Life Of Q

It wasn’t until I was sexually assaulted in high school, that I began having flashbacks of the abuse I endured as a child. I thought I was going crazy, there’s no way that happened to me, so where were these horrible memories coming from? I started drinking and smoking marijuana to try and forget about the instances of abuse. I was a GOOD kid and student, but my new coping mechanisms ended up landing me in trouble at school and with the law, resulting in the loss of the majority of my friends. The adults in my life said I was going through a rebellious phase; little did they know I was just trying to block out trauma they had no idea took place. I didn’t want to tell anyone because talking about it would make it real. I had never felt more alone or outcasted in that time, when all I needed was someone to listen. Someone to care. When I became pregnant, I started seeing a therapist in an attempt to get my mental and emotional health under control before becoming a parent. With the ...

Reading is the foundation of all learning. Even though my education is in early childhood education, where we work hard to set up the stepping stones of literacy,  reading has always been extremely important to me. So naturally, I am passing on the love to my son. If you have a young child , or even an older child, you may be wanting to get them interested in reading. Here are a few ways I  incorporate reading in our home: Read Daily I’m not perfect, some days we don’t get a book in, but the effort is always there. A really easy way to fit a book into your day, is a simple bedtime story. When we first started reading nightly, Jude would squirm, chew on the book, scream, then throw i️t across the room.. BUT, we tried. And we stuck with i️t. It’s part of our bedtime routine now & he actually (usually) holds still for longer and looks at the pictures with interest and minimal screaming.    Holiday  (seasons, events, etc.)  Book Bins...