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“I hate her!” I said. “I understand that you feel like you hate her. You’re hurt,” my dad said. “I’m not hurt – I’m pissed off!” I said. “You’re also hurt,” my dad said. “And, while it feels like hating her is hurting her back, it’s only hurting you. She’s going about her life, either […]

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by Kristi Campbell

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  • Lisa @ The Meaning of Me - I don’t know what number I am but I’m here! This made me laugh out loud and shake my head saying “yup, I know” and feel sad and angry a bit, too. And I think forgiveness is like that, you know? There’s a little bit of so many things mixed up in there. Forgiveness is definitely a choice and it’s a damn hard one. And sometimes tricky – like how do you forgive someone who has wronged you who absolutely doesn’t believe they did? I guess that’s where the idea of forgiveness being for us, not them, comes in.
    I am late to the party this month (shocker) so I need to go get finished.January 20, 2016 – 1:49 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - I think forgiveness is like that too, Lisa. I like believing that it’s more for us. Because really, even the people I’ve forgiven… it’s not like I want them in my life, or to hang out with them, you know? And go go get finished. I can’t wait to read yours!January 20, 2016 – 8:38 pmReplyCancel

  • JT Walters - Right we forgive others so we do not carry their metaphysical garbage around. That is the purpose of cruelty is to transfer metaphysical garbage from one person to another.

    A little surprised about the bully on the bus. I am not quite there yet and I barely know Tucker.

    But it would be so nice to just be able to wash away all the pain with forgiveness. Sweets, I wish the world was that simple. For us we have to educate which means we go back out and try again the next day a little wiser from the experience and understanding unconditional love is by no means for all of us…although I wish it were.

    Who are these people with Twitter accounts…dude you know I can get them…then forgiveness is easy!

    If only forgiveness came at the dawn of each day washing away pain like a tide rolling out to sea and hope, love and acceptance were birthed at dusk for everyone….what a beautiful world it would be indeed.January 20, 2016 – 2:11 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Here’s to not carrying metaphysical garbage around – especially that generated by others. For the bus incident – I have to remember this is a kid. And he LEARNED that – did people give him attention when he made fun of Tucker? Did something happen at home? What’s his home life like? I know I *KNOW* that it sucks (believe me forgiving is not forgetting) but well, I don’t want to teach my own son to bully and so well, yeah, something like that. Here’s to pain rolling out to sea and hope rolling in.January 20, 2016 – 8:41 pmReplyCancel

      • JT Walters - Today I found out because the law enforcement officer failed to document the battery of my son with two rare disorders correctly the perpetrator is not even going to be charged. A 6’1″ 240lb 23 year man battered my 5’4″ 100lb son and us not even going to be arrested. I cried. The officer failed to document correctly and there is nothing the State of Florida can do to protect disabled children.

        Today I want to hate. It hurts. I carry this beautiful boy in my body and my heart to have some bully beat him because he is not typical. It is really hard today.

        JT

        PS

        I will carry the metaphysical baggage for my son today and everyday afterwards until our children are loved and accepted for who they are.January 20, 2016 – 10:06 pmReplyCancel

        • Kristi Campbell - 🙁 🙁 🙁 I don’t even know what to say.January 20, 2016 – 11:10 pmReplyCancel

          • JT Walters - Thanks for not judging me, understanding and providing a forum. Maybe other parents will be more careful about watching the documentation so their children are legally protected.January 20, 2016 – 11:54 pm

  • Stacey Gannett - Great post, Kristi! And have to say, “Hear, Hear!” It can be such a hard thing to do, especially when it involves someone close to us! I can almost let things go, when it comes to me…but one of my family, it is so much harder. Trolls…I just don’t get them…not sure what the fun is for them…maybe they should find a good book that interests them or some other hobby, seriously. I don’t often have time to breathe for myself…let alone wasting what little time I have trolling! Hope you have a great week!January 20, 2016 – 6:52 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Thank you Stacey! It can be SO so hard to do and yeah, I get that it’s much harder when somebody wrongs somebody close to you – more than it is for forgiving them for hurting us… And trolls SUCK. I don’t get it either and they so so need books. Thanks much, friend and you too!January 20, 2016 – 8:44 pmReplyCancel

  • Diana Pratt - Love love love this!!!January 20, 2016 – 7:02 amReplyCancel

  • Christine Organ - Amen!January 20, 2016 – 8:54 amReplyCancel

  • Emily - Oh this was good and something I need to learn…I’m a dig my heels in kind of person and I’m trying to hard as I get older to not be that way. For the past two years, I’ve been trying to forgive two friends who were just not there for me when I needed them during Little Dude’s treatment. And, I think they probably don’t even realize they weren’t there for me. Which in some ways makes it even harder to forgive, because they SHOULD realize it. Yes, I’m still “in touch” with them, but I barely talk to them and have yet to see them since a few years ago (they only live 30 min away). I keep thinking they have to realize something isn’t right with our friendship and yet they don’t…and so my resentment grows…January 20, 2016 – 12:43 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - I can be that way too, Emily, and probably AM by nature. I think I’d have a hard time forgiving friends if they weren’t there for something like what you and your family went through with LD… that’s a hard one and they SHOULD realize it. Ugh. You’d think they’d ask if they’d offended you. That would make it so much easier and kinder and gentler. Your resentment growing though, I think that’s what I was more thinking of about the “it’s about us” part (or what my dad was, anyway). Ugh. It’s HARD. Would you consider saying something to them about it?? Or are you over that?January 20, 2016 – 8:47 pmReplyCancel

      • Emily - You ask a good question…I’ve thought about saying something to them about it, but it was over TWO years ago, so now it feels weird. I guess I keep hoping they bring it up, but I’m thinking that’s not gonna happen. I think in my head I have forgiven them, but the heart is a whole different matter…January 21, 2016 – 10:17 pmReplyCancel

        • Kristi Campbell - UGH. Maybe if you get drunk? Or, maybe, move on. I dunno. It’s so dang hard when people disappoint us like that. <3January 25, 2016 – 7:09 pmReplyCancel

          • Emily - Ha – get drunk and tell them – love it…you crack me up and that suggestion just may be the answer! 🙂January 25, 2016 – 7:24 pm

          • Kristi Campbell - I think it may be, plus what an awesome blog post it’ll make 🙂January 26, 2016 – 10:15 pm

  • Allie - Day-um this was awesome! Forgiveness really is a gift – for the person you grant it to – and yourself. I truly believe that. Do you remember back when the “Secret” was the big thing? I was pregnant with Cammy at the time, sick in bed and watched it all on Oprah. To me the biggest takeaway was the forgiveness component. I truly thought about my grudges and then set them free and it was life changing. Just wait – you’ll see:). And for the record, I hope I never see Kristi – Bear:)!January 20, 2016 – 2:10 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Allie! I love your “Day-um!!!” 🙂 And yeah I think it’s more of a gift for us in the long run, especially when we do it silently, inside, and no longer talk to them. I do remember when the Secret was big although I never read it (oops). Wow, to it being life-changing. Thank you!!! xoJanuary 20, 2016 – 8:53 pmReplyCancel

