While 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 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 MoreOnce upon a time we had a beautiful new house. That was last year when we bought it. We have had so many blowouts over the last year in our new home and there is a ton of damage to the boys’ room. So this was today’s project. To turn this: Into an actual room. Now […]
Read MoreMany people ask what our day to day life looks like. We schedule EVERYTHING. For children with disabilities it is easier to know what the expectations are and when. For kids with food insecurities they have to know when every food item will be available to them. If we deviate from this, even if it […]
Read MoreMany times when I am speaking to friends and family I get asked the same question: “What can I Do to help?”. It is usually followed by a full blown explanation about how the person doesn’t really know how to handle themselves around kids with special needs; or subsequently their parents. I made this little […]
Read MoreDo you know what it’s like to jump every time the phone rings; always in constant fear of what happens next? Or to jump when you hear sirens and pray this time they aren’t coming to your home? Have you ever feared falling asleep in your own home; feared your child could be the cause […]
Read MoreI know the holidays are hard for us. How about you? How do you handle holiday related triggers?
Read MoreSome days in this battle we have small wins. When bad things happen, you have to find the good.
Read MoreSo I had that dream again, the one where my life is going as I had planned it. My family life was fun and exciting yet also calm and un-chaotic. My wife and I went on regular date nights. I was pregnant and due soon. I was doing work I loved and work hardly felt […]
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