Category Archives: Parenting Plights and Delights

Heart Stopping Moments – Parenting Plights & Delights

Posted on January 23, 2012 by lynnkelleyauthor

  When I first started this series, I put out a call for parenting stories. Thank you to everyone who’s responded. Following are the kind of memories that get your adrenaline pumping again every time they come to mind: C. … Continue reading →

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Learning to Fly Fish – Parenting Plights & Delights

Posted on January 17, 2012 by lynnkelleyauthor

  I would like to thank JJ Botta of The Disconnected Writer blog for sharing the following parenting story with me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did:   Years ago, I used to fly fish for trout in … Continue reading →

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Holiday Ding-a-lings – Parenting Plights & Delights

Posted on January 2, 2012 by lynnkelleyauthor

Whew! I don’t know about you, but I’m battling holiday fatigue. I do some pretty ditsy things when I’m overtired, like putting eye liner on my lips, pouring coffee into my cereal bowl, and paying the cashier for gas, then … Continue reading →

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Mom, What’s a Babe? Parenting Plights & Delights

Posted on December 26, 2011 by lynnkelleyauthor

Ah, I love how children are always surprising us. My nephews Soldier (at age 5) and his brother Joker (at age 2) One Christmas when Soldier was six, his mother read him the nativity story. When she got to the … Continue reading →

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Impossible! – Parenting Plights & Delights

Posted on December 19, 2011 by lynnkelleyauthor

When my niece, Ballerina, was two years old, she excitedly looked through the new Christmas toy catalog and stared lovingly at the pages of dolls and accessories, dainty dresses and shoes, pink buggies, strollers, and bassinets. Ballerina at two-and-a-half years … Continue reading →

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Teaching Your Kid to Ride a Bike?

Posted on December 5, 2011 by lynnkelleyauthor

      Once Santa leaves that new bicycle under the tree (okay, maybe near the tree), someone has to teach the newbie how to ride it.  Have you ever taught your kid how to ride a bike? My husband … Continue reading →

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Raising Teenagers

Posted on November 28, 2011 by lynnkelleyauthor

Last week’s post was an essay my sister, Pam, wrote when her boys were ages two and four. It’s titled “You Can Dress Them Up But…”  If you missed it, you can read it here.   One year when the … Continue reading →

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You Can Dress Them Up But…

Posted on November 21, 2011 by lynnkelleyauthor

This week I’d like to share an essay my sister, Pam, wrote years ago when her boys (now grown) were little. She wrote it for a composition class she was taking.  Good thing I saved it because she didn’t. When … Continue reading →

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