Tuesday, August 10, 2010

I am a Hopeful Parent, officially!


I have always been hopeful about my children and their future, in spite the many challenges our family faces. This is also in spite of the fact that by nature I am a glass-half-empty person who has consciously and willfully chosen to work hard to see the half-full glass before me. 

So I am happy and proud that it is official: today I am a Hopeful Parent, with my first monthly post up on their wonderful site about parenting special needs kids. Go read it here: “Happy Birthday to Me.”  And look for more posts from me there on the 10th of every month.

Oh, yeah it’s also my (50th) birthday today. So start singing….

9 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday! I will look for you at Hopeful Parents each month. I finally got around to reading some of your older posts...my father has just gone to hospice, so I am on a similar journey.

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  2. Happy Birthday! My birthday is 8/5 and I had a post by the same title at my Simple Life blog. We are increasingly concerned about the well-being of my dear MIL, so I'm following you to learn more about the SN/elder care sandwich that we are already in, whether we realize it or not.

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  3. Happy happy birthday!!!!!!!

    It was great to meet you at BlogHer this weekend!

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  4. Happy birthday, a little late! Good to meet you this weekend.

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  5. Congrats on being a Hopeful Parent (i LOVE that website) and HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! you look amazing :)!!! hope your day is great :)... off to read your first post on HP!

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  6. Great to have found your blog, Varda. On the other side of the world, I have a similar profile, typing away my blues, recording the confusion to dissipate it....and spreading the cheer.
    Love, Natasha

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  7. Happy Birthday!!!!

    I'm following you from Bloggy Moms. Its hard sometimes to see the glass as half full when you've had a lot of toil.

    Would so love a follow and a visit as well! :)

    Mommy Only Has Two Hands!

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  8. Happy belated birthday!

    Off to read you at Hopeful Parents, and I just signed on to write a monthly post there, too. Such a great site; I'm so proud to be part of it, and to be in company with you!

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