Hello there, I hope you’ve had a relaxing day. I recently found out that all of your children have had to be taken from you in order to ensure their safety so I’m sure your day can’t have been very rewarding. What is mother’s day without your children? Well let me tell you how it […]
Read MoreWhile everyone is busy panicking about all thing surrounding us in life right now there are subsets of parents who are living this emergency in completely different ways. Parents with kids who have special needs of any type are facing an entirely different set of challenges on top of it all. Here are just a […]
Read MoreI am not the Mommy I always wanted to be. My children are not “the reason I breathe” or the “light of my life”. I am not the fabulous career woman I was and wanted to continue to be. Now I am a Trauma Mama. I don’t look great. Most days I don’t even look […]
Read MoreI get asked ALL THE TIME: “What do you do for self care!?” My answer is usually: “Not Enough!” I am always looking for easy ways to take care of myself and coffee has been a major player in this lately! It is really the little things that matter most and there is nothing like […]
Read MoreHas your kid ever told you he is trying to do the right thing but his brain (or head, mind etc.) is telling him to do wrong? Maybe you freaked out thinking your kid was losing his mind. You may have also experienced this yourself, you know the old angel and devil on your shoulders […]
Read MoreMother’s Day 2019 is being put to sleep and I have to say it was likely my favorite yet. This is our third year being mothers to our little monsters. Three extremely exhausting years and holidays only make the days harder. But something was slightly different today. When I woke up early to teach today […]
Read MoreWhen I was young, I always dreamed of being a mommy. I couldn’t wait to do all the “mommy stuff” from rocking to sleep and reading bedtime stories to holiday traditions and family game night and basically every “basic” family thing you can imagine. I wanted to enjoy every second of being Mommy. That is […]
Read MoreThings are far different from when I was a kid. Education is only one of those areas. Check out Why:
Read MoreThere are so many things I have to think of as a parent to kids with special needs. Laundry is a big one for us. You see, one of my little loves is obsessed with dirty laundry. He likes to sniff it and that just does not work for me. So, that means we need […]
Read MoreTomorrow we are having our brand new washer and dryer delivered and installed. To so many people this would be just another day, for us it is a huge day for so many reasons. Let us start with why this is important for me and my wife. The Importance of “New” Growing up we both […]
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