My 30th high school reunion was this past weekend and living 10 hours away I had toyed with the idea of going to it, but decided it would just be too expensive and hard to work out. I had lots of mixed feelings being that I didn't have the best experience in high school. I think others out there can relate. I was bullied at times by other girls, and actually couldn't wait for high school to be done so I could graduate and move on with my life. I have wondered sometimes what my high school friends were doing. When I decided to join Facebook I hooked up with some of my old "peeps" and compared notes on our lives. My daughter is going into 10th grade and to her high school of course is the biggest thing in her life right now. She is building much better memories than I had. I have told her more than once that high school is just part of your life. More things are waiting in the future - graduating high school, graduating college, getting married, having children. Looking back and reflecting on the 30 years since high school I realized that high school was part of my life, but that my life really began when I met my husband and started my family. My hubby brought a son to our marriage and he and I have always got along even from the first time we met. My relationship with my stepson is one I feel very lucky to have!
We are heading towards 600 orders for Dominic's business. Since our long-term goal for Baked Goods By Dominic is having a "brick-and-mortar" and hire those with disabilities, it is essential and imperative that I continue to teach him all parts of the business. Since I prompted Dominic for so many years for speech, he has become "prompt dependent." What that essentially means is that he will look at me for a prompt, like, "what do you do next?" I do that one a lot. Dominic has been going to a private speech therapist for over ten years and she reminds me often that Dominic usually will know the answer, if I am patient and wait for him. That has been a very hard habit to break! Dominic has an incredible memory, so I put it to the test this morning. I didn't write out the steps, I wanted to see how much he could do completely on his own. We have a customer picking up his order today, but the only thing that had been done is putting the cookies into t...
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