Author: Mindy Carlson
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Proof. My Purse is a Mobile Black Hole.
My shoulders have been sore recently so I’ve been on a quest to keep my purse light. Especially has the weather has improved and I’ve been doing more impromptu hiking with the kids after school. I realized today that my purse was getting really heavy again so I set aside time to clean it out.…
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I’m PUBLISHED!!!
So about a month ago I sent in an outline to a sort of “request for proposals” on an online parenting journal called A Fine Parent. It was accepted and I wrote the article. Well, today it was published!!! Here it is!! http://afineparent.com/emotional-intelligence/active-listening.html I am incredibly proud of it as it combines my MA degree…
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Raising Gritty Kids
What is Grit? I was first introduced to the concept of “grit” while watching the movie True Grit. If you haven’t seen it, 14-year-old Mattie Ross leaves her home in Illinois alone to find the man who killed her father in Arkansas. She finds Rooster Cogburn and declares him the man with the “grit” necessary…
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