by Kay | Jan 19, 2011 | around the house, Heard on the Streed
Today’s guest post is from an Atlanta MOAT who is very special to me. In fact she’s part of the reason this whole campaign to eradicate enabling began. It was a conversation about taking out the garbage that convinced both of us we were raising a bunch of...
by Kay | Jan 14, 2011 | around the house, Heard on the Streed
Trying to stay on top of manners amidst all our other activities is quite the challenge … mostly because of my tendency to forget. Oh… I probably haven’t introduced myself in a while. My name is Kay. I’m a recovering enabler, procrastinator,...
by Kay | Jan 10, 2011 | around the house, Laughter
As we sink into our manner efforts, I’ve been enjoying a few fruits of our labor. Getting in the car on Sunday, TTO graciously opened the door and actually let his sister sit in the front seat – all without a single word from me. … I could barely...
by Kay | Jan 5, 2011 | around the house
January 29, 2010 was the day I committed to change around the Wyma house. It’s hard to believe that the year mark of starting the MOAT blog lies just around the corner. So I have one last month (in our year-long experiment to equip our enabled kids) to add a...
by Kay | Jan 3, 2011 | ... on life, around the house
but if it is broken… by all means tell an adult! “AAAAHHHHHH!!!!! There’s blood on my foot!!!!” screams Speed Police running to her father. Never a good cry for help. …. Sure enough, the girl was leaving blood footprints as she ran to get...
by Kay | Nov 1, 2010 | ... on life, around the house, Laughter
Heard at a neighbor’s door tonight: “Oh, we have a pirate, a volleyball player … and, who is this cute little S.W.A.T man? “Halloweenie,” responds the little guy. “Well, are you a police man?” “No … I’m...