Hello, My name is Tara and I’m a recovering “do it all by myself-er” If there aren’t meetings for people like me their should be! (Maybe I should just start one myself! ha!) I grew up thinking I had to...
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Hello, My name is Tara and I’m a recovering “do it all by myself-er” If there aren’t meetings for people like me their should be! (Maybe I should just start one myself! ha!) I grew up thinking I had to...
Continue ReadingI hate how focused so many schools are on standardized testing. These tests are often the focus of the teaching in the classroom for most of the year. The teachers feel the pressure from the administration. The administrators feel the...
Continue ReadingHi, My name is Tara, and I yell. I never wanted to be the mom that yelled. Before having kids I always heard how patient I was with children. I worked with some pretty challenging kiddos, but NOTHING prepares you...
Continue ReadingWhen you look at other parents, what do you see? You may see the things they own, their style of clothes and how they wear their hair. You may see a clean house when you come to visit. You see...
Continue ReadingIn less than 2 weeks my oldest will be going off to intermediate school. I’m starting to get nervous. I am dreading the possibility of getting phone calls from the school telling me that he’s having a hard time. I...
Continue ReadingDear Teachers, First of all, I want to say how much I respect you and your job. There is so much that teachers do that many people do not think about or realize. Your job is incredibly difficult. I do...
Continue ReadingThere are many times in my life that I can look back and see that God has been preparing me for certain things, or situations have developed that have made me make choices that I would not have made or...
Continue ReadingI never planned to be a nagging mother, but it happened. I blamed being a perfectionist. I like things done a certain way. I try really hard not to correct my kids all the time or to fix things they...
Continue ReadingThere are a lot of things that make parenting a child with invisible special needs difficult. Besides all the mental and physical exhaustion, extra doctors appointments and therapy sessions, we are just parents that want the best for our kids....
Continue ReadingOne thing that really irritates me is that so many people say things like, “He’s just not trying hard enough! I know he can do this if he wants to! He did just fine yesterday, why is he choosing to...
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