemic!) or is autistic or has unique has sensory needs.
We start with our current Highs and Lows (i.e., new healthy habits, COVID and canceled birthday parties, snow days—the good, the bad, and the ugly!). Then we shift into Today’s Topic. Next we share … Read More
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On Turning 44: What I’m Thinking and Feeling
Our foster dog and me at our vacation house I turned 44 last week, and it seemed like a good time to step back and reflect on what I’m thinking and and feeling as the years continue to roll on.
I think the “headline” is that I’m feeling good!
I’ve always been terrified of this quote from the Talking Heads:
You may ask yourself, “What is that beautiful house?”
You may ask yourself, “Where does that highway go to?”
And you may ask yourself, “Am I right? Am I wrong?”
And you may say to yourself, “My God! What have I done?”
Talking HeadsI never wanted to get … Read More