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“Are You Her Mother?”
My family loves celebrating firsts. First anything. First smile, first word, first birthday, first haircut – you get the idea. But on my daughters first day of school in her dual language (English/Korean) classroom, we got our first are you her mother? question.As a biracial mom raising multicultural children faced with questions like this, I have to remind myself that most people are just curious. My first inclination is to answer, “who do …
It’s Just a Cough, Right?
My son’s friends came home with him after school today to hang out for a while. As the boys tumbled through the door, divesting themselves of their jackets, backpacks and sneakers (no shoes in the house!!) I noticed that one of them was sporting a pretty nasty cough.
Growing Up With A Terminally Ill Mom
Growing up, I always knew my mum's lifespan was limited. My mother was born with a terminal illness -Cystic Fibrosis (CF). CF is a genetically inherited condition that affects the lungs, pancreas, liver and intestines. Ireland (our home) has the highest incidence of CF in the world! Unfortunately due to a particular bacteria in my mum’s…
My Son, The Superhero
My son absolutely adores superheroes so it’s no surprise he chose to make superhero Valentines for his classmates. There isn’t a Power Ranger, Superman or Captain America movie that he hasn’t seen at least 20 times. Anything you want to know about Superheroes, he can tell you because he knows everything there is to know about…
How A Magic Marker Made His Christmas
This is a guest post by Stuart M. Perkins from Storyshucker. “No, no, no!” Why did the tone of that reprimand ring a bell, I wondered, as I waited in the check-out line that morning. “No, no, no!” a mother repeated to her little boy who had taken several ball point pens from a bin…