  • Yvonne - Really interesting post Kristi. It starts with anger and moves on through to forgiveness, and what I’ve found is that denying or blocking off that anger actually makes true forgiveness impossible. We need to honour our own feelings before we can even come close to honouring another’s or to finding the empathy required for forgiveness. I think your post is a good illustration of that.January 20, 2016 – 2:47 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Thanks, Yvonne. It has to start with anger, I guess, in order for it to be important enough to forgive. And blocking it does nothing in the long run although blocking it can also be an effective tool for the Moving On, I suppose.January 20, 2016 – 10:53 pmReplyCancel

  • Tamara - To the co-worker who worked hard to get my husband fired at his crappy job, just so you could run the company with your smug, haggard face? I forgive you. I know I wanted to run into you in the mall and cut you down into the toddler I know you are, but I had to be bigger than that.
    So. Sigh. I forgive you. But I still just slammed the door.January 21, 2016 – 8:28 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - UGH and I so get wanting to cut somebody down into the toddler they are! Doors help. At least, the slamming of them does.January 25, 2016 – 7:10 pmReplyCancel

  • Kenya G. Johnson - Love it. Those are some ginormous forgives. Forgiveness is hardest where the kids are concerned. I saw a funny meme not long ago. It’s was along the lines of, “I can’t come out and play with you because I told my mom what you did and she’s still mad”. LOL!January 25, 2016 – 8:49 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - LOL to the meme! That’s so perfect and so TRUE!! Kids are amazing at what they’ll forget about — but BUT BUT there’s the stories we remember from being kids that stay with us that makes it enough to have a hard time when somebody is mean.January 25, 2016 – 7:12 pmReplyCancel

  • carol schepper - It is so important to always keep in mind that forgiveness is about ‘me’ not ‘you’ – it is very very very hard to get past that anger, but otherwise it really is like drinking poison & waiting for the other person to die. We can only move forward & get on with our lives by forgiving and moving on.January 25, 2016 – 3:53 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - I agree Carol – I also think it’s hard to keep forgiveness about “me” not “you” and I love the analogy of drinking poison waiting for the other person to die. That’s a good one!January 25, 2016 – 7:21 pmReplyCancel

  • Sandra - For those who have hurt me: Fuck you. Stupid dicks…works for me…No, I get the point of this post. There is a person in my life that I really need to forgive and move on out of here, but I can’t. I just can’t. I’ll live with “Fuck you. Stupid dicks”…plus I love that, it just rolls off the tongue.January 31, 2016 – 7:31 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - LOL yeah, it works for me too except that it’s messing ME up more than them ya know? And yeah, I get the I can’t, too… xoFebruary 1, 2016 – 2:05 amReplyCancel

  • Out One Ear - Linda Atwell - Awwww. I love this whole piece. Every. Single. Word. I have a tendency to bring out my toddler every so often. I don’t really like this stomp-y, yell-y, critical person I turn into when I have been wronged, or feel I’ve been wronged. But you are so right, we must forgive. I try. I try harder. I try again. Sometimes I succeed, and sometimes, I have to start over at, I try. I try harder.

    The bully on the bus would be hard for me too, but maybe he will find some goodness way down deep and never, ever bully another classmate/peer ever again. I’m hoping that your forgiveness provides that.

    Hugs to you. Love this.February 4, 2016 – 11:14 pmReplyCancel

Do you ever wonder what life will be like in 100 years? Each week, my six-year-old boy is supposed to bring his completed homework assignment to school on Friday. The packet rides home in his backpack Monday or Tuesday, giving us plenty of time to review 14 spelling words, line up paper squares into columns of […]

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  • Lisa @ Golden Spoons - Amazing, isn’t it to think how far we’ve come in 100 years. Can you imagine what our great grandparents would think of iPhones??? And, if we’ve come this far in the past 100, what will life look like 100 more years from now? Lately, I’ve been thinking about a lot tomorrow – hoping that the tomorrows will be better than the todays, because the todays are hard right now. Maybe I should look at it your way and just hope that next week will be better than this one.January 14, 2016 – 10:13 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - It really is amazing how far we’ve come. It’s kinda scary, too, I think, trying to imagine the technology that our kids and their kids will learn. And yeah, the tomorrows better and also to hoping next week is better than this (although I don’t know about your girls, but Tucker’s off school on Monday and Tuesday). Gah.January 14, 2016 – 10:34 pmReplyCancel

  • Dana - I missed your alien friends! I miss the lost teeth, the shark books, the homework packets. Okay, maybe not the homework packets.

    I’ve been thinking a lot about the future lately, and I really should try to focus on today and tomorrow. I can’t even fathom 100 years from now.January 14, 2016 – 10:53 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Bleh to homework packets. Seriously. One week, I’ll get this right and we won’t be rushing around on the night before it’s due. I can’t really fathom 100 years from now either. Even tomorrow is a little muddy. Thanks, Dana!January 15, 2016 – 5:06 pmReplyCancel

  • JT Walters - Congrats Tucker and you have nothing to feel bad about one time Alex lost a tooth and his tooth fairy Alexanderia Meeka Shelly had to leave him a promisary note because Mom had no money on her that particular day. She always wrote him notes with each tooth he lost but the last one was a promisary note.

    The future I imagine we will turn in our current troubles for new ones. A hundred years ago my grandmother did go to private school in New York but no public school but no energy crisis either.

    The future is incomprehensible for us all.

    The only thing I can guarantee you is love will persist and let’s hope cell battery life is infinite!😊

    Congrats Tucker😘😘😘😘 and I know Mom is really the procrastinator😉,January 14, 2016 – 11:04 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Here’s to love persisting, JT and to promissory notes from tooth fairies 😉
      Also cell battery life being infinite would be so so nice.

      — –
      yes, mom is the procrastinator. 😐January 15, 2016 – 5:10 pmReplyCancel

  • Kelly L McKenzie - My son adored shark books! He brought them home from school all the time when he was younger. Imagine my delight when our golden retriever chewed the book and my son had to take the soggy bits back to the librarian in a baggie. I wrote a note saying we’d pay for a replacement. She wouldn’t hear of it and to this day gleefully shows the bag to students as a cautionary tale. The name of the book? “Shark bite.”
    I do hope that you avoided making the same mistake I did. I bought a Tooth Fairy pillow that was equipped with bells. “Jingly jingly jingly jingly jingly …” So conducive to subtle coin delivery and tooth removal …January 15, 2016 – 2:08 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Oh Kelly to the Shark Books! A new one came home from the school library today! I love that he loves them so much but seriously – he knows tons and tons of facts about sharks. Way more than I ever wanted to know. HAHA to the dog biting Shark Bite and to the jingly jingly tooth fairy pillow!January 15, 2016 – 5:43 pmReplyCancel

  • Kenya G. Johnson - Wow I thought to my future 100 hoping that I wouldn’t be a burden to my young 70 something son. Wouldn’t it be cool to be old people together with your kids? I’ve always hoped that for Me & Mom, we are only 18 years apart so it’s very possible but I never thought of being old people with Christopher. You sparked a daydream.

