On Ivy’s first day home from the hospital she ran outside in the brisk Winter air and became reaquainted with her twin brother, Noah. They had both missed each other. Very much. Share your moments with us this Special Exposure Wednesday. Please remember your comment love at each link you visit. Also blogging…
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Try This Tuesday #49: Every Day Is A Good Day
We can spend so much time thinking about our kids’ needs and just getting through all our daily responsibilities that sometimes it can all be a bit overwhelming. So when I recently read this post about how Storm from All Things Cherished keeps herself from being overwhelmed, I immediately knew it fit into the category…
A Bill of Rights For Parents of Kids With Special Needs
I put this together over at my blog with input from readers, and wanted to share it with all of you here. A Bill of Rights For Parents of Kids With Special Needs We, the parents, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure tranquility (and sanity) and promote the general welfare…
A Moment of Silence For Our Dryer Please…
It finally happened. We knew it was coming. We pretended like we didn’t notice, but we knew. We’d seen the signs for months: Shutting itself off mid-cycle, taking in excess of ninety minutes to dry a load of clothes, entire outfits that suddenly went MIA along with countless single socks, the largish hole that appeared…
How Do We Deal With “Shallow”?
Recently, a clerk (who is also a law student) filed a discrimination suit against major retailer Abercrombie & Fitch. Apparently she was banished to working in the stockroom, because her prosthetic arm didn’t fit in with their “Look Policy” of hip and hoochie. Go get’em Tiger! Last year, I read with dismay about a…
The Nicest Guy in the World
Did you know that when you Google “Who is the nicest guy in the world?” my dad’s name is SECOND on the list? (after a rock star named Steven.) The following is a tribute to my dad, a true Special Needs Grandpa. ** It had been a bad day. I’d gotten a frantic call from…
Micromanage or bust
For the last week I’ve been giving Ivy her intra venous antibiotics. One is a slow push and the other is a pump that infuses the medication over 24 hours. I clean the area and flush the line. It’s been great at home. I set it all up. Ivy knows the order they go in and…
What’s in your cart?
Ok, by a show of hands, who has ever gone to the grocery store hungry? Uh huh. Keep them up there if you have gone to the grocery store so ravenously hungry that you walked every single aisle in the store and had to have at least one of everything you saw. Yeah, that’s what…
Getting Away
Vacationing is often difficult when you have a child with special needs, isn’t it? As much as we all need a vacation, actually pulling one off can be quite an undertaking. Whenever I want to take my children away, even if it is only for a weekend, I need to know if the place we…
Special Exposure Wednesday.
Gran saves the day, making glove animals, while Ivy waited 22 hours, nil by mouth, for her PICC line. Thank goodness for Grans! Got an amazing moment to share? Why don’t you join us at Special Exposure Wednesday. Please remember your comment love at each link you visit. Also blogging at Three…