Amelia Bedelia and the Power of Childhood Reading

Do you remember your favorite childhood book? I don’t remember many books from my own childhood, but I do remember the books I read to my daughters. Of all the stories we shared, the Amelia Bedelia series remains my favorite. These books were more than just silly fun—though they certainly delivered plenty of that! WithContinue reading “Amelia Bedelia and the Power of Childhood Reading”

Parenting On My Back

(Image Credit:http://grovegals.blogspot.ca/2012_04_01_archive.html) Parenting on my back was fueled in the parent-child relationship. In my life, the roles were reversed: my children became caregivers to me. This unwelcome crisis was unexpectedly thrust into my existence in the prime of my life, when I was 37 years young, and the girls were 7 and 11 years ofContinue reading “Parenting On My Back”