    I can’t remember how far behind the two top teeth are from coming out but I think kids are so cute without them.January 15, 2016 – 9:20 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Kenya, it would be SO fun to be old people with our kids but even if I’m 100, Tucker will only be like 60… you and your mom being old people together sounds fun! And I agree – little kids with missing teeth are so adorable. So adorable!!January 15, 2016 – 5:44 pmReplyCancel

  • Allie - Oh momma, our Tooth Fairy sleeps in all the time, and sometimes she gets lost and then shows up days later…. Would you believe Cammy (8!) still hasn’t lost his first tooth? Crazy. I don’t think too much about the way, way future, It’s incomprehensible to me. I don’t know why. And I try not to think about 2059, cause it scares me. Especially this: “other simple things such as whether my little boy will be okay without me.” SO don’t’ want to live till 160 – I imagine I’d be really tired. But at the same time, I really kind of have to…January 15, 2016 – 9:54 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Allie,
      You know, my brother’s son hasn’t lost his first one either and he’s almost eight. I think it’s different for every kid. LOL to being really really tired at 160. Or else, you’d be super spry because no carpool!January 15, 2016 – 5:45 pmReplyCancel

  • Marcia @Menopausalmom - Funny how children at this age believe everything their peers say. I love Tucker’s drawing! He will be thrilled when he finds that the Tooth Fairy stopped by. And thank you for your glimpse into the future—-I cannot even begin to imagine giving birth at 60, ha-ha!!January 15, 2016 – 9:59 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - LOL to giving birth at 60! Yikes! And yeah, he was happy about the tooth fairy and I love his drawings, too!January 15, 2016 – 11:48 pmReplyCancel

  • Emily - There are so many cute and hilarious things in this post! As for the tooth fairy, I was one of those parents that forgot once and I know I made something up (my brother once told his kid that she was busy watching Monday Night Football), but I must say that the sleeping late on Friday excuse is genius! That picture of Tucker with the missing tooth and saying he’ll be 30 soon cracked me up. Reminded me of that scene from “Father of the Bride” where Steve Martin’s daughter tells him she’s getting married and all he can picture is her as a toddler saying she’s getting married in a toddler voice. And, I know it’s frustrating that your alien friends can’t predict the future, but I can guarantee you this: you will not be helping with homework a few years from now. In fact, I can tell you with 100% certainty that not only won’t you be helping, you will have no idea what his homework even is because you will know he is responsible to handle it himself (and even if you did know what his HW was, you are correct in that you wouldn’t be able to help anyway bc who remembers 6th grade math? Not me!!) Ok, I’m done – sorry to hog up your comment space, but this was a fun post to read. 🙂January 19, 2016 – 8:58 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Emily!!! Please hog my comment space always and forever because you know I adore you and am so grateful for your friendship and perspectives. Awwww to the Father of the Bride and his daughter telling him she was getting married. I’d forgotten that scene and that movie (a little, never completely because awesome). Ugh to the homework. Truly. And yay to not having to help in a few years (because yay right???). Grin.
      I thought the sleeping late was pretty genius too but was annoyed that he believed his friend over me!January 20, 2016 – 1:05 amReplyCancel

  • Tamara - A cure for heartbreak. Yes. Although I saw Eternal Sunshine and it wasn’t the right answer there.
    Every Thursday night we scramble to fill in the blanks of the week’s worth of homework too!
    Every single time.January 20, 2016 – 5:02 pmReplyCancel

  • Sandra - well at least the tooth fairy showed up at all at the other boy’s house, if late. At my house she just stopped coming, and I told the kids it was because she went bankrupt with all the kids in our house. Mother of the year.
    Loved your Metallica t-shirt by the way!January 31, 2016 – 2:06 amReplyCancel

“But how is Santa going to know how to find me at Papa D’s and Meemo’s house?” he asked. When looking at Reflections on Santa, Traveling, and Christmas, I think “Crap crap crap, why did I book us on a flight to Colorado on Christmas Eve?” I thought about family, and snow, but I didn’t […]

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  • Lisa @ The Meaning of Me - FRIST!January 10, 2016 – 11:47 pmReplyCancel

  • Kristi - And did he? Put a spider on your pillow? 🙂
    Sounds and looks like you had a great Christmas! So glad that Santa found you!January 10, 2016 – 11:47 pmReplyCancel

  • JT Walters - We were at Universal Studios for Christmas so if Santa knows who is naughty and nice he definetly knows where all children on Christmas morning.

    You could have had Tucker send Santa a forwarding address or told him his grandparents talked to Santa.

    I thought your video was awesome!January 10, 2016 – 11:49 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - So glad you liked the video! It was a little long but since I used a template, that was my only choice 🙂 So glad you got to go to Universal! Fun!!!January 11, 2016 – 3:42 pmReplyCancel

  • Lisa @ The Meaning of Me - I love this, Kristi. That how will Santa find me thing is a big deal for a kid. Love the video and the gardens look beautiful. We didn’t actually make it to the lights anywhere except driving around town this year – either we had something going on or it was raining. Next year.
    Our crazy Christmas Eve thing was that we took off for a really short hike at our mountain. It was really warm that day and just a shame not to so off we went.
    I remember so many of these posts…keep writing all the beautiful things you do!xoJanuary 10, 2016 – 11:51 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Lisa, a hike on Christmas day sounds perfect! We didn’t actually get to the lights until New Years Eve but it was a fun thing to do once we got back from Colorado! And aw thank you!January 11, 2016 – 3:57 pmReplyCancel

  • Janine Huldie - Aw, Kristi looked like the perfect Christmas to me and seriously am still smiling after seeing Tucker’s huge grin in that photo above!! 🙂January 11, 2016 – 7:43 amReplyCancel

  • Allie - Your Christmas looks picturesque! I’ve been thinking of doing a reflections post, but honestly, I am so happy it’s over – I don’t feel like reliving it. I’m still recovering! And I love the video, and want to try snow tubing.January 11, 2016 – 9:00 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - It was actually pretty great. Christmas morning was a little bumpy and I think we’ll stay here next year for that part, but the snow tubing and family time and friend time was awesome! Try snow tubing. Bring the kids up this way. I hear there’s a place that makes snow. Or, better, let’s meet in Colorado!January 11, 2016 – 7:42 pmReplyCancel

