by Gwen Vogelzang | Feb 2, 2017 | Education Transformation, Special(ish) Needs
We’ve been journeying through this home school adventure for a little over 3 weeks now. Our little adventure doesn’t look like most home schooling adventures. I get the looks when I state the fact that we’re homeschooling. You know, the big eyes,...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Jan 30, 2017 | Special(ish) Needs
My son and I had a “morning” yesterday. “Morning” = it was a total cluster of repeated instructions, more repeated instructions, physically leading, resistance, frustration, more repeated instructions and me losing my cool at the end of it...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Dec 13, 2016 | Education Transformation, Special(ish) Needs
I’ve known for years what would be best for him. I’ve fought for years what I knew to be best. My con list was crazy long with bold, highlighted letters. The pro list made sense and felt right with a calming font and appropriate punctuation. But it was...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Nov 16, 2016 | Infertility & Adoption, Juicy Randomness
November is National Adoption Awareness Month. For our family, that doesn’t mean we run around telling everyone in earshot to adopt. I will never look someone in the eyeballs and tell them to adopt. I won’t. Because adoption isn’t a calling for...
by Gwen Vogelzang | Nov 3, 2016 | Be Still and Know
People say stupid shit. All the time. Every day. No one is exempt from this truth. We all have “stupid” just waiting to come pouring out onto unsuspecting targets, but I do believe there’s purity in the midst of most of the stupid. I have to...
