Accessory Tuesday: Blake U-Link Pendant Necklace
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My feed is full of statement pendants. While some might not fly in the office, this unique U-link one would look striking with a dark suit.
This necklace is made from plated 14k gold and features a striking U-link pendant. The 16″ chain’s 2-inch extender means you can lengthen it for a different neckline or layer it with other necklaces you already have.
Ana Luisa’s Blake U-Link Pendant Necklace is $85 at Nordstrom.
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I hate when my mortgage gets sold. The current one and the last one send these scammy, predatory letters trying to sell me a home equity loan or to get me to refi to a higher rate. It’s so exhausting to get these important-looking notices from my mortgage holder only to see it’s another ad. This nonsense should be illegal. Harumph!
Low stakes question but does anyone have the Getaway Bag by No Reception Club? We’re headed to Europe with our one year old for spring break and I am trying to decide if it is worth the price for more organization over our current large diaper backpack bag (where everything gets scrambled).
Related to the discussion below about moms identifying with kids’ struggles, I’d like to point out a separate dynamic– there is a ton of research showing that autism was under-diagnosed among girls in our generation. Now as moms, we are coming across all the new information about how it can present, and new tools for how it can be handled. I think it’s absolutely great if we dive into ways we can help ourselves even as adults!
~Signed, a probably-not-autistic but extra-sensitive mom who wore kid-sized noise cancelling headphones most of this holiday weekend.
Ugh, I’ve posted about my high achieving seemingly perfect oldest before who struggles with anxiety and maybe some OCD. We started her on medication. Felt like things were maybe improving.
Then had a horrible day yesterday. She likes to threaten self harm to get us to do what she wants. And it’s scary but also mean and selfish and it’s hard not to be mad at her about it, even though I know I shouldn’t really be. And she’s in therapy and on the medication and I feel like we are going to such great lengths to help her but I also am scared we might fail. She is quite literally ruining our lives. I should be happy – great job, great husband, great kids. My parents are still healthy. But she single handedly just torches that. It stinks. That is all. Please don’t judge! I made it through the first ten plus years crying maybe once as a parent? Now I cry regularly. I try to protect her three younger siblings from it but it’s hard when she starts engaging in self harm when we’re out as a family for a birthday dinner.
WWYD? We live in a highly rated school district, but one that has seen test scores decline and fighting go up since Covid. Class sizes are 20-22 in K, around 24-28 in grades 1-5, and 30-33 in middle school. That seems awfully high. Screen time is minimal in lower grades but nearly constant in middle and up.
We toured a small private school that is PK-8. They have a Montessori program in early elementary along with a regular program, and I think 2/3 of my kids would do great in that. (The other I think would be better in the regular program). Class sizes are no more than 15, and screen time is much more limited. We toured and were impressed by the behavior and focus of the kids. The school does have services for children with learning differences like dyslexia.
It would be a significant financial sacrifice and would mean I cannot leave my job, which I don’t hate but don’t love (I’d prefer a different role that’s lower paying but also less flexible).
Our options are:
1. Send oldest to public K and hope for the best. Switch her to private if public isn’t working out, though odds of getting in on an “off year” ie not PK, K, or 6 are slimmer.
2. Send oldest to private right from K and just grin and bear the finances.
What would you do? If it’s relevant, our oldest is bright and shy. I do worry about her getting lost in a noisy large classroom.
I recognize this is a sensitive subject so treading lightly but I’m wondering whether anyone else thinks that some parents (not just moms but maybe often moms) become codependent with their kids who have any additional needs. Someone I know has been posting on social media about how “WE are a sensory-sensitive family” and “We have celiac” and I honestly don’t know if she means they literally all have sensory sensitivities and celiac disease or if they all live as if they do because one person in the family is affected. This is just one example and I’ve seen a couple others that give me pause – for example, one of my cousins had very severe peanut allergies growing up (and still does today) and her whole family went nut-free at home, but I was talking to someone else with allergies recently and she said that’s considered a more extreme option and that nowadays, siblings/parents won’t limit themselves from eating nuts (as long as cross-contamination processes were used). Has anyone else noticed what I’m describing?
If you’ve had a partner with severe depression, any tips for how to get through it?
(Married, 2 young kids, some family support, I’m throwing money at everything I can. He’s in intensive outpatient treatment and seeing psychiatry. I started seeing my own therapist.)