This giveaway is closed. Winners will be announced later this weekend. Warning: Since I typically have a family-friendly blog, I want to let my readers know that this post is not safe for little eyes. Have you ever sat down with a new friend and found you stayed up way too late talking about every subject under the sun? Discussing religion, careers, and yes, even sex, even though you've only known each other for a very short period of time? That is what it was like for me to read Note to Self - On Keeping a Journal and Other Dangerous Pursuits , by Samara O'Shea. Once I started it, I felt like Samara and I were just hanging out on my couch, sipping decaf lattes and having a conversation. (Okay, Samara might be sipping something harder, but I'm still nursing.) It was that easy to read. The basic premise of her newest book is teaching people how to write in a journal, by sharing her own journal entries. Personally, she wrote for therapy, sharing "A journal is an effecti...
when i signed lil man up for daycare (so i could go to my appts that you just don't want your lil going to), they asked questions like: how did you decide on your child's new? anything your child is afraid to do? what does your child do well? what is your child interested in?
ReplyDeletei about fell out of my chair trying to remember exactly how we came up with 'cayman.' and as far as fears and interests, i wrote nothing scares my fearless child. he will do anything at least three times.
heh! Funny!
ReplyDeleteWhen we took Lottie and Emma to the dentist in January that question was on there also.....I thought it to be pretty odd myself.
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