Cancer Survivor, writing about Health and Fitness as you age

This end of school is a bit of a milestone: big son will be off to high school. Perhaps an apt post for Independence Day. Big son will be a bit more independent as will little son. I am grateful they are still good buddies despite the age difference and big teenage son still tolerates little son. I took this picture to remind me how well they get on, (even though they are not holding hands like they usually do),  and also because this may be the last time big son gets to walk little one into school. Ever. Sweet memories. Have an enjoyable 4th of July. Follow me on Twitter @AustinTrini and Instagram @AustinTrini . **This site uses cookies **

Fire Flames from Public Domain Image We do fire drills to practice what to do in case of a fire, so we are not floundering around in the event a fire does break out. I got the idea for this post when I did the STOP blog post. In my experience many people don't have the language tools in their toolbox that they can readily pull out when the situation arises. So from my STOP post, it is easy to say, "de-personalize it" but how exactly to do that? What words to use? What does it mean to ask for data? Set boundaries? Wouldn't it be great if we had a script or sample scripts that we could pull out as the situation demands? I am sure you all are familiar with "I should have said..". I know I have done quite a bit of that "hindsight" discussion as I thought through all the possible responses I could have made to something someone said, and my actual (lacking) response. If only I had more time to think it through or a chance to practice! Scri...

I entertained myself by reading my prior post on the various weapons my boys have grown up with at  Boys, toys, Nerf wars .  I'm including the photos here for convenience, but you should go back and read the original post with the scintillating commentary! 5 years later, my boys have continued to play with Nerf guns, even though video games has a strong, strong pull for them, but I thought I would update the list of toys in our household in case you find yourself with a boy and was wondering what they get up to. This is what mine get up to, the older pictures and progression are below. The new stuff!!  Presenting the Rhino Fire! Check out the video here of what this baby can do! I didn't take pictures but we also have the Hail Fire! Parents of teenage boys, take heart, my teenage son has found something that can occupy his time that is NOT video games! I introduce you to Magic: The Gathering ! And I thought the rules for Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! were comp...