Posts Tagged ‘transitioning’

Bittersweet Thursday

We said our first round of goodbyes today. One of my closest friends is also the mom of one of Zeb’s closest friends and when we went to pick Zeb up from their sleepover, we did our best to say goodbye to Elizabeth before she heads out of town tomorrow. She was one of the [...]

I think it’s called exhaustion…

A belated Bench Monday I lost it yesterday. We were trying to pack up the weekend leftovers and searching out the remnants of our keepers. I couldn’t find something and when I asked my husband if he’d seen it he said something that felt an awful lot like an accusation. I went to playful whack [...]

Glad We Didn’t Sell The Epsom

My niece, sending off the estate sale shoppers with waves and blown kisses. Thank goodness for family. If it wasn’t for my sister and my mom, I’m pretty sure we would’ve been overrun. All things considered (including only 45 minutes of sleep and too much theft), we did really great! I loved watching things that [...]

Reflections

It’s well past midnight and in a few short hours I’ll have been up nearly 24 hours, most of those spent working hard on the house in preparation for the sale tomorrow (er, today). My eyes are itching, my nose running and my throat congested from the dust we’ve stirred up, and while I should [...]

Our Ideas for Highly-Sensitive Transitioning

Moving, traveling or any other major changes and transitions are hard enough for kids, but for a highly-sensitive child, they really start to feel impossible. In my last post I explained our biggest part of helping him transition – the emotional aspect. But there are others things we’re trying to do to help him, as [...]