Jan 27 2008
Friday, January 25th, our daughter, Katie, turned 26. Happy Birthday, Katie! As we were talking on Friday, she commented on how she has always loved her birthday because it’s been our family tradition of making each person’s birthday a day of recognition and celebration, complete with cake and candles, a specially prepared dinner and presents [...]
Jan 19 2008
Late this summer, my husband and I had a chance to visit Alaska and fell in love with this unique state where at times you have a feeling that you’ve stepped into another country. One of our favorite side trips during our two-week stay was a visit to a coastal temperate rainforest, one of the [...]
Jan 12 2008
Without a doubt, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has received both support for its noble core goal of helping struggling students to improve and criticism for the realities of its implementation, narrow focus on basic skills testing and punitive labeling as failing for a growing number of schools across America. While most of us in [...]
Jan 03 2008
Welcome to 2008 and to a new name for this blog, originally named in April of 2007 as Gifted and Twice Exceptional Matters. The focus of this original blog has also broadened to include more families around the world whose children have strengths and gifts yet to be identified. Making these changes seemed like a [...]
