Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Embracing Faith

When we chose a school for the kids here in Shanghai, there were so many factors that played into it -- proximity to home and work, teachers and curriculum, repatriation factors, language opportunities, extra-curriculars, reputation, testing scores, campus and more. When choosing Concordia, the Christian foundation was an added bonus for us. We hadn't attended parochial school at home, the kids weren't enrolled in weekly bible study, nor did we worship as regularly as we wished. But, what we've found is that this school, and it's foundation, have blessed us in more ways than we could imagine.

Monday, December 8, 2014

Bring on the Play Therapy!

It's probably fair to say that I have a paranoia in my parenting when it comes to the healthcare of my kids, but we've experienced a few things throughout the toddler years, so I often try to justify my freakish-self-diagnosing habits. Just imagine my Google searches when we had a 6-week preemie, discovered a peanut-allergy, found a double astigmatism, treated clostridium difficile, or were scheduled for double tubes...

There is a new one on the table now: speech and language delay.