Posted by Leah Mastilock
Blog a Day in May Challenge- Day 10 Most embarrassing moment. Picture this: An already insecure Jr. High school girl, me, at home a few blocks from the beach. Older brother has a big birthday party with a bunch of guys. Not one other girl. We all walk down to the beach for a few hou...
Posted by Leah Mastilock
Blog Every Day in May Challenge- Day 8 A Moment out of our day: The Perfect moments are those unplanned, quiet ones (not many quiet moments with two small kids, let me tell you!), where I can really stop and be in the moment. Where I truly enjoy the time I...
Posted by eileen gunn
The East End of Long Island is less than two hours from New York City and suprisingly rural, so parents often ask me what there is to do out there with kids. Unfortunately, everything I know about the Hamptons I’ve learned from watching Sex and the City and Revenge, which tend focus on adult p...
Posted by Christy Garrett
Do you remember playing Ring Around the Rosie as a child? I do! I remember playing this game when I was fairly young. When my son came home from daycare a few days ago saying “posies, posies” while grabbing his older brother’s hand. I was trying to figure ou...
Posted by Leah Mastilock
Blog Every Day in May Challenge- Day 8 Today I'm supposed to give you some great advice! Are you ready? I'm not. I was trying to think up something really profound, I mean really life changing and deep. I've been wracking my brain all day to think up something amazing, but no luck. I gave som...
Posted by Sarah Oneal
I've been away from Voiceboks a while. Life is just that much busier with 3 kids for sure! :) I thought I would give a bit of an update on my life with little Abigail. Breastfeeding has it's challenges, like giving up... READ MORE >>
Posted by Leah Mastilock
Blog Every Day in May Challenge- Day 7 What I am most afraid of: As you know, there are many things that I find disturbing or make me anxious, but what really scares me? Certainly not roller coasters (the faster the better) or heights; I cried once for not being old enough yet to bungee...
Posted by Leah Mastilock
Day 6 of the Blog Every Day in May challenge. Today's question is: If you couldn't answer with your job, how would you answer the question, 'what do you do'? When people ask what I do, referring to an occupation, I answer that I'm an artist and a writer. I am also a mom, and a ho...
Posted by Christy Garrett
After my daughter received her cochlear implant in 2001, she has continued to have ongoing speech and language delays. These delays are a direct result of my own personal decision to wait so long to have her surgery. Looking back, I would have done things differently and ...
Posted by Leah Mastilock
Blog a Day in May Challenge- Day 5: My Favorite Blogger Friend This is one chick you really need to get to know! I knew her first as a mommy and fellow homeschooling friend. She's an inspiration just being those! She has four wonderful kids. Yes FOUR (shaking...
Posted by Leah Mastilock
Three days down and going strong! On to day 4 of the Blog a Day in May Challenge: Today's question: What is your favorite quote and why? There are so many great quotes, but this was easy because I've lived by this one for as long as I can remember! It was the first to come to mind. It was my...
Posted by Leah Mastilock
Day 3 of the Blog a Day in May Challenge Things that give me the hebe-gebes, creepy- crawlies, wig me out, or just make me downright uncomfortable: Let me count the ways: Plenty of things give me anxiety, as I mentioned yesterday. There are the obv...
Posted by Leah Mastilock
I was depressed for most of my life and have finally overcome (well, lets say I'm more than managing it)! Cure for Depression: If you are suffering from depression, especially if you’re thinking of suicide, this is the best advice I can give: 1. Coming ...
Posted by Leah Mastilock
Day 2 of the Blog a Day in May Challenge. Something that I'm really good at. This is a hard one! I feel like I’m good at a lot of things, art, crafts, sewing, writing, cooking…, I can even sing! And I used to be a pretty good dancer (swing dancing, if I had a goo...
Posted by Leah Mastilock
Blog Every Day in May Challenge- Day 1 I have accepted a challenge to blog every day in May! Based on the writing prompts, there will be much more personal info than I have been posting about lately. Are you ready to get to know me? Follow me over this month for some pretty interesting insights! ...
Posted by Christy Garrett
My daughter was finally scheduled for her cochlear implant surgery after several months of procedures, tests, and evaluations. I was very nervous going into this surgery because i knew that it would be several hours long. Plus, she was going to have surgery on a very delicate area near h...
Posted by Gina JT
We have discovered something utterly fabulous here in Ohio. No, I’m not talking about Jeni’s Ice Cream (though it is utterly delicious, pun intended). It’s something much more vital and important to my family’s well being. READ MORE HERE>>
Posted by Joy Manuel
Recently I've been noticing that I've been having some 'speaking' issues. To be more specific, it actually has to do with how I'm pronouncing some English words. I normally don't have any difficulty and if you asked anyone who knows me, you'd be told that I was never one who had ...
Posted by Christy Garrett
I moved from Texas to North Carolina, when my daughter was almost 5 months old. It took us about a month to get settled into our new home. After we got settle it was time to begin determining what the next step was to correct my daughter’s hearing loss. Being new to the area,...
Posted by Christy Garrett
Once I received news that my daughter failed her repeat newborn hearing screening, we were quickly referred to the local children’s hospital and to an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) doctor for further evaluation. Things moved fairly quickly and my daughter was scheduled to have another type...