According to the US Census Bureau in 2012, “Grandparents maintained 67 percent of coresident households. About 1 in 3 grandparent- maintained households had no parent present.” That is 67% of 4.2 MILLION households maintained by grandparents. WHAT? Those numbers shock me, and it is probably because I just didn’t grow up that way. People raised…
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The Turning Point
There comes a time when you begin to think about your life differently than you had in the past. That time has come for me. I began to think about how I feel every day. I was feeling like crap! My energy was low, I couldn’t get up early anymore, started taking naps and I…
I Don’t Want Any More Presents
We have been parents for almost twenty years, and yes, I count the day of conception as the start date of the parenting endeavor. So, all told, in a couple of months, twenty years will have gone by, and FAST! When we began this life together, we told each other a few things about what…
Everyone is an Affiliate
“We are affiliates.” We hear this day in and day out. What does it even mean? I will tell you what it means to the people who try to use the services of these affiliates. Being an affiliate means you share a name, and you can tell us how we can get to the other…
I Was Just Minding My Own Business
Today I’m doing something I have never done before. I am sitting in our local library with my computer and 12 of the kids just sitting and observing. I bring the kids here, but I have never recorded what I see and hear while I am supervising them. This should be fun. I was sitting…
