Marriage and ADHD

If you’ve read my blog for a while, you might know that my mom had ADHD but my dad does not. They were married for 52 years and I always thought that their marriage was a good one. I don’t remember arguments between them; seemed like they got along pretty well. I know that there […]

Paying Attention to You

I haven’t posted here in a while. First my laptop died, and then I got a really bad chest cold that just knocked the stuffing out of me. There is a saying that you may have heard – something about how the Universe gently nudges you in the right direction, but if you don’t listen, […]

FYI

Just a few things I wanted you to know: My laptop broke last week and it will be a few weeks before I get it back. In the meantime, getting my emails has been a challenge. If you have contacted me and haven’t heard back, or if you want to contact me, here’s what to […]

Renaming ADD

I have decided that Attention Deficit Disorder is not exactly descriptive of how we experience life. We pay plenty of attention. That’s actually part of the problem – we pay attention to everything all at once. The real problem is not attention; it’s action, or lack thereof. ADD should stand for Action Deficit Disorder, not […]

Do You FLY?

Have you heard about Flylady? Flylady is “Your personal online coach to help you gain control of your house and home.” Flylady has a proven system that helps people who suffer from “CHAOS” – “can’t have anyone over syndrome”. I think that in many ways, the Flylady system is ADHD friendly. The system is set […]

Dinner with ADD

Yes, even those of us with ADHD have dinner most days. And those of us who are ADD Moms not only eat it, we have to plan for it and then prepare it too. Do you have a plan for dinner each day? Or are you the way my mom was? Every day about 2 […]