Have you ever heard of “stealth dyslexia/resilient dyslexia”? I hadn’t heard about it until a few weeks ago. Colton did so well in first grade. Read more about Colton here. I had some concerns as he had to work very hard on spelling. I couldn’t figure out how a child who could “read” words wasn’t able […]
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Conversations With Colton, ParentingWhen I think of how my husband, and I taught and continue to teach our son kindness my mind keeps racing back to Mr. Rogers. Mr. Rogers taught empathy, grace, compassion and kindness. He taught us how to be good neighbors. That message resonated with me as a child and I remember thinking I want
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Conversations With Coltoneveral weeks ago, I side swiped a cement wall on the shoulder of the highway on my way to pick Colton up from school. A bird was headed towards my windshield, and it startled me, and I jerked the wheel hitting a cement barrier in the shoulder of a highway construction zone. Thankfully, no one
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Conversations With ColtonAccording to google: A bucket list is a list of the experiences or achievements that a person hopes to have or accomplish during their lifetime. A bucket list is an itemized list of goals people want to accomplish before they “kick the bucket” — or die. Are you a bucket list family? Do you have
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Conversations With ColtonI’m often asked what else he enjoys. Generally, I have no answer to that because it’s true he loves all things hockey! So instead of looking ignorant, I always say “oh he enjoys school.” But for the purpose of this blog, I figured I’d actually ask him. Our conversation went a bit like this: Me-
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Conversations With ColtonHe learned to skate a year ago, joined his very first hockey team and practices nonstop at home! So, why does Colton love hockey… Well, this is the 24,000-dollar question. WE HAVE NO IDEA. Seriously we don’t know. My mom has asked him why he loves hockey, I have asked him why he loves hockey,
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Conversations With Colton, FaithI’m often asked if I always wanted to be an author and write a book and the short answer is NO! Which leads to the second most frequently asked question… Who encouraged you to write this book? The short answer to that would be my Facebook friends! But I’d love to share a little backstory with you!!!
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Conversations With Colton, Parenting, Writing A BookThree years ago to the day we were dealing with tears when my child learned that soccer shots gave EVERYONE a participation medal! That should have been a clue about what was to come. 😂 The boy LOVES to win, he is without a doubt the hardest worker I know. Things (especially sports) do NOT
The Years Go By SO Fast But His Personality Is the Same! Read More »
Conversations With Colton, ParentingBy now you know that Conversations with Colton are my favorite thing EVER! But our conversations while I’m dressing him in his hockey gear are proving to be fantastic. My husband recently had hand surgery and while he has attended every practice he has NOT been able to help with the gear. It takes me
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Conversations With ColtonMama Brag Alert! 🚨 This little boy has ZERO natural athletic ability 😂 (one day I’ll tell ya’ll how soccer and baseball went). But he LOVES this sport and Chris and I can’t figure out WHY. 😂 When he’s not practicing, he’s reading about it. 📚 When he’s not reading about it, he’s watching
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Conversations With Colton
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