by Lucille Freeman | Dec 18, 2024 | Blog, Holidays, Life lessons, Parenting
In first grade, a young girl was learning to read but feeling helpless in front of all those squiggly lines and shapes. The teacher had introduced her to the alphabet, phonics, sky letters like b’s, f’s, l’s, h’s, and t’s, and underground letters including g’s, p’s,...
by Lucille Freeman | Nov 27, 2024 | Blog, Holidays, Life lessons
This year seems to have jumped into a jet and disappeared. At times, it is hard to believe we are in the holiday season already and will soon be welcoming in 2025. We’ve survived the election, a faltering economy, and a host of worldwide challenges, including...
by Lucille Freeman | Oct 30, 2024 | Life lessons, Parenting, Uncategorized
Create and keep a fun notebook along with a kit of whatnots (a hodgepodge of materials) for when school is canceled or parents and children are stuck at home. Add activities, play-doh, colored pencils, etc. to the kit as you stumble across them daily. Then...
by Lucille Freeman | Aug 23, 2024 | Blog, Books, Children, Uncategorized
“Creativity takes courage.”- Henri Matisse “Dance is for everybody. It’s a way to express yourself, to tell a story.”- Alvin Ailey “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”- Maya Angelou 5-year-old Sage participating in an American...
by Lucille Freeman | Jul 24, 2024 | Blog, Books, Uncategorized
If I had to live my life over again, I’d dare to make more mistakes next time. I’d relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would take more trips. I would...
by Lucille Freeman | Jun 10, 2024 | Blog
My world took a nosedive on September 15, 2001, when my dad died. Nothing can prepare you for the grief. I was a daddy’s girl; I look like him and had a mole on my right hand in the same place he had one. Nothing can prepare you for the grief. Psychologist and...
