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It's Summer and It's Awesome
I have just finished my first week of Summer break and I am loving it. I work at a school district, so during the school year I have no time for this personal blog. I see kids and do evaluations for Occupational Therapy, then pick…
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Keep in touch with the older generation
I came up with this great idea to keep in touch with the older generation. It is regarding much older people, specifically, my grandmother who is 90. She lives in a retirement complex, and my grandfather is currently next door in a skilled nursing…
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studying spelling the easy way
My son, C, is 7, and a terrible speller. I have always been a good speller, and M has not had to do a lot of extra studying to get good grades in spelling. C can go over and over the words many times and still get a lot of them wrong. Look at…
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It has been a lot
My daughter has been through a lot of medical stuff in the last few weeks, and has come through it all like a trouper, and has hardly blinked at it. It started near the beginning of september. School had been in for a couple of weeks, and she…