  • Sandra - A poop mask???? Today’s generation has all the fun! I could have had so much fun if that thing existed when my kids were little. I would have been wearing that bad boy in the school yard while picking up the kids. What a great threat! “You better be good or mommy will wear the poop mask at your next swimming lesson!”
    PS: Great little montage on the sledding hill. I’m working up the nerve to start a YouTube channel to vlog but I don’t even know how to work the record button on my phone.January 11, 2016 – 10:46 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - I know right? They are SO LUCKY and they don’t even realize it! LOL to picking the kids up from school wearing that bad boy 🙂
      Oh you MUST start a YouTube channel. Seriously. I can help you!January 11, 2016 – 7:43 pmReplyCancel

  • Kerry - I love how smart children are. He wasn’t so sure about the whole not being home for Christmas thing.
    🙂
    Glad Santa still found him.
    I love all your favourite posts listed here. I did a similar post.January 11, 2016 – 11:54 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - They really are smart, huh? And yeah, I think next year that we’ll stay home for Christmas.January 11, 2016 – 7:44 pmReplyCancel

  • Dana - I guess that mask gives new meaning to the word poophead! Too funny. I watched your tubing video when you posted on FB – very cool. Although it did make me a bit queasy. 😉January 11, 2016 – 9:39 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Yeah to the poophead. I think the official name of the mask is Doo Doo Head. Sigh. Sorry for the queasy – I think that has more to do with my edit skills than the experience!January 11, 2016 – 10:46 pmReplyCancel

  • christine - Oh. My. Word. A poop mask?!?!?! Never in a million years…

    Looks like you all had a most marvelous Christmas! That Santa is one smart guy. We have never spent Christmas Eve at home, so he comes to our house a day early.

    That boy of yours is one adorable kid.January 11, 2016 – 9:51 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Wait, what? You’ve never spent Christmas at home? You must go to family or something and also I SHOULD KNOW THIS (sorry). Also Santa is WAY smart. And poop masks are weird. 😉January 11, 2016 – 10:47 pmReplyCancel

  • tanya - wow what a silly mask! I would have a hard time getting that! lol Your Christmas looks like it was an amazing time 🙂January 12, 2016 – 4:02 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Trust me, I had a hard time that um Santa got it for him but we did need something small (and inexpensive) in Colorado for Christmas morning! 🙂 Thank you!January 13, 2016 – 11:30 amReplyCancel

  • Tamara - But.. did he put a spider on your pillow?
    The Santa Wii confusion makes me laugh! It happens!
    And that snow tubing looks like SUCH fun. I want in.January 12, 2016 – 8:28 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Thank goodness, no, he did not put a spider on my pillow but doesn’t that expression on his face look naughty? 😉
      And the tubing was a blast – I highly recommend going! Truly!January 13, 2016 – 11:33 amReplyCancel

  • Linda Atwell - Out One Ear - I’m so glad your holidays were happy and Santa found Tucker. Happy New Year!January 14, 2016 – 6:49 pmReplyCancel

  • Kenya G. Johnson - Lol where did he even hear about a poop mask???

    We traveled for the majority of the Santa years and we finally were busted on the last one. Paw Paw said something was from Santa that had BEEN under the tree wrapped and Santa happen to use the same wrapping paper as some of the gift that weren’t from Santa. I could see the wheels turning but he held onto the belief for for 11 more months until he wanted to make sure it was okay if he knew we were Santa. 🙁 This was our first Christmas home without Santa. Kinda sad but I was so elated also by staying home that it balanced out.

    Love the video. Cool to having a go Pro. We really wanted to buy one in Jamaica but figured we’d be paying too much for it even it was a duty free item. Our tubing on tha the water was just like that (a group holding a handle on another’s tube).January 15, 2016 – 3:05 pmReplyCancel

  • Kristi Campbell - Aw that IS kinda sad that it was your first year without Santa! But staying home – that’s really nice. I think that next year, we’ll go travel on December 26 because the whole Santa questions thing was pretty stressful! Yikes. And the poop mask – he watches these YouTube videos about a family called Skylander Boy and Girl and the dad or the boy had it on in one of them. He’s been asking for months and months.
    And yeah, the Go Pro is cool but I also haven’t taken it out since we went tubing. so… and I’ll bet the tubing on the water was amazing!!January 18, 2016 – 6:53 pmReplyCancel

I want to tell you a story before I tell you about the 6 reasons why asking why is important. Each of us tells and has stories that stay. Words we hold onto when we’re frightened, hopeful, in awe, and lost. Rhymes and mantras from childhood visit us over the years. We learn new ones […]

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  • Dana - Oh, this is a GOOD word. It reminds me of when my kids were toddlers and asked “Why?” about everything. And then they stopped doing it all the time. But we should never stop. Asking why is what helps us grow and Become.

    You’re so wise, Kristi. That’s one of the many reasons WHY I love you.January 7, 2016 – 10:08 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - LOL to the “Why?” with toddlers and we so should never stop. Why do we do the stuff we don’t want to? Is it worth it? Why do we do things that aren’t good for us? Who are we punishing? And your YOUness is WHY I love you too, you.January 7, 2016 – 10:52 pmReplyCancel

  • Allie - I can’t believe that happened to Tucker! That happened to Hunter/Me in kindergarten. I was at the bus-stop and the bus pulled away and i freaked! No Hunter. (He’d fallen asleep on the bus – no one woke him, and the driver didn’t see him till the end of the route, at walk through!.

    Anyway – I love your word. And I’m already asking nyself – WHY – why I wrote the rant post I did. Oh well. It’s out there now! Happy New Year!January 7, 2016 – 10:12 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - OMG the falling asleep!!! That was actually what I was hoping for but Tucker hasn’t napped for years now yikes. I’m so so SO lucky that the route was the same. He told me tonight that he’d have gotten off anywhere and have been smart and found his way home. The streets here are CRAZZZZY busy… OMG I just can’t!!!!
      I’m sure your post is amazing. As always.January 7, 2016 – 10:54 pmReplyCancel

  • Emily - Your questions are great and as you’ll see in my post, I touch on #5 as well. As for the terrifying incident with Tucker, I’ve so been there (we lost Big dude once in a mall and Little Dude one time in Costa Rica! Both times were for maybe 3 minutes, but it felt like 3 days). And yes to words that we aspire to – I suppose that’s what I chose this week. So much better than a resolution — makes much more sense to me!January 7, 2016 – 10:42 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Emily,
      Thanks for joining, and for your great comment – I’ll bet Costa Rica was terrifying! I lost Tucker in a clothing rack once at a mall – like you said, it was probably for three minutes but it felt like days! I like the one word thing much more than resolutions, too, although I probably should make some that I’ll keep…January 8, 2016 – 1:46 pmReplyCancel

