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new blog
not abandoning blogging altogether, but i will post mostly over at the new place. join me if you want to :)
ligmom.blogspot.com/
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officially official
i found out today that i have been accepted to the nursing program at south for this coming fall term!!! so, in august the real work begins, and in 5 semesters, i will graduate with my bsn. :D very excited...lots of plans to make, arrangements for childcare, ect. it's a little daunting. but this is the path i have chosen and i will see it -
thoughts on autism
today i have been working on a paper for my english class about autism and the environment. i am one page into the paper (due friday--ugh!) and i am still not sure what direction i want to take...the environment of an autistic child and how it affects his symptoms or the environment and it's role in autism. anyway, i chose this topic, but i have ( Read more... ) -
hot button
has anyone else noticed that lately it seems that girls are valued more highly than boys in our society? this is something that seems to have become more and more prominent in the last few years and it makes me completely, insanely angry. i have seen shirts that say "boys are stupid, throw rocks at them" and bibs that say "girls rule, boys drool ( Read more... ) -
so she gave up
this week, i have decided not to complain. for one whole week, i am going to try to reign in my thoughts and my words and cultivate a sense of gratitude. or at the very least, a better attitude;) so, i will be biting my tongue frequently i am sure, since complaining is...well, let's just say a little too usual for me.
the kids are in their last ( Read more... ) -
for memory's sake
last night while i was nursing my sweet baby girl, she stopped nursing and sat up in my lap. she looked like she was concentrating very hard, then she said, "i love so much, you mom". as she said this she put her tiny little hand right on my cheek and looked right in my eyes.
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for my mom--mother's day 2009
as a child, i wrote an essay about my mother for a school project. "nobody looks at me like she does--her eyes so full of love," it said. now that i am a mother, too, i understand why that was and is true ( Read more... ) -
life's a dance
good morning! so much has been going on recently. school is moving along quickly, and i am very happy with the way it has been going. i am waiting anxiously to see if i will be accepted into the fall nursing program, and i am nagging (ahem...i mean diligently persisting) every few days--politely ( Read more... ) -
minutae
here we are six weeks into the semester. so far classes are going well. i am taking macroeconomics, biology 101, microbiology, and western civ 101(which is a repeat for me, but for some reason the credit didn't transfer and i have to have a 2 class series history. western civ. 102 on transcript already so...we repeat the 101 class). i will also ( Read more... ) -
there's something happening here..
changes are going down in the taylor house. first of all, i have officially returned to school. this is a big step, but really an inevitible one for us. i am taking classes at 2 different universities locally to get my prerequisites for nursing. if i am accepted to the college of nursing, i will start my major coursework in the fall and finish ( Read more... )