The Serious Need for Play: Scientific American:
Free, imaginative play is crucial for normal social, emotional and cognitive development. It makes us better adjusted, smarter and less stressed.

"... Parents should let children be children-not just because it should be fun to be a child but because denying youth’s unfettered joys keeps kids from ( Read more... )

Yes, it was awful -- now please shut up - CNN.com:Poignant, tragic, funny, outrageous --most of us have at least one story we tell (and retell) to explain our emotional bruises. But there's a big difference between understanding the past and being stuck in it ( Read more... )

Komen Greater Atlanta Affiliate | Home:I'm probably not as vocal as I wish, but some of you might know about my passion for finding a cure for breast cancer. My family has a long history of breast cancer, most recently my sister having a double mastectomy. In getting some new luggage tags, I just found out that there is a local Atlanta group for ( Read more... )

Depressed bad tonight. Pretty much crying myself to sleep ( Read more... )

Doc sent her home today. She's doing great. I'm... remembering how hard this was for me last time. Doesn't help that all I want to do is go curl up and sleep for a week. So fucking tired.

She's napping right now. I should clean, but dammit I'm going to go lay down. I can barely keep my eyes open.

No sleep last night ( Read more... )

She's out of surgery and doing fine. Doctor said this knee was like the other, worst he's ever seen in his professional career (we're talking 20 or so years of surgery). Said it was like barnicals rubbing together. I think he means the ends of the bones. Her Ostiogenis Imperficta means her bones are less dence, almost like a sponge. Its a mirical ( Read more... )

Anyone having problems with congestion/stuffy nose, I can highly recommend the Zicam "Extreme Congestion relief" with aloe. Just bought some and HOLY COW I can breathe again ( Read more... )

Metro Atlanta YMCAs
Cobb County YMCAs
Google Map: Metro Atlanta YMCAs

So, my old roomies, tatianamik and internetbrain, are going to be moving here to Atlanta, hopefully soon. While talking with Tanya, she mentions the YMCA and gives me a link to the one near where I live. Not too terribly far. I look at the membership fees and my jaw hits the floor. $126 intro, $53 a ( Read more... )

Bad news: It was not a sinus infection, it was strep throat ( Read more... )