by Michelle Lasley | Apr 28, 2015 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Motherhood, Parenting, The Balancing Act
We do what? A photographer friend noted how common it was for her women clients to refuse photographs of themselves. They are too ashamed of how they look, so they erase themselves from their children’s lives for shame. What happens is that children, when as...
by Michelle Lasley | Nov 13, 2013 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Parenting
I started drying my fork, and then I noticed part of my lunch was clinging, viciously, to the tines. In that moment, I was transported back to when I was a preteen, staying with my uncle and aunt for a month during the summer. Here, in the present day, the work...
by Michelle Lasley | Nov 12, 2013 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Parenting
We are on tooth three. Levi has, now, lost three teeth. It seems like the first two teeth were over a year ago – but I think it was really just last spring. I have a problem. That is, I forget to be the tooth fairy. I remember all the way up until bedtime, and...
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by Michelle Lasley | Aug 27, 2013 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Parenting
[NOTE: I’m reluctant to post this post. This pontification of how to manage relationships in a day, I fear might come off as manipulative. But, that is not my intent. A friend said to me once that when entering a new workforce, it’s one’s job to...
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by Michelle Lasley | Aug 23, 2013 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Parenting
The salsa was made. 9 cups. The guacamole was created. Maybe 2 cups. It was packed. It was ready. Now all we had to do was get the rest of our stuff: swimsuits, towels, water bottles. We’d have to stop on the way to get ice. But, then, we could play, munch, and...
by Michelle Lasley | Mar 24, 2013 | Blogging Before SEO, Family, Parenting
[original author unknown (to me)] Children’s actions show how they feel. Difficult behavior is often an emotional reaction gone off course. Behind every behavior is a feeling/emotion. Children who feel bad are likely to behave badly. Children who feel good are...