  • Lisa @ The Meaning of Me - What a great choice for a word! I love the questions and “why” is something we work on with Zilla a lot. I probably need to do it for myself more. Thinking about the reasons behind our own actions and sometimes the actions of others is a big part of understanding behavior.
    Now I have to go finish my post…January 7, 2016 – 10:48 pmReplyCancel

    • Lisa @ The Meaning of Me - Argh – I wasn’t finished!
      I am so glad Tucker’s OK – I think I would have freaked out in your shoes. I do that. 😀 Hug that little man so tight.January 7, 2016 – 11:35 pmReplyCancel

      • Kristi Campbell - Um I freaked out a little bit, Lisa! Luckily, he was running toward me really quickly… not sure what I’d have done if he’d been on a totally different route. Wait there? Drive to school? Drive around? UGH. Scary!January 8, 2016 – 2:02 pmReplyCancel

        • Lisa @ The Meaning of Me - Yes, that part is terrifying – luckily it didn’t happen. Probably a good time to put that contingency plan in place, right? Just in case…and hopefully you never need it. So did the school/bus company have any answers about how and why that even happened?January 8, 2016 – 3:33 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - I think you’re right Lisa – that thinking about why we do things helps. The good and the bad. Hopefully, asking why more will cause positive change. xoJanuary 8, 2016 – 1:47 pmReplyCancel

  • Julie S. - This is so brilliant! I love that you are asking yourself and challenging yourself as your word. What a great choice and great 6 reasons.January 8, 2016 – 12:20 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Thanks, Julie! I hope I’ll remember to question things regularly all year long!January 8, 2016 – 2:01 pmReplyCancel

  • Kenya G. Johnson - Great word because even as adults don’t we still ask this all the time of everything? Stuff I don’t know the answer too STILL.

    LOL I have learned that craving most anything is because you are thirsty. Have I learned FROM that yet? Nope! I shall go get some water now.

    Yeah and um WHY do I have to deal with bad breath???

    Anyway BRILLIANT!

    And so sorry you had that moment with a lost Tucker. That’s only happened to me once and he did stay behind. I just forgot.January 8, 2016 – 7:58 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Ok ok don’t deal with bad breath 🙂 and yeah, I still don’t know the answers to a ton of stuff but I hope I ask myself why I’m doing what I’m doing more. I think I tend to withdraw and veg out when I don’t want to deal with something which just makes it worse. Plus, it’s not good to binge on Netflix right? 😉
      And yeah, the lost Tucker was pretty horrible while it lasted. I feel so so lucky that he was on a route that he knew and that the stop was in running distance to his regular one. Yikes. I’m glad to know that it only happened to you once. Hopefully this is our one and done!January 8, 2016 – 2:05 pmReplyCancel

  • Echo - I love this so much! There is never a shortage of why in my life, LOL!

    Oh man, I had a transportation company drive my son to his program for the first time and I was a NERVOUS wreck! I called at EXACTLY 9:15 to make sure he checked in!January 8, 2016 – 12:23 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - I’m so so glad to know that you called at exactly 9:15 to check! Reminds me of the first time my son went on a field trip. I followed the bus. Gah. This was scary though yesterday – thank God it was a route similar to ours and he knew where he was!!January 8, 2016 – 2:14 pmReplyCancel

  • Lisa @ Golden Spoons - That’s a great word! I think we should all think a little more about the “why’s” sometimes instead of just going through the motions.January 8, 2016 – 12:31 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - I think so too, Lisa. Like why do I avoid doing some things around the house that I know I’ll be really happy about having done? I try to blame Netflix but think it’s me…January 8, 2016 – 2:15 pmReplyCancel

  • Jamie - Can i just say that I love your writing. So very very much. Why is an incredible word. An applying as you are “Why am I doing this?” “Why am I fearful?” “Why does this make me CRAZY?” “Why do I love my child so?” these questions can only help us discover who we are right now. Not what we were. Not who we want to be. Not who we think we should be. xoxoxo Hears to a wonderful year of self-discovery.January 8, 2016 – 1:45 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Thank you Jamie! Your encouragement means so so much to me. I appreciate it. And I agree that WHY is an incredible word, full of power and the ability to help us to really look at our patterns, when we’re hiding, escaping, and when we’re present and involved. Here’s to great 2016 for each of us!January 8, 2016 – 2:16 pmReplyCancel

  • Kenya G. Johnson - Was Tucker originally in that picture???January 8, 2016 – 2:54 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - No. But I thought it was weird to use a kid from Canva when I have a million of my own kid and I didn’t want anybody to think it was him! LOLJanuary 8, 2016 – 3:19 pmReplyCancel

      • Kenya G. Johnson - Oh I knew it wasn’t here. Not only did it not look like him but he had 80’s hair. Like the little boy from Who’s the Boss.January 8, 2016 – 3:52 pmReplyCancel

  • Tamara - It’s the most perfect word. Wow. Never even occurred to me.
    Why. So many reasons why and why not.
    And that story! Breaks the heart. I’m so glad all is well. I’m sure the image of his tear-stained face will stay with you!January 8, 2016 – 11:05 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Thanks Tamara! Yeah, the story wasn’t the best but at least it had a super happy ending. And some good lessons for us and for the school. Thanks for liking my word of the year!January 10, 2016 – 6:14 pmReplyCancel

  • Jennifer Hall - Well, as long as you’re asking yourself why….I say that cuz I’m a big why asker myself, but when I ask why of others too much, they get annoyed. 🙂January 9, 2016 – 6:47 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - LOL to others getting annoyed when you ask why, Jen! I picture it almost like a toddler you know? The WHY? 😉January 10, 2016 – 6:18 pmReplyCancel

  • Sandra - Why? Best word of the year I’ve read so far. It’s perfect. I thought of participating in this and my words were the common ones like ‘health,’ ‘life,’ and I also had ‘acceptance.’ I would probably go with ‘supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’ but I had to Google the spelling and the meaning so then I was like, “Maybe not.”January 11, 2016 – 12:30 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Sandra, you’re SO kind. Thank you and now I have to google supercalifragilisticexpialidocious… Ok I googled it and am still confused. Maybe your “maybe not” was wise. xoJanuary 18, 2016 – 5:14 pmReplyCancel

  • Mimi - Kristi, I totally adored this! From the heart wrenching story at the start, goodness you and T must have had quite the scare, to the thoughtful and amazing questions at the end. Thank you for reminding us how important it is to ask why? xoJanuary 12, 2016 – 12:34 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Thank you Mimi! Yeah, the scare was pretty intense. I still worry about it but have spoken to the school and transportation etc. Hopefully the bus monitors will be talked to about making sure to ask a kid if he’s on the right bus if it’s somebody they don’t see everyday.January 18, 2016 – 5:20 pmReplyCancel

  • Linda Atwell - Out One Ear - Why is an excellent word Krsiti! For some of the same reasons listed above, I could be asking myself why a lot more.

