November, 2018 | PulseonParenting

Holiday Memories: Parties, the Bird and the Other Bird

Nov 30 2018

Thanksgiving. The Biggest Shopping Day of the Year. Someday, that’s what this cozy November holiday will become. With store hours creeping up from their Black Friday haven to ooze into Thursday morning opening hours. Which would be sad because I love Thanksgiving just as it is…time with family and great food. The carved-out opportunity to reflect on everyday gifts and express our gratitude for them. It doesn’t get any better than that. But sometimes, we have to earn the opportunity. Oh boy, do we have to earn it. Our family’s Thanksgiving foibles and drama never happen ’round the turkey and…

Nov 21 2018

Back in January I began a series “10 Ways to Live an Extraordinary Life” based on a list my son brought home from art camp. I would have loved to know how this “Extraordinary” list, from bemorewithless.com, was incorporated into camp but my tight-lipped boy, true-to-form, wasn’t forthcoming. So I had to find my own inspiration to use these bits of sage advice in my own life. Each month, January through October of 2018, I devoted time to exploring a tenet of living an extraordinary life and then blogged about my journey. Here’s a recap of what I learned: The…

Nov 13 2018

He couldn’t control himself. HIs rage had reared its ugly head many, many times, and we labeled it Puberty. His renovating brain and growing body are overwhelming him and emotional outbursts are a symptom of the wild ride. But this time things were different. For the last several days he complained of stomachaches unaccompanied by any other signs of illness. At first I thought it really was a bug, then I worried he had the beginnings of appendicitis, then I settled on the “Halloween Flu”…the result of hoarding and munching a giant helping of chocolate, suckers and body part-shaped gummies. …

Can Vitamin D Prevent Influenza?

Nov 07 2018

After posting The Influenza Vaccine: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up a friend and fellow mom reached out to me. She told me how happy she was to see some real info cross her virtual desk because her news feed is usually filled with the myths and dangers of the influenza vaccine. She had even read that Vitamin D could save the population from influenza infection and jokingly blamed “Dr. Google” for her discovery of this one. And with her, I rolled my eyes as you just can’t make this stuff up. I do my best to keep up-to-the-moment on the influenza front,…

Archive - November 2018

Holiday Memories: Parties, the Bird and the Other Bird

The Extraordinary Life: a Recap

Our Best Parenting Moments: the Ones That Challenge Us

Can Vitamin D Prevent Influenza?