The DHX: The Doughtie Houses Exchange

By Jill Davis Doughtie

When I first got involved in helping the kids navigate through their daily lives, there were so many friends and appointments and lessons that it was hard for me to remember where they all were, or even to keep track of all of the addresses. So, I created a private Google map. Every time I got a new address, I Googled it. The Google map that came up in my search results gave me the option of saving the address, marked with a pushpin, to my private Google map, along with any other information I wanted to add (like friends’ parents’ names and phone numbers). Now any time I need to remember out how to get somewhere the kids go on a regular basis, I pull up my private Google map and all their friends’, doctors’, dentists’, and music teachers’ addresses are right there, marked with different colored virtual push pins on my map.

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