    BTW, I would be freaking out if the school/school bus lost my kid. I’m sure I’ve buried some memory of one of the kids getting lost–possibly at the mall, but I do know that for those moments, the feelings were excruciating. I’m so glad it was resolved quickly.January 14, 2016 – 7:00 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Hi Linda!
      Yeah, three minutes feels like a lifetime when panicking intensely but we really were lucky. That the bus he got on was on the same route with a stop so close by is pretty incredible really, considering the number of busses that go all over the place! Yikes though…January 18, 2016 – 5:22 pmReplyCancel

Do you remember my friend Ivy’s six sentence stories? I love this prompt and hope to participate more in the future. My first stories have been about a woman named Denise, and tonight, I continue with this fiction and her story. *** Squatting next to the mound that-might-be-a-grave in the fake-Prada lady’s garden thinking about past […]

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  • clark - what an excellent Six!
    talk about creating a scene and pulling the reader into it!…. backwater shopping mall as a semi-Tolkian, half-western ghost Town… damn! nicely crafted and more, I trust from Denise and Sam in the future!

    coolDecember 24, 2015 – 8:21 pmReplyCancel

  • clark - hey!! FRIST!December 24, 2015 – 8:21 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - FRIST indeed! Merry Christmas Eve, you!December 24, 2015 – 8:31 pmReplyCancel

    • Lizzi - DamnitDecember 24, 2015 – 8:37 pmReplyCancel

      • Kristi Campbell - LOL

        Who posts and comments on Christmas anyway?December 27, 2015 – 2:09 amReplyCancel

        • Lizzi - IKR? No-life people with not-busy-enough ‘Real’…? (Oh, wait…)December 27, 2015 – 11:27 amReplyCancel

          • Kristi Campbell - Xactly.December 27, 2015 – 10:42 pm

          • Lizzi - :p Reckon next year might be a different kettle of fish *crosses fingers*December 28, 2015 – 4:08 am

  • Emily - I’m thankful for friendship too, including yours even though we still haven’t met IRL – some day!! In addition to your friendship, I am thankful for the important messages about empathy that you convey to the blogging community and beyond…happy new year Kristi!December 26, 2015 – 1:30 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Emily – YES very please (as Tucker would say) to meeting IRL some day – sooner than later. I’m thankful for you, your friendship, wisdom, experience and voice. Happy happy new year to you and yours!!December 27, 2015 – 2:11 amReplyCancel

  • My Inner Chick - ****everybody is important, and that each of us has a story to tell, whether we live in a car or in a castle****

    Isn’t that the truth?

    Once we realized this, the world will become so much sweeter.

    Happy 2016 xxxxDecember 28, 2015 – 1:57 pmReplyCancel

  • Tamara - I’m so thankful for my in person friends, and blogging friends, and those amazing ones that are both. Like you!
    I love your fiction because I can see it all so clearly.December 28, 2015 – 9:38 pmReplyCancel

  • Nina - I really loved this and I hope you had a great Christmas.December 30, 2015 – 7:32 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Thanks, Nina! It was great, thank you. I hope you had a restful break and will have a fabulous 2016!January 3, 2016 – 4:33 pmReplyCancel

  • Innovo - Thank you for sharing such a powerful message with us!December 31, 2015 – 2:46 pmReplyCancel

  • Chris Carter - Oh that just caught my breath and made me tear up! Sigh… Just beautiful, my friend.

    I miss you so much and I really hope you had a fantastic holiday break!! Here’s to a NEW YEAR of our friendship, sweetie! I wish you ALL the very BEST this year… and always.January 4, 2016 – 1:29 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Aw thank you so so much, Chris!! I hope you had an amazing holiday as well. We went to Colorado and Tucker had a blast! We went tubing. I hope that you’re doing so so well. xoJanuary 5, 2016 – 8:18 pmReplyCancel

  • Allie - Sorry I’m so late! I kind of checked out for a couple of weeks, and now catching up with my girls. You did a really good job with this Kristi! I’m proud of you.January 4, 2016 – 9:59 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - I’m so so late, too. We just got back from Colorado on Thursday, then did Santa here, and all of the things. I’m proud to be your friend. Thank you.January 5, 2016 – 11:03 pmReplyCancel

  • marcia @Menopausalmom - This is wonderful! I hope your holidays were beautiful and peaceful and that maybe you finally had some time to pamper yourself! Love you!January 5, 2016 – 6:48 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - I’m SO behind! Thank you thank you and I so very hope that your holidays were magical as well 🙂 Love YOU!!!January 5, 2016 – 11:09 pmReplyCancel

Dear Younger Me, One day, you’ll write a letter to you, now, from the perspective that comes from time. A letter to my younger self, you’ll think. Keep in mind that the person I write to will always be younger than the one on the keyboard. After all, every second, I become less young than […]

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  • Kelly L McKenzie - This is the post I knew you would write with a prompt of Dear Me. Absolutely splendid. From the honesty during sex to the skydiving. Damn. It’s good.December 17, 2015 – 10:05 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Aw Kelly! What a sweet, sweet thing to say. Thank you so very much. xoDecember 18, 2015 – 3:41 pmReplyCancel

  • Dana - I love all of this. But my favorite is “One person’s sentence, or touch, may just change you.” We are all connected, and sometimes it’s easy to forget that.

    Oh, and the sunscreen one is my second favorite.December 17, 2015 – 10:06 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - I wish I’d had this letter for just the sunscreen reason back in my teens and early 20’s when I fried myself over and over! And thank you!!!December 18, 2015 – 3:43 pmReplyCancel

  • Allie - I think this is my favorite Kristi post – ever. Seriously. Beautiful. And um, you skydived? Yikes. No, tell your younger self, no. But, that’s just scardy pants me. Yes, to the no smoking and to wearing sunblock. Good lord, what were we thinking? But this, this is poetic: “Be something that you’re proud of talking about. If you’re not her now, walk towards her. Embrace her. She’ll surprise you in the very best of ways.” Shivers! Love…December 17, 2015 – 10:07 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Allie! Really? Wow. Thank you so so much my lovely friend. I’m so glad it’s one of your favorites! Wow. And yeah, I’ve been skydiving five or six times I think. It’s actually a blast but I wouldn’t do it now that I’m a mom. xoDecember 18, 2015 – 3:52 pmReplyCancel

  • Deborah L. Bryner - Love it! Well said indeed…December 17, 2015 – 10:08 pmReplyCancel

  • Nicki - Stunning.
    “Hug. Hug hard, and only hug when you mean it.”
    And also skydiving. And really the whole thing.
    xoxoDecember 17, 2015 – 10:23 pmReplyCancel

  • JT Walters - Dear Me,

    Your son with two rare disorders is an incredible gift in that has earned you the title of Mom but also Pioneer of new territories, as all special needs Mom’s are, and while you are a pioneer your experiences, feelings, trials, hardships and joys are not unique at all. The world is filled with incredible pioneer parents that you have been blessed by their friendships.

