When Meeting Kids’ Needs Is No Longer Fun
“You have never had to do anything this hard in your life,” our teen son said to us after being given the job of raking and moving an enormous pile…
When Parents Lose Their Minds over “Flip Sequin” Shirts
There is a new fad called “brush changing sequins”. You can find these appealing, brushing sequins on everything from key chains to bedspreads. I had a little girl come into…
When No One Brings You a Casserole
A casserole is the ultimate comfort food for me. It doesn’t matter what the ingredients are. They are almost always creamy warm comfort, oozing with cheese. My husband who is…
How Motherhood Turned Me Inside Out
I can remember the first time someone criticized one of my children. My son was about a year old, sitting on the floor in a white onesie. A neighbor was…
Unseen Kids; The Silent Drowning of Siblings of Special Needs Kids
They say that drowning is a silent death which is what makes it so dangerous. Muffled voices underwater, limbs flailing where no one can see them, and then under they…
Surviving Middle School When it Sucks
Let’s face it. Middle school sucks. There is this food chain in middle school, and everyone is in survival mode trying to stay off the bottom of the food chain…
If I Could Be Your Memory Keeper
What I hope you remember… Please remember how you nestled into my arms, and we read Llama, Llama Red Pajama over and over again….. Remember how I made sure to…
Parenting Shame
Shame: a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior. The phone was propped on my shoulder as I listened intently while my…
Life on a Raft; isolation in special needs families
“Who is going to take Ava to her soccer games this week?” my husband asked, concerned. “I don’t know. I will think of someone to call,” I responded, although I…