From Me to You

06/01/2022

CranioSacral Therapy (CST) follows the fluid of your CranioSacral system to find and release restrictions caused by physical and/or emotional trauma

06/01/2022

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12/09/2019

"You took me to the deli at lunch time. I was really hungry. I didn't want to be at the deli if I couldn't eat. I cried. You picked me up and laughed at me. You said I was a terror and asked if the deli guy wanted me. That made me scared so I yelled. You put me down and yelled at me. I cried and tried to climb back up because I was scared you were going to give me to the deli guy. I just wanted you, and lunch. But you were mad. I wish I didn't cry, but I couldn't help it."
Sometimes our kids behavior is embarrassing. But if you understand what is causing the behavior, you can help keep it from escalating (at least sometimes!)

01/01/2018

Every dollar we raise through the Muddy Puddles Project and the Pret*ty Store directly benefit the Ty Louis Campbell Foundation and our mission to uncover new treatment options for some of the deadliest, most underfunded cancers.
There are so many ways to support this mission. Make a direct donation to TLC or Muddy Puddles Project, join us at one of our many events in 2018. You can choose from our annual Gala, to the Mess Fest, the Tyathlon or create your own fundraiser using our toolkit which includes ideas such as the Blue Lollipop Project or a backyard mess fest. Purchase something beautiful from the Pret*ty Store for yourself or as a gift.
There are so many ways to support our mission. All donations made before midnight Jan 2 are tax deductible for the 2017 tax year.
Thank you and may 2018 bring you love, health and happiness.

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11/28/2017

It's officially ! Please consider donating a Star necklace to a child in treatment. Every $20 equates to one more necklace we can mail to a child to show her she's a STAR! https://giveid.org/campaign/2VJ88EJ4

11/06/2016

I am amazed at how many people think its ok to just ignore the law when its inconvenient to them.
I don't know about other States, but in MA when kids get their drivers licence there is a 6 month probation period where kids can not drive with friends in their car unless there is a fully licenced adult with them.
As a parent, this law is both a blessing and a huge source of frustration. From a safety point of view it is a blessing. Statistics show that most teen related accidents happen when teens are driving with friends. So this law is supposed to provide the kids with 6 months of experience behind the wheel to help them be safer drivers.
It is frustrating for both parents and kids because its a tease. The kids get their licence,but they really can't use it yet because who wants to drive around in a line behind your friends? Its annoying. But its a LAW. I can't believe how many parents allow their kids to break this law because its easier then arguing with your kids. No wonder kids have no respect for police or authority, parents don't teach by example.
A law is a law! You don't have to agree with it but you have to follow it.

10/08/2016

To parents of a teenager,
Why does this have to be so challenging? All I want is to have a mature relationship built on honesty, trust and love, Is that too much to ask? Apparently it is. So instead of honesty and trust, I get to play good guy/bad guy. This sucks! It would be so much easier to just turn the other cheek, pretend I didn't know what was really going on. Or I could just say "go ahead, bend the rules to fit your needs, it doesn't matter if its a law, laws are stupid." That would be so much easier: but what is that teaching the man I am supposed to be raising? If I don't teach him that its not ok to bend the rules to get what he wants now, who will teach him later? What other rules will he think he doesn't have to follow?
UGH, this is not how I wanted to spend my weekend, being the bad guy. Sometimes I wish I was that parent that could just say "go ahead, do what you want." But I am not, so instead, I have to pay for his mistakes, I have to be the bad guy and just hope that in a few years, when he is old enough to see the world with adult eyes, that these lessons will mean something. That the man he will become is someone who was built on honesty, trust and love. But for now, I suck, everything is my fault, and Dad is great!
I need a vacation.
From Me

09/26/2016

To my 17 year old. It seems that we are not on the same page at the moment. I guess its time to straighten some stuff out. I heard you think I am disappointed in you, when in reality, I think you are great. Let me tell you straight out, without beating around the bush. I think you are great. I think you are smart, talented, determined, thoughtful, compassionate, inquisitive. You are one of the few people I want to spend my time with. I like your sense of humor, I love to hear you play music, and I like just being around you. So if I have made you feel any differently, I am sorry. I will be sure to tell you more often how proud you make me. I use to tell you when you were 2 and 5 and 9, but I guess I've slacked off. I should never stop telling you how great you are.
From me

To Me from my 17 year old self.
Thanks for spelling that out!

03/26/2015

April showers bring muddy puddles. We ask parents everywhere to celebrate childhood by letting kids

12/17/2014

It is so easy to get so wrapped up in raising our children that we forget to take care of ourselves. One of the best lessons we can teach our kids is that we are important. After all, they learn to live their lives by watching us. So set a good example for you children by allowing them to see you follow your passions!

11/14/2014

Looking through work stuff this morning and I came across a columnist looking to write an article about parents who don't like their kids.......Really?
If you don't like your kids, how are they ever going to like themselves??
Come on......you chose to have kids, nobody said they were going to be exactly what you envisioned. Kids come with their personalities. Its up to us as parents and caregivers to give them guidance, love, respect and to let them unfold into the people they want to be, NOT what we want them to be!!!
You had your chance to be whatever you wanted to be, don't make your kids suffer because you want a do over, because you want them to live the life you never did!!
If you are not happy with your kids, then take a serious, long look at YOURSELF! then make a change, don't try to change your kid!
"If you want to make the world a better place, just look at yourself and make a change" Michael Jackson.

11/13/2014

Random advice from a 4 year old: "Mom, you shouldn't play catch with a bowling ball"

11/10/2014

Fair??? What is fair? how can 2 people be treated the same when they are not?
I do not believe in fair, and I let my children know that!
Fair does not exist, because everybody needs are different
What works for you, may not work for me!
So don't ask me to be fair. But expect that I will always do what I think is best for YOU and only you!

11/05/2014

Want your children to listen to you?
Just TALK to them! They are people, even when they are little. If you treat them like people you will build a relationship with a person. If you treat them like they don't know anything, or like you are expecting them to fail, then guess what.....they won't learn and they will fail!
I am sure your mom taught you to treat people as you would like to be treated......Well, that goes for how you treat your kids too!