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Imagine a mother and child. She sits on a bench at a busy playground, noisy with yelling, laughter, and crying. Her child plays--climbing the monkey bars, swinging wildly, sliding down the slide. Suddenly, another child screams. The mother instantaneously recognizes her child’s cry.

Research reports that, "Just as there is a part of your brain that recognizes another human face, there's a region that can tell human voices apart from other sounds."

My cell phone vibrated. I looked at the caller ID. It was AJ.

“What's up, man?” I said when I answered. [more]

When I came home from work, my son stood at the front door with a red notebook in his hand. "I am a blogger, Mommy,” he announced. “Do you want to read it?" I really just wanted to first get in the door, undress, and get relaxed, but….

“Let me see,” I said. He had a few entries. There was one about his bed, one about lunch, and the one I want to share. It is entitled, "My President." [more]

Last week we were venturing outdoors without a jacket, going on bike rides, and even digging for worms (which leads me to a question…do worms hibernate? There were *none* in our soil). Then midweek, a storm passed through and our approaching-70 weather returned to the typical Ohio-in-February chill. [more]

I'm going to make a dramatic departure from my usual wordy (too wordy?) posts and give you these photos instead, not only because yesterday was a long day indeed, as most Mondays are, with too many things to think about and too much thrown into the mix, but also because I think the photos speak so perfectly for themselves. I'm sure they will strike a chord with parents of feisty, I-just-turned-FIVE-and-can-do-it-on-my-own-thank-you-very-much children everywhere: [more]

I did an intake with a therapist the other day. She asked me all sorts of questions.

“Have you ever had therapy before?”

“Are you angry?”

“Yes,” I said. “I'm irritable.”

Then I asked, “Is irritable the same as being angry?”

“How are your eating habits?”

“Do you abuse any form of substance?”

“No,” I answered.

Then I asked, "Do Tylenol PMs fit into the substance category?"

“Why do you want to meet with a therapist?” [more]