Specifically, experts’ advice on how parents can help their kids cope with the big changes, especially all the emotions they’re likely feeling, like increased anxiety. Check it out at the Toddle About website. I wrote this in conjunction with Free Association Books (whose authors I consulted for the expert advice).
Chefchaouen, Morocco; February 14, 2017
Not all of this famously blue city is blue — but you can see in this photo taken from a tower in the kasbah that it’s at least half.
Today, I took in:
some more of This Boy’s Life
I made:
a WITWW post
Today, I took in:
a lot of righteously angry Twitter threads on the Kavanaugh hearings
I made:
a start on the new term of volunteering; my co-leader and I are getting in a good groove, and this group of kids is really into it
a rough return to choir after six (!) weeks away
Today, I took in:
Ghostbusters (which I will always think of as “the Kate McKinnon one”)
I made:
a visit to the (new to me) farmers’ market at my local park
lots of fire in the garden, burning up all the laurel leaves taking over the patio
Today, I took in:
a few chapters of The Party by Elizabeth Day
The Florida Project
Coco
Downsizing
I made:
a trip to New York (thus all the movies)
Today, I took in:
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (shame emoji)
I made:
a good clean of my room
Today, I took in:
a little of The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
a few episodes of Parks and Rec
I made:
quite a bit of organizing in my room
Today, I took in:
an episode of Travel Man
a wonderful night from six professional storytellers, on the theme of Mythical Women Who Didn’t Give a Fuck
I made:
a phone call to my sister, always nice
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