the real work of raising good people

This post is inspired by Raising My Rainbow: Adventures in Raising a Fabulous, Gender Creative Son, a September 2013 selection of From Left to Write bookclub. As a member I received a copy for review purposes. And I LOVED it.

Long, long ago when my son was a child and I was a new mother learning the ropes, I discovered a self-confidence I never knew I had. It's possible I had never had that confidence in my own thinking and decisions until then, until the occasion presented itself to raise my boy the way I thought was right, in defiance of a lot of the baby books and advice.

And despite what other people thought. And said.

Because people are nothing but vocal about how you're screwing your kid up, when they disagree with your method, when they only know their own way

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August reading round-up, yay!

Ooh, this has been such a great month for reading: 9 books and counting!

That's one of the BEST things about vacation, for sure -- or maybe I should say about long plane-rides.

Ten-hour flight? No problem. I've got a book!

And honestly, I can't say enough good things about the Kindle that I purchased finally after years of saying I would never get one.  Of everything I read in August so far, only two titles were on actual paper.

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