Nora trick or treating from Grandpa
Never before have I been so happy to live in Onslow County North Carolina than I was this Halloween night, 2010. After the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC I wanted to take Nora trick or treating.
I dressed her up in her cute ladybug costume and walked outside at 6:30pm at night. I had heard that trick or treating was supposed to go from 4pm to 7pm so we headed out and on my parents block. Only ONE house had its porch light on! I was so bummed. I headed to that house and Nora trick or treated. There were zero kids on …
Understanding child development can help you strengthen your parenting skills
Note: This is part two of a series about child abuse in Onslow County. For part one, click here.
We, a community of colleagues, parents, family, friends and neighbors – do not accept the statistics of child abuse.
What can we do? We are dismayed as to why children are abused. We ask – who could or would do such a thing?
Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to this question. Abusers aren’t the scary monsters we envision. Sadly, they can be a …
Baby Nora with her Daddy
When my daughter was three weeks old I was still painfully breastfeeding. I knew it “shouldn’t hurt” from my research, but thought that maybe I was experiencing residual pain from prior feeding sessions. It got to the point where I’d gasp when she latched because it hurt so much.
One day, she pulled off of me and gazed up into my eyes with a semi-smile on her face. To my horror the lower half of her face was covered in blood much like a clown would paint his mouth –only Nora’s face was dripping. I could also see pockets …
