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Happy New Year!!

By Leslie Lindsay (image source: http://www.okwalls.com/rgb-happy-new-year-2013-hd-wallpaper/rgb-happy-new-year-2013-hd-wallpaper/) Happy 2013!! I’m Leslie–a mom, wife, blogger, basset hound lover, and author of SPEAKING OF APRAXIA (Woodbine House, 2012). The book was most definitetly a labor of love as my oldest daughter–now 7 1/2 years–and doing great–struggled with CAS. There’s also a companion Facebook page for the book. Check it out here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=hp#!/pages/Speaking-of-Apraxia-A-Parents-Guide-to-Childhood-Apraxia-of-Speech/235772599837084 Are you also walking the CAS path? A pediatric SLP? Follow along on “Apraxia Mondays.” Have ideas for this segment of the blog? Want to be featured as an “apraxia parent?” Would you like to highlight some of your SLP achievements, tips, and ideas as a guest blogger? Just shoot me an email or leave a comment. leslie_lindsay@hotmail.com I am feverishly working on my second book–a novel (women’s fiction), which is a big shift from my first book. You’ll see glimpses of this work-in-progress on my “Fiction Friday” blogs. And since I write, I read. You may benefit from that , as I often get inside scoops on the next up-and-coming books and authors. Sometimes I post author interviews, …

In My Brain Today: Days like These

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By Leslie Lindsay There are days that just dont’ work, right? Well, today is one of those days. The only thing that got me out of bed today was, “Oh, yeah…we have some of that new cinnamon sugar butter. Maybe I can put some on my 5-year old’s waffle and steal a few bites for myself.” Really. That’s what got me out of bed today. Never mind the fact that it’s a beautiful May day. After dropping the darling cherubs off at their varioius schools this morning, I headed to Hobby Lobby where I was on the hunt for: large pinecones (maybe the wrong time of year), a cool chalkboard for the laundry room, and perhaps some inspiration for the plant ledge in the master bedroom. Nada. Ladies and gentlemen, this may be the first time I ever walked out of Hobby Lobby empty-handed. The gas station was the next stop. Good news: the regular fuel is now down to just $3.87/gallon. See where this is going? Home to stare at the dorky plant ledge. …

In My Brain Today: The Law of 7s

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By Leslie Lindsay I’m not sure if there is any true, “proof” to this. But have you ever noticed how there is something magically mysterious about the number 7? It’s mentioned in the Bible several times, it comes up in symmetry of design…(as does the number 3) and then there’s the “7-year itch” of course! But for me, well I am thinking more about the “seven year body renewal theory” I have heard for most of my life. That is, the idea that every seven years (give or take 1 or 2), one’s body is completely..uh..re-done. Every cell, every fiber, every thing in one’s body is sort of re-constructed. Now, I don’t know any medical research off the top of my head (ha–even if I had learned that in nurisng school, it would be long gone by now…as that was more than seven years ago!). So, here’s the thing: I feel the need to revamp my life right now. I didn’t know why until I got to chatting with an indivudal at my local coffee shop. We …