July 27, 2026

Category: Empathic Awareness

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A Mind Wide Open, Abstract Comprehension, Broadening of Mind, Emotional Awareness & Maturing, Empathic Awareness, From the Mama

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COMMUNICATION METHODS From a paper written by Tim Buckley “Narcissism,” NVC’s founder Marshall Rosenberg would say, “is a diagnosis.” The thought: “He’s a narcissist” creates separation between me (the judge) and you (the object.) As soon as those thoughts enter our minds – good and bad, right and wrong – we are knocking at moral […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Art, CDE Standards Reference, Confidence, Creative Solution Generation, Developing Self, Economics, Empathic Awareness, Fine Motor Skills, Imagination, Kindness, Lils, Literacy, Self Esteem, Social Development, Writing

First Tangible Letter – Mailed

Lils brought this picture she created for her grandma to me today, folded in an envelope, hoping to send it off to Denver (where Grandma lives).  I worked with her to create a second envelope for mailing, as her first had her image folded into a fully 4 dimensional object. I explained the machines, sorting, […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Beautiful Curiosity, Biology, Botany, Care & Nurture, CDE Standards Reference, Compassion, Construction, Developing Self, Empathic Awareness, Engineering, Geometry, Imagination, Invention, Lils, Math Discoveries, Movement & Coordination, Physical Development, Playing, Responsibility, Self Awareness, Simply Nature

Houses, Castles, & Questions

I’ve decided that to best keep track of my own mind, as well as attempt to record the finer points of Lily’s development and her day, that I really have to just leave a post window open all day long. I see it, I write, I add pics, whatever… Today began with Lily showing us […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Beautiful Curiosity, Biology, Botany, Care & Nurture, CDE Standards Reference, Compassion, Construction, Developing Self, Empathic Awareness, Engineering, Geometry, Imagination, Invention, Lils, Math Discoveries, Movement & Coordination, Physical Development, Playing, Responsibility, Self Awareness, Simply Nature

Houses, Castles, & Questions

I’ve decided that to best keep track of my own mind, as well as attempt to record the finer points of Lily’s development and her day, that I really have to just leave a post window open all day long. I see it, I write, I add pics, whatever… Today began with Lily showing us […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Beautiful Curiosity, CDE Standards Reference, Compassion, Developing Self, Empathic Awareness, Engineering, Kindness, Lils, Music, Neurological Development, Self Awareness, Thought Process & Development

A Kind and Gentle, Detuned Empath

Lily has been sick since Sunday.  She had a raging fever most of the day, seemed fine on Monday, but then the head cold hit on Tuesday.  Last night, we spent most of the night miserable, neither she nor I getting much sleep.  I finally managed to get her propped up enough, and managed to […]

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