A renovation let’s you experience to the core what the meaning of Murphy’s Law means. If anything can go wrong, it will. I was naive and optimistic when we started. But I’m not being pessimistic when I say it’s better … Continue reading When it rains, it pours
If we were having coffee, I would tell you that renovating a house without DIY skills is so much easier than parenting a gifted kid. It’s just that… I don’t know. I don’t know how to motivate him. I don’t know how to help him. I don’t know how to create that environment where he feels safe enough to fail. And I’m racking my brain why. Why? WHY? Why does he shut himself off from school, from people? Why is he so afraid to show himself and try? My gifted kid still hates school. He still thinks he should know … Continue reading Those kids, eh!
It isn’t that I’m unhappy about the renovation all the time. This week, we are 3 months in with remodeling our 70s bungalow. It’s about time I showed some freaking gratitude!
Continue reading Gratitude – 3 months in remodeling
If we were having coffee, I could only offer you instant coffee this weekend. We were getting things done in the house, hands-on! There is nothing … Continue reading Hands-on
A big day in our remodeling project! It’s kitchen construction day. A too black day, as it turns out. Continue reading Mind the gap, or too black
If we were having coffee, I’d tell you black is an easy color to get sucked into.
Continue reading Once you go black
Yes, you. I’m talking to you. I know you’re reading this although you claim to dislike social media and stuff. You’re so obsessively secretive about your private life but you love peeking into others’ life, don’t you? And you especially can’t stop messing with ours. I want you to know this. It’s you. It’s all you. It’s all in your twisted head in your lonely world. You are so desperate for love and attention that you destroy anyone – ANYONE – to get it. You are sick. And everything you tell yourself that you are, you’re not. You, you are … Continue reading You
Misschien is het een standaardinstelling op alle pubers, maar Junior vind vrijwel alle opdrachten optioneel. Dagelijks douchen? Niet nodig. Randjes tandplak verwijderen tijdens het tandenpoetsen? Niet prettig. Opgegeven huiswerk maken? Het leek me beter om woordjes te leren. Alle taken van het huiswerk opschrijven? Inefficiënt. Een vriendin met een puberzoon sprak me laatst bemoedigend toe: Stinken en Groeien. Dat is wat ze moeten doen. Hun kamer stinkt, hun lichaam stinkt, hun gedrag stinkt. En ze groeien. Door te stinken, groeien ze. En omdat ze groeien, stinken ze. Dus trek de deur van zijn kamer dicht, was zijn kleding op 60 … Continue reading Hoogbegaafd, stinken en groeien
If you don’t service me, I will serve you. Continue reading Are you being served?
Er zijn meer varianten van hoogbegaafdheid dan Dougie Howser Md. Continue reading Hoogbegaafd en verschillende stijlen
Finkelstein & sons 