My life changed drastically the day we adopted Jack. I just didn’t know how much it was changed. We struggled to have our oldest child. She was born early, but healthy. Shortly after her birth, I had a large lump removed from my breast. 2 months after that, I had a complete hysterectomy. We knew…
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That’s the kind of hope I need to keep on going in my larger, and much more significant Mommy duties. We’ve learned a lot about the care and feeding of these three precious lives.
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One of my best friends died last Friday. When I say friend, I don’t mean the “girlfriend” type of friend, more the “mom away from mom and grandmother type figure to my kids” kind of friend. Needless to say I am still reeling, as are all of the other people who knew her and loved…
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Written on
April 5, 2011 by
Gina
I knew that my body was giving everything to this little person growing inside me. I knew my life would never be the same; that our lives would never be the same. There were no words to express the happiness I knew my belly contained. I knew that this little being was my angel; my…
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ADHD,
Asperger's Syndrome,
Asthma,
Autism Spectrum,
Cerebral Palsy,
Developmentally Delayed,
Down Syndrome,
Epilepsy,
Learning Disabilities,
Mental Health,
ODD,
PDD,
Rare Diseases,
Sensory Processing Dysfunction,
Spina Bifida
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Written on
March 8, 2011 by
Laurie
Raise your hand if you love to wait! Yeah, me neither. We spend lots of time waiting as parents with special needs kids. Waiting for things like doctor’s visits, referrals, our children’s therapies to take, results of the last lab work-up… For the past week we’ve been waiting with one of our daughters – waiting…
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Written on
January 22, 2011 by
Karin
She fell asleep around 11 p.m. curled up with Tim in an armchair. When his foot began to throb and he needed to move, I pulled her onto my lap where she stayed until everyone went to bed. She slept through the end of “Despicable Me,” Dick Clark’s New Years Eve, clinking glasses, and excited cheers….
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Written on
November 27, 2010 by
Karin
Is it Saturday already? At times, this week has flown by. And at others, it has dragged on. Especially from 5 a.m. to about 11 a.m. on Tuesday morning when Tim had surgery on his foot. He plays in an adult soccer league and a week ago Tuesday, he got kicked in the foot. That…
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Written on
November 6, 2010 by
Karin
(reposted from the HennHouse) We’ve traded late night, happy hour dates for early morning mini conferences on raising spiritually healthy special needs kids. And we wouldn’t change a thing… We’ve traded Big Ten athletic events for seventh grade basketball tryouts. And we wouldn’t change a thing… We’ve traded philosophical discussions about politics and superpowers for…
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Written on
July 18, 2010 by
Christy
Well, the day is almost here… I wish I was more excited, but it’s not THAT kind of day that we’ve been waiting for. For about a month now, we’ve been waiting for the July the 19th and Monday it will finally be here. This is the day we go to meet a new specialist….
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Written on
July 11, 2010 by
Christy
Is it just me, or is it odd the way your world just stops? The lab results, the diagnosis, and the hospitalizations … the realization that your perfect child is sick. The words taste bad in your mouth. Disease. Incurable. Rare. More questions than answers, more doubt than faith. You turn to the nearest window,…
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