Every day I… @BlogHer #NaBloPoMo
What is the first thing you do every single day (I mean, after you hit the snooze button)? When did that step in your routine begin? I could summarize this in one word - coffee.
The Most Important Lesson is… @BlogHer #NaBloPoMo
What is the most important lesson you learned as a child, and who taught it to you? The most important lesson I learned as a child was from my mother. It was to be kind to everyone. My mother is the most generous person I know. When I was a child I watched her give [...]
Same job or different job? @BlogHer #NaBloPoMo
When you were a kid, did you want to have the same job or a different job than your parents when you grew up? My parents had various jobs when I was growing up on the Upper-West-Side of Manhattan. My dad worked as a records manager. When I was younger I didn't know what that [...]
The coolest job in the world @BlogHer #NaBloPoMo
What did you think was the coolest job in the world when you were younger? Do you still feel that way now? When I was younger I wanted to be a writer. I imagined my name on the cover of novels. It was my dream. I literally would dream about being a famous writer. I'd [...]
Sit and Spin – The Toy I Wish I Had @BlogHer #NaBloPoMo
What was the one toy that a friend had that you wished you had when you were little? Well this one is easy. I was always envious of my friend who owned the Sit and Spin toy. What an amazing and amusing toy. I wanted to play with this thing 24 hours a day. Sadly, [...]
The Sock Drawer #NaBloPoMo @BlogHer
When I was growing up, we had a sock drawer. In the drawer there were socks from all walks of life. There were foot covering friends of all shapes and sizes Adult socks, child's socks, women's socks and men's socks. They were striped, argyle, polka dots, plain white, black, athletic, worn, torn, and loved socks. [...]
I Missing Blogging – #NaBloPoMo @BlogHer
I miss blogging. I've been focusing so much on writing freelance articles and focusing on writing as a trade that I forgot about writing as a craft. I miss my craft. So I am taking part in #NaBloPoMo. What is #NaBloPoMo, you might ask? Well it's an BlogHer online event created by Eden Kennedy taking place in the [...]
Why My Son Wouldn’t Read And What He Did About It
I'm an educator, and I work with special needs children. My children do not have special needs, so I was not prepared when my son was challenged by learning to read. At the end of first grade, my son was struggling with reading. It had nothing to do with his cognitive abilities, but it had [...]