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Continue reading →: Florida, Volusia CountyBy: Fran Martin Credit To: Psychology Today (some of my blog is research from Psychology Today) One of my happy places in life now I am realizing. I never in the past would allow myself to feel happiness or enjoy things in life. When it comes to our own happiness. …
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Continue reading →: A Man By the Name of Dave
By: Fran Martin Therapy. What is it exactly? By definition it is treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder. What kinds of therapy are there out there in the world? Among the more common types of therapy are: Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic therapies. Cognitive-behavioral therapy. Dialectical-behavior therapy. Family or group therapy. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing. Marriage…
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Continue reading →: Shopaholic
By: Fran Martin What is a shopaholic exactly? The word alcoholic refers to someone who has a serious disorder. Addictive shopping can be serious, too, but the word shopaholic is most often used playfully to suggest mere excess rather than true addiction. Shopaholic first appeared in print in 1977. It was formed on the model of alcoholic,…
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Continue reading →: A Letter to our Son
April 12, 2024 To Our Dearest Son Jason, Mommy and Daddy want to write a letter to you to let you know how incredibly much you are loved by us. We both remember it was a snowy Monday of February 16, 2015. Daddy brought me to The Olive Garden for…
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Continue reading →: My Career
By Fran Martin When my son was two I was still working at the school that I am back at today. I thought that what I wanted at the time was to stay home with my son, still having the postpartum depression so I thought if I left where I…
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Continue reading →: Faith
Photo Credit: Michele Roman @ micheleromanphotography.com By: Fran Martin When my sisters and I were little and growing up my parents brought us to The Newtown United Methodist Church located in Sandy Hook, Connecticut. We didn’t always like going to church, we had to go early in the morning and…
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Continue reading →: Postpartum Depression
This is one of my stories. I got married at the age of 28 and my husband and I got pregnant nine years later. Our pregnancy was an unplanned one. During my pregnancy I was not on any kind of antidepressant. During my first trimester I was very sleepy and…
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Continue reading →: One of My Journeys
Hello everyone. I wanted to take the time to introduce myself and tell you all a little bit about me. My name is Fran Martin and I am 45 years old. I live in Connecticut with my husband Jason and my son Jason age 9. I am a Special Education…
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Continue reading → : Me
Hello! I am super excited to introduce myself, I am Fran Martin, and I am a Special Education Teacher Self-Contained Elementary in Waterbury for students with special needs. I am starting the new journey of beginning a blog about special education because I have a passion for this subject area.…
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I’m Fran! I am 45 years old. I live in Danbury, Connecticut with my 9 year old son, Jason and my husband Jason. I am a special education teacher in Waterbury, Connecticut. I am passionate about writing, reading, doing pallet projects, doing run challenges and having deep meaningful conversations with people. I am a blogger of skiesofblue.org and I love to write about things that are going on in my life’s journey. I love to connect with people and I am most happy when I am either helping someone or giving to them. I wake up in the morning excited about life and energized for a new and exciting day to begin. I love life, I love God, I love my family and I love my friends. I hope you enjoy reading my blogs as much as I enjoy writing them. My blog name is Fran my childhood nickname and Martin is my maiden name, hence Fran Martin.
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