Sarah Rise Weekly Updates

Amy is now a rising third-grader. This is the first time we have a third grader in the house since Sarah skipped third grade to make it possible for her to finish high school, given how much I adjusted her schooling situation in the early years (she was in preschool through age 8 because that… Read more »

Sarah is done with fourth grade. Her last week was a strange mix of days off and days of school. Tuesday and Thursday were in-service days (one for her school and one for her particular program). Friday she had school but dismissal was at 10am. As summer has been approaching, I’ve been looking forward to… Read more »

For those who have been with Sarah for many years, you probably remember how important her snail shorts have been. When she was around two or 3, she was given some Zutano snail print pants, size 12-18 month. (She has always been small for her age). She liked them but in a normal way. When… Read more »

As is to be expected, hair washing (especially after writing about easy success) was not so easy last Sunday! I implemented what I thought was our new formula, and perhaps you heard the screaming from wherever you were. This past Thursday it was time for washing Sarah’s hair again. She screamed and protested loudly and… Read more »

I dare to say that we have made progress regarding washing Sarah’s hair! Sc had used a timer to indicate when the hair washing would begin. That seemed to help, so Carl and I have implemented that strategy too. Carl also had the idea to move forward more quickly and directly rather than letting Sarah… Read more »

It seems that I was mistaken about my cluster headaches being done. I’m on my second round of prednisone now and hopefully this will do the trick. I continue reading the book about how to change my life experience so I don’t get headaches, but I am much more capable of paying attention to anything… Read more »

Snuggly school mornings have continued to go well. Now we just need to figure out a solution for hair-washing. We only do it once a week for the girls, but now Sarah clearly needs it twice a week. Almost always, the process involves lots of screaming and resisting. This is true whether we allow for… Read more »

When I was away in England, Carl experimented with changing how he did things for Sarah’s school mornings. Usually I would turn on the hall lights every five minutes for 20 or 30 minutes and Sarah would scamper out to turn them off, saying she was the light bandit. Usually this was fine and she… Read more »

I had a tremendously wonderful time in London with my friend. We walked and talked and ate good food. We had a tour of the Globe theatre followed by tea. By “tea” I mean the tower of sandwiches and scones and mini desserts in addition to the actual beverage. We saw many birds, including some… Read more »

There are so many things that advise seizing the day or the moment, not putting things off, following your dream, doing the thing that your heart and soul are telling you that you must do…. Usually I can’t think of what my thing would be. Being in England for my second post-graduate session with Bruce… Read more »