Frustration

How are you feeling? What are your plans for tomorrow? Welcome to the ninth edition of my “Gatekeeping” blog series. I shared the back story of these simple and yet powerful questions in this post. September was a whirlwind for me and my family — from the Chicago Teachers Union Strike to planning and pulling […]

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Earlier this week I realized that after a wonderful and very busy summer that we actually had two days in row (today and tomorrow) mostly free from scheduled activities. This meant that it might be possible for me to try to start to potty train Abby, just a few weeks before her third birthday. She […]

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Thank you for your support of and enthusiasm for my fellow writers and me at The Today Voice since we launched our new writing project last week. I especially appreciate those of you who took the time to comment on my first post over there and share your thoughts on the prompt for week one here and/or there. […]

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My period, a.k.a. “Aunt Flo” (AF), has not arrived yet. So I think it looks like my appointment will not be until Monday and thus we won’t start stimming before then. If AF arrives yet tonight I will go in tomorrow morning and would likely start everything tomorrow night. Though I am anxious to get […]

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