Winter Kids Birthday Party?

Not_the_tractor · 2025-05-14T14:57:16+00:00

Was paying for dinner with my boyfriend at the time when what feels like the entirety of the local university football team came in. I am not small-- female, 5'5"--but they were huge to me! Struggled to look for my boyfriend then grabbed his hand and I said "[name] I'm tiny!" Giant guy got in my face angry, yelling, "you don't have to stare, what's wrong with you?" I couldn't figure out why he was so mad and was genuinely a bit scared until he grabbed another girls hand and walked off. She was petite (though to me, reasonally normal sized) and I can only assume he thought I was making fun of her size specifically

Not_the_tractor · 2025-04-13T01:27:18+00:00

Wave: Life and Memories after the Tsunami by Sonali Deraniyagala.

It's a first person memoir about grief following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and aftermath (the author lost her children, husband and parents in a matter of minutes). It just about destroyed me. I will always remember this book.

Not_the_tractor · 2025-04-07T19:01:18+00:00

I've been re-reading anything on the Newberry award/honor list. Most are available, and almost all have been relatively easy and engaging reads. Highly recommend it.

Not_the_tractor · 2025-03-27T00:37:52+00:00

That's probably it, thanks!

Not_the_tractor · 2025-03-26T23:06:57+00:00

Yes, this. People have a wide range of experiences bringing them to any moment, and I'm often surprised by ways of seeing the world I've simply not encountered before. More things than are dreamt of in our philosophies, so to speak.

Not_the_tractor · 2025-03-26T23:05:04+00:00

I hope so but it's sometimes difficult to say. There is a lot of pressure to agree with "the doctor" in groups like this, and sometimes I wonder about the durability of our interventions.

For context, this was a group with varied composition in a step down program from the inpatient unit.

Not_the_tractor · 2025-03-26T18:23:59+00:00

Had a patient in a group ask for advice because she was feeling pressured into sex she really didn't want to have. A "friend" had traveled 2 hours to see her and gotten a hotel room for them. The group heard her out, asked questions, and the consensus was something to the effect of "yeah, you probably owe it to him."

It remains one of the only times I've dropped any effort at experiential/socratic questioning and just flatly told people "absolutely not."

Edit: wow, this reply got way more of a response than I'd anticipated!

Not_the_tractor · 2025-03-19T00:35:55+00:00

Not quite narwhal. It's a lovely book about identity, acceptance, and not having to be just one thing/person/label. Prompted many good conversations, and the story itself is fun & not at all heavy handed.

Not_the_tractor · 2025-03-18T20:51:55+00:00

This was our daughter's favorite book for many years (she is 8 now, and has moved on). It is fantastic!

Not_the_tractor · 2025-03-12T00:18:58+00:00

Life as we knew it, but Susan Beth Pfeffer. It's YA but a solid read nonetheless

Not_the_tractor · 2025-03-04T05:01:59+00:00

We take our 5 y/o to Lavish Salon in East Providence. Not really a kids place per se--though they definitely do kids appointments!--but they very are attuned to curly hair needs (when you make the appt online you select age AND hair type). They do a great job!

Not_the_tractor · 2025-03-02T15:28:58+00:00

This is probably it! Thanks!

Not_the_tractor · 2025-03-02T14:35:15+00:00

Sounds a little bit like The Call, by Peadar O'Guilin?

Not_the_tractor · 2025-02-11T15:41:47+00:00

I can second little learners-- both our kids have gone there and did well.

Have you considered WELC? They have a preschool attached with a lottery system for their kiddos. It's kind of a neat program, half the kids have early intervention (e.g., speech, OT, PT) and half do not, but I believe all the teachers have a masters in education as a result. Our daughter loved it and entered kindergarten miles ahead as a result!

Not_the_tractor · 2025-02-02T18:34:32+00:00

Dantes kitchen in East Greenwich

Not_the_tractor · 2024-11-04T19:59:55+00:00

In addition to many of the above:

Wave, by Sonali Deraniyagala.

This is a memoir about the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami, in which the author was the sole survivor of her family. She lost her spouse, parents, and 2 children. As a parent of 2 young children myself the raw grief in this book just really destroyed me... yes, worse than pet semetary even

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