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"You're Making Me NUTS": July 2013
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You're Making Me NUTS". Wednesday, July 3, 2013. I've been thinking about this a very great deal lately. The Demie Diva was the greatest flower girl ever. She "forgotted" to "sprinkle" the petals. She kissed a wedding guest, aged nine, twice, and decreed that she would marry him. Mostly, though, she showed everyone how much she loves her Rica and the new spouse. If she is very lucky, she will sit on the lawn at an Ivy League school, and watch that child graduate cum laude. At the rehearsal dinner, the br...
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"You're Making Me NUTS": Where the heck have I been???
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You're Making Me NUTS". Monday, July 7, 2014. Where the heck have I been? It's a valid question dear reader - assuming, of course, that you're even out there. I have been in what can only be called "exceptional child hell". All of us know our children are exceptional.but when you have a child whose exceptionalities impact their otherwise exceptional self, you know what stress really is. I'm not going to whine, and I'm going to stay as objective as I can.but here's what we've been up to:. Thanks for the u...
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"You're Making Me NUTS": June 2013
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You're Making Me NUTS". Monday, June 3, 2013. The week to come. 43 more student comments. One PRINCETON GRADUATION.for my girl, Rica. One funeral.for A's mom. Ohand that wedding.the one in which the Demie Diva is going to be a flower girl. Yeah. That one. Rica's wedding. TWO weeks from this coming Saturday. Hang on my friends.I'm about to go ninety to nothin. Posted by Diva Maman. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Our Adventures As A Family of 4. Skipping Straight to the Holidays.
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"You're Making Me NUTS": September 2012
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You're Making Me NUTS". Wednesday, September 26, 2012. Would the real grown-up please stand up? I've had a rough few weeks. Dealing with some shenanigans at work when it's early in the year does not bode well for the remaining 32 weeks. Dealing with those shenanigans when some of them are the result of adults (me included) not acting like adults.that part is just challenging. You see, super nanny quit after one day. Posted by Diva Maman. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A while ago, I became a single parent&#...
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"You're Making Me NUTS": August 2013
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You're Making Me NUTS". Sunday, August 18, 2013. Do we have an intervention for this? Personally, I blame Disney. She was "you be the prince" before she was a flower girl. NOW, however, it's exponentially worse. That, you see, is the Demie Diva's favorite play. She gives me marrying necklaces. OR she's the mommy and I'm the sweetie.and she tells me I get to watch her wedding (projection, much) and she is going to marry Grandpa. That's right, folks. And so, over the course of the month, the Demie Diva got...
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"You're Making Me NUTS": October 2012
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You're Making Me NUTS". Monday, October 15, 2012. Well, that was eloquent, wasn't it? You see, I'm feeling a bit hmmmm-ish these days. I wasn't going to talk politics. Not surprisingly, I'm a total liberal. Good grief, I have a kid with an expensive medical condition, I'm from a state that still mourns Humphrey and Wellstone, and I support "rights" and "taxes" of all sorts. I had the best preventative care of my life when I lived in the UK, land of the NHS. Was it when we expected instant fixes to all ou...
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"You're Making Me NUTS": November 2012
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You're Making Me NUTS". Monday, November 12, 2012. Two weeks ago, I approached my boss about taking some time in our weekly assembly to do a little bit of "Epilepsy Awareness Month" plugging. You see, coming as it does, after pinktober, the little purple month gets rather ignored. Who am I kidding? So, my child, with the misunderstood, yet all too frequently diagnosed, neurologic disorder, is the face of Epilepsy for many of the awesome teenagers with whom I work. This is what I told them. She doesn't wa...
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"You're Making Me NUTS": January 2013
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You're Making Me NUTS". Thursday, January 3, 2013. For many people, this comes through mediation. Or through a bubble bath with a glass of wine. When one is a single parent, one discovers very quickly that one steals these moments. It's found in a ritual at your child's school that celebrates the dark and light of winter. It's found in the school concert that begins, year after year, with the women's chorus singing by candlelight. And the Diva Chien? Well, she and the Diva Grandparents' dog have been pla...
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"You're Making Me NUTS": Heigh Ho, it's off to Mayo we go!
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You're Making Me NUTS". Friday, August 1, 2014. Heigh Ho, it's off to Mayo we go! There are times when I am profoundly, and profanely, grateful that I was raised as the child of a physician and nurse. It makes me a medically pragmatic parent. Given the hand the Demie Diva's been dealt, that may not be such a bad thing. That's what we call understatement in the world of my day job. I was floored. What the heck did she mean why did I need a neurologist? She had a point. And I sure as heck couldn't afford t...
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"You're Making Me NUTS": Wedding obsessed child...
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You're Making Me NUTS". Sunday, August 18, 2013. Do we have an intervention for this? Personally, I blame Disney. She was "you be the prince" before she was a flower girl. NOW, however, it's exponentially worse. That, you see, is the Demie Diva's favorite play. She gives me marrying necklaces. OR she's the mommy and I'm the sweetie.and she tells me I get to watch her wedding (projection, much) and she is going to marry Grandpa. That's right, folks. And so, over the course of the month, the Demie Diva got...
