We are seriously having a no good, awful, very bad week. However, we know someone else who is having an exhausting, but exhilarating week… Tammy! See, her daughter is getting married! Married! Daughter! Dresses! Flowers! Mother-of-the-Bride! (all while taking care of Parker, no less) So, how ’bout you go over and give her some extra love and…
Category Archives: Day In And Day Out
The Lost Voice
This morning when I dropped Peanut off for school I realized I didn’t have her iPod Touch. She uses her iPod touch to communicate at school and over the last several months it has been a great way for her to participate in class. This isn’t the first time I have not had her “voice”…
Solidarity & Solutions in The Down Syndrome Community
What app are you using to teach your child to read? How are you addressing aberrant behaviors? What math curriculum are they using at school? How did you get her to _____ (fill in the blank)? Can I see your ABA discreet trial program for _____? How did you get that into your IEP? Is there…
Complacent?
I scrambled up the hill to my daughter’s “old school” to pick up my son from his “new class.” My daughter attended this school from Early Intervention through Kindergarten before being moved to our neighborhood school for first grade. I know most of the Early Intervention staff pretty well, and I know the IEP process…
Starry Night Prom
One local high school has spent the last decade hosting a gala for people with disabilities. A tremendous gift of love from a student body whose only goal is the make sure that their guests have a night they will long remember. The Starry Night prom.
The Memory of When All This Began
Finding my desk seems to be a monthly routine. Find it. Bask in the warmth of my clean office, with my most favorite dinning table turned into desk in plain site, no longer engulfed with the bills paperwork…until the month comes around and I fulfill the same process again. It has its perks. This month…
How to Relax and Get Off Life’s Raging Rapids
You know when a speaker is sharing a great story with an audience, and they reveal a lesson learned…. and you’re sitting there thinking What?? I got something completely different out of that! That’s me too. Maybe it’s just because we live life from a different angle as special needs parents. Whatever the reason, while…
Are you tired about Botox?
I know, I seem to be talking about Botox a lot lately. It’s been on my mind for a while! (If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you can check out THIS post and then THIS one). Jillian finally received Botox treatment last Wednesday. According to Cerebral Palsy Source: US researcher studied 250…
Happy Mother’s Day
When I became a mother in 2002, I truly felt transformed. The birth of my son was an empowering experience; primal and intense and painful, but giving birth to him and becoming a mother for the first was truly the most incredible moment in my life. Having my second child in 2003, at home, and…
A Mother’s Day Letter From Your Child
For you Mom,- Even without my words, you have always known my needs. When I am hurting or afraid, frustrated and fatigued You gather me home into the safety of your arms. You know what makes me smile, delights me and fills my face with light You make my happiness. When you sing my favorite…