    You are forging a new path but so are so many others. Sometimes you do not see that as clearly because you are forced to fight so hard for even basic rights like medicine when your child is sick. The pain you feel when your child is denied medicine or services you would not wish on your worst enemy and yet your child is still without which means someone has wished it on you and him.

    Your son has done better than anyone has ever expected and the government has given both of you nothing but an exceptionally hard time.December 17, 2015 – 10:39 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Sigh. Sorry you’re still having a rough time getting Alex what he needs. I agree though that all special needs moms are blessed and pioneers.December 18, 2015 – 3:57 pmReplyCancel

  • Christine Organ - What a lovely and wise letter.December 17, 2015 – 11:03 pmReplyCancel

  • Katy @ Experienced Bad Mom - Kristi, so beautiful! I needed to read this today. I loved reading about hugging hard, being kinder, forgetting what people may think and wearing sunscreen.December 18, 2015 – 7:33 amReplyCancel

  • Emily - I think this is one of my favorite posts of yours, because I simply love everything you’ve told your younger self…all so important and relevant and real. I think these kinds of thoughts are so meaningful, especially during this time of year as we celebrate, reflect and look towards a new year. Happy holidays Kristi!December 18, 2015 – 10:46 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Really? Wow. That’s so so sweet, Emily. Thank you! Happy holidays to you and your family! I hope they’re magical and memorable.December 18, 2015 – 6:40 pmReplyCancel

  • Emily - And, I just noticed that someone else above also said it’s her favorite post of yours…I swear I didn’t see that until after I wrote that it was my favorite…which means only one thing: this is an awesome post. 🙂December 18, 2015 – 10:47 amReplyCancel

  • Michele - Kristi, this is beauty at its finest. The lessons we want to tell our younger selves aren’t always happy or easy, but they are a testament to just how strong we are, now. And damn, girl, you have done it all! Skydiving? Scuba diving? Buying CDs?!? 🙂December 18, 2015 – 11:29 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - LOL to the buying CDs being on the same list as skydiving and scuba, Michele. And yeah, but I lived for a long time before I got Tucker, so there’s that. xo to you and very happy holidays to you and your beautiful family. Did you send a photo to the doctor’s office? I hope so. xoDecember 18, 2015 – 11:38 pmReplyCancel

  • Reta Jayne - Holy moley, Kristi! Thank you for this. It almost felt like you could be writing it to me too… I loved it so much, it had to be shared on my personal FB page… Who knows? Maybe it’ll have a similar impact on someone else…December 19, 2015 – 12:27 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Wow, Reta Jayne – thank you so much for sharing it. I’m glad that you enjoyed it so much and really appreciate you saying so. 🙂December 19, 2015 – 5:08 pmReplyCancel

  • Kenya G. Johnson - I try to hug only when I mean it but huggers don’t see the invisible barrier. LOL!

    But seriously so many good points here. I love how you went deep, and broke it down to even your 5 minutes ago self. And I just LOVE this post. I feel like you just threw a warm blanket around me – with words that say there’s still time, hang in there, life will be beautiful, it just has to be.

    P.S. Today I’d rather sky drive than scuba dive. I snorkeled in Jamaica this summer that was beautiful but it took my breath away above water. I can’t imagine being all up in it.December 20, 2015 – 10:27 amReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - LOL to the invisible barrier, Kenya! And for me, I found scuba diving to be easier than snorkeling because when you’re on the surface, you really feel the waves and current, but when you’re all up in it, you don’t, if that makes sense! So glad this post gave you a warm blanket even though it’s 70 something degrees and it’s Christmas almost! 😉December 23, 2015 – 9:41 amReplyCancel

  • Peggy Maki - Hi Kristi, my name is Peggy, I am a retired but not too old RN, I was asked to read your blog by a Doctor in Turkey, I am from Canada.
    This is the note I received this morning from ilke,
    Peggy,
    This blogger is a very humanistic person. I hope that she will be aware of GSH-immunity and her child will use it.Have U written her?
    She has a 4 yr old autistic boy, this summer she wrote to me because she wanted to know if I could help her. I am just beginning to read blogs, I had not yet come across yours. I read your latest entry this morning and decided that ilke is most right. As she said you are a most compassionate, wonderful mom, mom’s with special needs children are acceptional in most cases. I use to be a special needs teachers assistant and most of my charges were autistic children of many ages and everywhere on the spectrum. This gave me a tiny tiny bit of realization of what a family life is with an autistic child. There is so much love and a lot of compassion and hardship that goes along with this situation.
    It has become my focus to try to communicate with parents of autistic children and reach out to them to try to give my information so it is accepted. I know well that parents of asd have tried SO many ideas, regeimes, treatments, medications, remedies, modalities and most often some work but not effective enough it does sour them for new information. It might sound like a pitance and it is but it is a first step, since Aug this year with ikle’s help I have reached out to over 15 sets of parents in Turkey and so far each of these families are seeing benefits. Children are ranging in age from 4 to 13, most nonverbal, most about 1/2 way up the autistic spectrum, all have had special ed from early age, all have had exceptional supplements beyond, all have absolutely caring and loving progressive parents, all were not seeing results they wished to until they heard my science. It is because of Doctor ilke Topcu that gave me the push and go ahead to get out to parents of autistic children and give them my information. SO here goes for you ………… I pray you will read and understand, I pray that you will ask questions, questions give the mind peace and realization that there is a missing link to theri puzzle, their highly intellingent most often genius child has a way to emerge from their clouded brain.
    I cannot begin to imagine how frustrating and painful that is must be to be so clouded in your brain that you have to learn daily how to cope with everything. Not being able to form new pathways, having the ones that are formed clogged and blocked, it must be so hard to feel sick in your stomach most days because the nutrients are not being absorbed, your cells are not getting the nutrients they need, your cells are crying out for help and all you can do is cope with each moment in the day that is. Not being able to communicate well, if at all, I cannot imagine. I also cannot imagine the ability of these brains because in all this they learn to cope, in their own way but they cope.December 20, 2015 – 1:23 pmReplyCancel

