Posts by La Limena

Quote:Originally Posted by CallMeMommy Belief in a god is a requirement.  Which, by definition, excludes atheists.  I'm surprised as a leader you don't know that. Sorry, I don't understand what point you are making. There are no...

Quote: Originally Posted by Peggy O'Mara  La Limena, this must be hard for the leaders and scouts to come to terms with. I admire you for working within the organization for change. I'm curious as to how you leaders...

My DS has been assigned into a combination 2nd/3rd grade class this year and I am very unhappy. He is in public school, tomorrow would have been the first day of 3rd grade for him.   Since he will only be getting half of the...

I'm a Scout leader and my older ds is a Scout, the younger ds still has a few years until he will join. I love the Scouting program, the good that Scouts do, and the influence on character development.   I also attended a very...

Last year we switched from our old pediatric dentist who we had for about 5 years after much disappointment with him. We pay cash for all our dental care, and I felt like he was just ignoring things at the early stage to bill more...

I took 5 weeks off after DS2's birth (had someone work locum tenens for me) and then wore him to work in a Moby until he was 8 weeks old. I had my office make my schedule a little lighter during that 3 weeks of baby wearing. I was...

My thoughts on this is if you want your child to fit in well in your social class, they will pick up most of what they will need to know if you provide proximity to others in this class in school and extracurricular...

I enjoy my work. I meet many interesting people and have generally pleasant staff but if I could I would be in the OR all the time. It is very rewarding to know that what I do makes a difference in the quality of life of my patients,...

It is astonishing to me that adults would not only expect gifts, but specifically ask for expensive items. In my large extended family including my large extended family in-law, we only give gifts to children. And as the children age...

It was very interesting, and heartening to read. I am glad to hear working moms benefit from all they do.    As for the other topic, well it is off topic, isn't it, and kind of trying to rain on this good...