by Janice Watkins Gabe has been telling everyone I am a criminal. To understand the context, let me rewind three months ago to the beginning of the school year. It was the first week of school and Gabe, Eden and I were in a frantic search for a gas station on the way home, with … Continue Reading
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[ Janice Watkins | Oct. 2011 ] “The Talk”: two words that send most parents into a tailspin. The “birds and the bees” sent my mom into near vomiting convulsions, which is why we had the talk when I informed her I was pregnant my first semester of college. “So, I used the insurance card … Continue Reading
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I don’t want to talk about it, and you probably don’t want to hear it. If you live in Topeka, you probably do a mental dismissive wave when you hear the words “Phelps clan” or “Westboro Baptist Church,” or, in a different vein, a mental flipping of the bird. That was me when I moved … Continue Reading
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I’m having that nightmare again. The one where the ducky potty-chair won’t stop singing that silly diddy that is triggered when urine hits the bowl. It keeps dancing around my head and is soon joined by a chorus line of singing poos, wearing top hats and bow ties. I stir and find myself back in … Continue Reading
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You may have been wondering about the vacancy that I left in the space of this very blog for several months. Well, it was because I was in rehab. Not the “Hello, my name is Janice and I huff computer spray cleaner/pick up male prostitutes in addition to my husband/drink vodka with my coffee” type … Continue Reading
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While working on a page that compiles a gargantuan list of things to do in Topeka for families (it should be published on this site sometime this week published here), I realized that I have a few places here in town that are big favorites with myself and my two relentlessly energetic kiddos that I’d … Continue Reading
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Marriage is hard. With two children, spaced nearly a decade apart, it is even harder. With two children spaced a decade apart and a husband that is nearly clueless when it comes to all things romance, things are even that much harder. Both of us stumble around in a haze of stupidity half the day, … Continue Reading
bad mommy confessions, XYZ blogs 2 CommentsAll this week, before I had a chance to formulate a plan to deal with the impending Daylight Savings Time change of the clocks, that old stick in the spokes, my son was already carrying out his own plan. His tactics for waking me up are pretty genius. He has a whole toolbox of them. … Continue Reading
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I am one tough cookie. I don’t just say this lightly. I have gone through natural childbirth, twice. I have sprained, twisted, popped (everything except flat-out broken) nearly every bone in both feet, on at least more than two occasions. I signed myself out of the hospital three hours after having an organ removed. I … Continue Reading
bad mommy confessions, XYZ blogs 1 CommentWaiting in a velvet rope-imposed line that trailed out the door into the fried food smelling Wanamaker evening, I had my first jolt of uncertainty. Had I made the right decision? Could I still bolt? This place did not look like my kind of scene. The partiers seemed too rowdy for my taste. The music … Continue Reading
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Tesa, age 12
Tesa would like to have a forever home with a huge yard and other children to play with. Tesa enjoys gardening with flowers, fruits and vegetables. Her hobbies include playing the guitar and piano; she likes making up her own songs. When Tesa grows up she would like to become a nurse. She will need encouragement & a family who will be patient and show her that she is valued.
To learn more about adoption visit adoptkskids.org or call 877-457-5430. Tesa’s case number is CH-5510.
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