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I’m Linking up with Mary at Old School Speech for her Favorite Blog Posts of the Month: February Edition. Bloglovin’ has a great new feature that allows saving blogs and categorizing them which has made this post so much easier to compile. The challenge then is limiting myself to five posts as I have savedContinue reading “Favorite Blog Posts of the Month: February”

When we moved to New Hampshire nearly 19 years ago we used to chuckle at the Yankee ways. Coming from “North Jersey” they seemed so quaint. One of the things that I found humorous was as two cars passed each other the drivers waved. It was an “Uh-Yuh” (please read with a New England lilt)Continue reading “Social Media and Social Grace”

It’s that time of year again when love abounds. Hearts are everywhere. We do our share to bolster the economy and buy silly gifts. This year I decided not to spend any money on things, but rather to prepare a lovely dinner comprised of my families favorites, by request. It will be so much moreContinue reading “I (HEART) SLP”

I have learned quite a bit about myself over the years and I feel compelled to share my experiences in an effort to spare other young SLPs the grief I have known. I imagine it is safe to say that many professionals can relate to the experience I am about to describe. Throughout my yearsContinue reading “To Yield Or Not To Yield?”

My first foray into the blogging world was in July 2014. Yes, I am a blogger newbie. What is most important about this is not how long I’ve blogging, but why I began blogging! My desire to share my thoughts and ideas about my life and profession came on the heels of my completion ofContinue reading “The Emperor Wears Clothes”

Caution: this is in large part, a non speech-language pathology related post. My last post delineated who I want to be as an SLP. This morning I was reflecting more about who I want to be as a human. I once read a quote along these lines, “What if we wore our words? What wouldContinue reading “You Are Beautiful”

January 2, 2015 already! I recall being 15 and calculating how old I’d be in the year 2000 (39, and I thought that was ancient)! Time goes by so fast. Like most people, I’ve rung in many New Year’s Days ticking off my resolutions and like many I’ve made it to December 31st not meetingContinue reading “Bring it on 2015!”

It’s Christmas Eve. I’m in my jammies sipping coffee and trying not to eat cookies for breakfast. Our gifts are wrapped, and our teenagers are tracking Santa on NORAD. I’m planning my day which includes a blog post, laundry, fried calamari, shrimp, pasta and a mandatory run! Before I shift into full Christmas gear IContinue reading “Favorite Blog Posts-December”

Photo credit: http://www.planetofsuccess.com/blog/ on flickr Gone are the days of flowery prose and heartfelt missives. Gone are the days where we shared our successes, our sadness, and day to day occurrences in letters.  I guess the closest thing we have today are Christmas newsletters, Christmas cards, and an occasional Hallmark. Writing letters is a lostContinue reading “Writing Heals”

I have been basking in post turkey euphoria!  I enjoyed a wonderful holiday spent with family and friends and returned to work ready to tackle progress reports!  Ugh, so many progress reports so little time!  Well, I completed my final progress report today and feel ready for a blog post! A term we hear oftenContinue reading “Middle School Progress Monitoring Tool”