Not that I’d like to take credit but a part of me feels a great sense of fulfillment today when I read a note my 6-year-old daughter wrote to her kindergarten teacher this morning: Dear Mrs. M, You were my kindergarten teacher last year. I’m now in 1st grade and have a new teacher. I’ve…
Making it all better
There are times in our lives when we face disappointments and they bother us and nag us, and we want to dwell in the pain of it all. The human heart needs some time alone, so it can talk to itself and allow itself to heal. There are a few times like these when I…
My little bleeding finger
I was making lunch for my children this afternoon and while trying to open a bottle of this Oriental sauce with a bottle opener, I poked my right ring finger pretty deep causing it to bleed profusely. My 6 year old sees me trying to run cold water over it and then clamp it with…
The relationship between will and energy
I’m sure you’ll agree that there are days when you wish you could be left alone on your favorite recliner with just your own thoughts and no other sounds around you. But then your little girl calls you for the 15th time in one hour because she can’t take the bowl of watermelon out of…
Hide and Seek
She is 6 but she still runs and hides behind the cluster of our neighborhood mailboxes when her bus arrives every afternoon. She sees me standing there eagerly waiting for her without fail. She knows I’m watching her come down the steps and cut across to the mailboxes on the sidewalk and hide. She also…
Strength in Separation
I was gone for 5 days a couple of weeks ago on a work trip. That’s the longest I’ve been away from my children. But they were in safe hands with their father so I shook my hesitation and put on a brave front. I know trips like these are going to happen often in…
Jenny and the fake throw up day
WRITTEN BY MARYA KHAN Hello I am Jenny Parlor, I am in first grade but don’t worry I will move up to higher grades. JUST READ MY STORY! I was curling my dark brown hair in class while listen to my teacher talking to us about body parts until it all started. Mrs. Paniequa…
Facing Your Fears
After yesterday’s performance of The Adventures of Johnny Appleseed by my 3rd grader’s class, my daughter tells me that one of the actors forgot a couple of her lines due to stage fright. She also went on to comment that it was odd that she had stage fright because at last year’s performance, she didn’t….
“Make your heart big”
The other day, my little one was upset because her sister received a birthday invitation and she didn’t. She was sobbing and I could feel how hurt she was especially because her sister would be going to see Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax movie for the birthday celebration. It’s a tough job for a mother to…
The Faith of a Child
On my way back from the gym today I realized I had just a few minutes before the kids’ school bell would go off and they’d begin lining up to get into their respective buses to head home, so I decided to surprise them and pick them up from school instead of the usual bus…