Author Archives: Michelle

Michelle is a stay-at-home mom, wife to her wonderful husband, and mother of their two adorable and much-loved children. Through her blog, In The Life of a Child, Michelle has grown a passion for supporting families who are parenting children through extreme medical challenges. Her oldest child was born with a rare birth defect known as a lymphatic malformation and was also diagnosed with cyclic vomiting syndrome. Michelle and her husband share a common goal as parents: To treasure every moment and raise their children to be extraordinary individuals.

Magic Marker Monday — Happy People…

“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” ~Pablo Picasso Welcome to Magic Marker Monday! If you haven’t heard about Magic Marker Monday yet, click here and then hurry right back…     A rare drawing from my 6-year-old. He likes to draw with his dry…

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Magic Marker Monday — Halloween Fun

“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” ~Pablo Picasso Welcome to Magic Marker Monday! If you haven’t heard about Magic Marker Monday yet, click here and then hurry right back… I saw these cute little spiders made out of paper egg cartons and tea lights…

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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…

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Book Giveaway Winner!

The winner of the International Vascular Birthmark Awareness Day Book Giveaway is: Heidi from God’s Grace In Practice! Congratulations! We hope you enjoy this beautiful book, Buddy Booby’s Birthmark, by Evan Ducker, a little boy who followed his dream to write a children’s story to help others understand what it feels like to be different….

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We’re Not So Very Different…

I sat backstage tugging off her ballet slippers, coaxing her to help put crayons away amidst a giggling knot of pint-sized ballerinas. With the recital just days away, it was a relief to finally be done with the dress rehearsal and my thoughts wandered toward dinner and bedtime plans as I scrabbled after one last…

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For Tuesday…

One of the greatest, most wonderful, empowering things about blogging is learning that you’re not alone. That you don’t have to do this by yourself. That there is a whole community of people who genuinely care about what you’re going through… The lovely Debi from Who Says 8 Is Enough? is hosting a very special…

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Got Something To Say?

So. How ya been? Hmmm… La-dee-da-dee-dum… Well, this is kinda awkward, huh? What with you expecting to come here and find a brilliant, witty post and me still having one horrendous case of writer’s block and all. Seen any good movies lately? No? Me neither. Well, huh. This isn’t gettin’ any better as I type…

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The Rhythm of Silence…

For an entire week the words have refused to come. Every ounce of whatever limited writing essence I poses has been lurking in that maddeningly elusive corner of the brain where all similarly critical talents and vital bits of information vanish from time to time… The location of my car keys, the date of my…

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What Parents of Refluxers Daydream About…

A family room with wall-to-wall linoleum, a hose reel and a drain. So Now You Know… 😉 Find out more about Michelle Read Michelle’s weekly column Meet Michelle here each Monday for Magic Marker Monday Questions? Please feel free to email Michelle at childlif[at]gmail[dot]com or come and visit her at In The Life of a…

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Somewhere In Between…

I don’t know this place well — this place of no eminent crisis. This place where it’s safe for me to relax my guard just a wee little bit. This place where relative security still doesn’t quite equate with “normal”. Whatever “normal” is. This place of in between. I know how to manage a crisis,…

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