Those gifted code words
So how do you say gifted? Once I know a person, or a situation, I say it with my talk hole. The one under my nose. I also eat with it, play flute with it, let loose the occasional whistle, test drive …
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{GHF Blog hop} Reel life this ain’t
People have told me for years that our lives here would make a great sitcom. That’s all well and good, but no one would believe it. A gifted or twice-exceptional family doesn’t transition well to a screen, big or little. …
{GHF blog hop} To Be Both Normal and Extraordinary
Most Fridays during the school year we’re at our homeschool co-op. It’s a warm (in company, the buildings are freezing, but that’s why I have a down coat), comforting, supportive day for us. It’s the first (and still only) …
Let me tell you about…why gifted identification matters
When a good(ish) idea hits you, run with it. It might be a slow jog, even a rambling shuffle, but run with it. So today I’m starting a “whenever I feel like it…or remember” blog series I’m calling Let Me Tell …
It’s all about connection
As I write this, I’m heading home from the annual SENG conference. I had to stay an extra day because the airline was demanding all my organs for a Sunday afternoon flight, and so I had quiet hours in which to think, …
{GHF Blog Hop} I wouldn’t have believed you
I can’t believe I’m saying this, I really can’t. It gets better, parents. I hardly believe it myself. •The infant who didn’t sleep through the night with any regularity has become the teenager who easily sleeps around the clock. •That …
{GHF blog hop} You must be 21 to read this post
I’ve joked for years that parents with a gifted or twice-exceptional child in their care need their own private vineyard. I’ve also been heard to comment that wine should come out of a third tap on the kitchen sink. And …
{GHF Blog Hop} No one told me I’d need these five things to homeschool a twice-exceptional teenager
In under a month I will be the mom of a teenager. I’m going to sit here and reread that sentence a couple thousand times and use the deep, controlled breathing I last used during childbirth. In under a month. …
Our homeschool motivation is just out of reach…because reasons
Because reasons. Because reasons is now my go-to explanation for when life goes pear-shaped sideways and things don’t get done. It’s shorthand for “I am in so far over my head that it would take a couple hours plus at …
Pinterest and the myth of holiday perfection
I lurves me some Pinterest. I’ve been on the site a long time; I can’t remember how long, but it was back when they were only allowing a few people in at a time and needed an invite. I scored …