Author Archives: Beth

Beth is a mother of three, happily married, Canadian, and working for the government full time. Her youngest daughter, Precious, has a global developmental disability. The family keeps themselves busy with piano lessons, swimming, school, work, gymnastics, skating and hockey.

Winds of Change

Due to Precious’ intellectual disability, she is moving along her own curve, but the good news is that she is moving onwards and upwards. In order to get some funding for “personal growth and development support” and “family relief and support”, like house cleaning, we have to complete an annual application form for the government…

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Happy Birthday Precious!

Precious turned 5 this week. Her birthday party took place last Sunday. We booked it a local grocery store which runs cooking classes for kids and adults. The kids made pizza with their own dough and toppings, then fruit salad, then cupcakes that looked like reindeer. The cupcakes became their loot bag. While the pizza…

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Precious

Hi, I’m Beth and I’m thrilled to be posting here on 5 Minutes for Special Needs. I’ve been reading all the posts for the last several years. I have found some wonderful information here and have sometimes passed it along to others, and I can sometimes relate to the authors myself, but I haven’t found…

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