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Sunday, January 31, 2010


“YOUNG WOMENS ART GROUP ON FEMININITY "
(4 WEEK Class/ limit of 6/ Ages 13-19) @ La Familia Office 707 Broadway 6 to 8 pm

Week 1, Tuesday, Feb. 16th Creating A Contract & The Messages Girls Receive About Being A Woman

Week 2, Tuesday, Feb. 23rd (Continuation)

Week 3, Tuesday, March 2nd Caring For Our Hearts

Week 4, Tuesday, March 9th Staking Claim On The Woman I Want To Be!

There is no cost to these classes.
Some supplies will be required to bring.
Class is limited, so please RSVP ASAP!!!
Call Monica @ 235-7261

Friday, January 29, 2010

I have discovered the wonderful world of adoptive parent blogs. It is like an online version of what we are creating through the FIESTA project...connection with other families, sharing skills, supporting through challenges. This video is by a mom who feels very strongly that families deserve easy access to the skills they need to parent their children. That is what FIESTA is all about...



Her blog is www.welcometomybrain.net

Monday, January 18, 2010

Are You "Mommied (or Daddied) Out"?

I had some close friends over the other night, a family with several kids. During the course of the evening my friend looked at me and said, “I’m Mommied-out? Can you tell? Do you ever get that way?” You betcha. Here’s how I know that I’m getting Mommied-out-

1. I have had enough touching. If one more kid tries to sit on my lap or give me a hug while I’m preoccupied, my first reaction is to nudge them away. (How terrible is that!? Being annoyed over a hug?!)
2. I overreact. Of course my four year old shouldn’t have thrown his clothes all over his floor. Really though, maybe a ranting ten minute lecture while pacing frantically around his room was uncalled for. Not to mention ineffective.
3. I yell, “STOP YELLING!”
4. Everything is my husband’s fault. I pick at him over insignificant shortcomings until he smiles and says, “Do you need to get out tonight?” Which insults me- how dare he say such a thing?
5. Monica says, “It’s when the “mommy-bear comes out” and its not protection.”
6. “I find that I am not enjoying my children. I’m not laughing as much.”
7. “Noise bothers me.”

When I get “mommied-out” there’s really only one thing to do- get away for a while. Sometimes a simple trip to the grocery store will do it for me, sometimes a date with my honey or a friend, and once or twice a year I manage a weekend away. Amazing how a little time off puts things back into perspective and makes my family look sweet and shiny when they run to greet me at the door. What works for you?