Proud Moments

This is my story of becoming a stepmother and how my role quickly changed and expanded. With an ADHD label, public school was torture for my stepson, and our family saw numerous advantages of homeschool. Through our homeschooling, we discovered this boy had an unknown musical talent. Here is a video of my story that shows my stepson playing Beethoven’s Fur Elise on the piano.

You can also watch this video on YouTube.

Do your children have a label to overcome? What are their talents and gifts?

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When Your Child Gets Nothing for Christmas

by Penelope · 1 comment

in Behavior Issues,Our Kids,Parenting,Proud Moments,Stinkpot

If you follow along, you know that my Stinkpot is quite the mischievous little imp.

Hope your kids get “somethin’” for Christmas! Santa’s not sure about this stinker…

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Introducing Our New Son

Adoption

On December 15, 2009, I received a call that changed our lives. Mostly, it changed the life of this infant boy, only 3 months old at the time. I fell in love at first sight. A first for me as I didn’t believe in love at first sight before that day. Our Lil Bit is [...]

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Our Foster Baby Talks!

Concerns

We have been concerned about our little foster boy. At 18-months-old, our Lil Bit just wasn’t talking. He would babble, but would say very few words and rarely call for mama or dada. (At 18 months, Lil Bit should have been saying 8-10 words) In March, Lil Bit was evaluated by Early Childhood Intervention and [...]