  • Peggy Maki - Hi Kristi, my name is Peggy, I am a retired but not too old RN, I was asked to read your blog by a Doctor in Turkey, I am from Canada.
    This is the note I received this morning from ilke,
    Peggy,
    This blogger is a very humanistic person. I hope that she will be aware of GSH-immunity and her child will use it.Have U written her?
    She has a 4 yr old autistic boy, this summer she wrote to me because she wanted to know if I could help her. I am just beginning to read blogs, I had not yet come across yours. I read your latest entry this morning and decided that ilke is most right. As she said you are a most compassionate, wonderful mom, mom’s with special needs children are acceptional in most cases. I use to be a special needs teachers assistant and most of my charges were autistic children of many ages and everywhere on the spectrum. This gave me a tiny tiny bit of realization of what a family life is with an autistic child. There is so much love and a lot of compassion and hardship that goes along with this situation.
    It has become my focus to try to communicate with parents of autistic children and reach out to them to try to give my information so it is accepted. I know well that parents of asd have tried SO many ideas, regeimes, treatments, medications, remedies, modalities and most often some work but not effective enough it does sour them for new information. It might sound like a pitance and it is but it is a first step, since Aug this year with ikle’s help I have reached out to over 15 sets of parents in Turkey and so far each of these families are seeing benefits. Children are ranging in age from 4 to 13, most nonverbal, most about 1/2 way up the autistic spectrum, all have had special ed from early age, all have had exceptional supplements beyond, all have absolutely caring and loving progressive parents, all were not seeing results they wished to until they heard my science. It is because of Doctor ilke Topcu that gave me the push and go ahead to get out to parents of autistic children and give them my information. SO here goes for you ………… I pray you will read and understand, I pray that you will ask questions, questions give the mind peace and realization that there is a missing link to theri puzzle, their highly intellingent most often genius child has a way to emerge from their clouded brain.
    I cannot begin to imagine how frustrating and painful that is must be to be so clouded in your brain that you have to learn daily how to cope with everything. Not being able to form new pathways, having the ones that are formed clogged and blocked, it must be so hard to feel sick in your stomach most days because the nutrients are not being absorbed, your cells are not getting the nutrients they need, your cells are crying out for help and all you can do is cope with each moment in the day that is. Not being able to communicate well, if at all, I cannot imagine. I also cannot imagine the ability of these brains because in all this they learn to cope, in their own way but they cope.December 20, 2015 – 1:23 pmReplyCancel

  • Peggy - TO continue: So my science is an amino acid that has been proven to be deficit in the bodies on the austistic scale. It is for a number of reasons, Glutathione, GSH is either deficit or non functioning in its Deoxification job in that body. GSH has a few crucial jobs in the body but the one most affected in the autisitic body is detoxification.
    Science has proven beyond a doubt that heavy metal overload in the autistic body is huge, metals tend to go to the weakest link in a body, in the autisitic body it is the brain and the Digestive system. In a body adaquate with GSH concentrations there is high concentrations of GSH in the brain, eyes, lungs, liver and kidneys. It is because of the jobs GSH does.
    There are many kinds of GSH in the body, the one that deals with detoxification is a sulphur based one, it acts like sticky fly paper in the body, it recognizes every and all foreign entities, metals, toxins, pollutants, weak / abnormal cells, virus / bacteria ( mutated, latent, active, intra or extracellular ) and attaches itself to them and removes them in a normal natural process thru the kidneys and lungs. GSH is up to 85% intracellular concentrations in cells, it is in every part of our bodies, even in the bone marrow. Because it is so high intracellular it is so important to get it into the cells.
    I am sure most if not all of anyone reading this long post will say enough of GSH because I have tried it and it did not work, or was not enough like everything else I have tried. However this is where money and science comes in to play.
    GSH being extremely well researched world wide and proven in its jobs is pure science, the fact that this is, is economic, big business is GSH and many companies formed providing GSH for consumption but they are not effective for a few reasons. GSH is a big molecule as far as molecules go, it CANNOT be accepted into the cell in its full form, this is the missing link to GSH delivery. There are GSH products in HFS and internet everywhere, they are in forms of sprays, pills, powders, patches, IV, all the products offer the full amino acid so it cannot enter the cell, since 85% of GSH is intracellular you can see why GSH is not being effective for our cells. You only gain about 40% benefits and when dealing with illnesses and toxins overload if you don’t get GSH into the cells; you need to get intracellular help or you are not going to clear the body.
    Science in late 90’s proved that our cells require to replenish their own GSH, it is the Natural order of this process,December 20, 2015 – 1:26 pmReplyCancel

  • Peggy - Kristi, I have so much information but I cannot put it in your reply section, I guess I have to pray that you will contact me and know that I am sorry to post my first part twice!!! Who does that, me because I am not to proficient at blogs!!!!!! I will try one more time to post……………December 20, 2015 – 1:32 pmReplyCancel

  • Peggy - Kristi I can’t post what I wished to, so my number to contact me is 250 – 422 – 3163, my email is makipeggy@hotmail.com, I was just contacted from ilke to ask if you had replied to me, so far not, so I have to hope you will. In the meantime I wish you a wonderful evening and do take care………
    ilke’s son Tuna, in July he was pretty well nonverbal, he was non social, he had periods of tantrums but not too bad. He was truely in his own little world, many allergies, poor digestive system, sleeping poorly. Ilke is a Pediatric Immunologist and Allergist and was SO frustrated she was just not quite able to help him and it was then she contacted me.
    This is what she said of Tuna only 3 days ago,
    Dec 17 / 15
    Tuna is so well. Every day he says and does something new. His memory has sharpened and became strong as a knife. He is a happier child with his wonderful potential giving rebirth to the world. I want to give a huge kiss to the person who invented GSH-immunity:)
    I communicate, I LOVE my children I am helping, I have all their pictures, I aid the families along their healing journey, it IS differant for each child, if I have communication I can help them.
    I know I can help your son, you need to make the first step, do take care PDecember 20, 2015 – 7:40 pmReplyCancel

    • Kristi Campbell - Peggy,
      Thank you for reaching out and for the information. I appreciate it and will look into it. Thank you.December 23, 2015 – 9:44 amReplyCancel

  • Tamara - I love the part about not faking pleasure.. for anything.
    Also, “Be swept away, but never fully.” That’s sort of my thing. My goal.
    It all reads so perfectly. May we all follow this advice, young and old.December 21, 2015 – 10:16 amReplyCancel

  • Lisa @ Golden Spoons - Simply Beautiful!December 21, 2015 – 3:18 pmReplyCancel

  • Sandra - I was actually welling up with emotion near the end of this post, but I’m at work, and I wasn’t about to cry in front of my co-workers so I diverted my attention back to the first cartoon of the kids talking about the Poprocks. I showed the cartoon to my co-workers, and then we started reminiscing about Tab cola…see what you started? 🙂 Beautiful post Kristi.December 28, 2015 – 3:45 amReplyCancel

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