Ivy’s newest ‘disease’… self named “sticker pox”! Got something funny to share? Why don’t you join in this Special Exposure Wednesday. Please remember your comment love at each link you visit. Also blogging at Three RIng Circus
Category Archives: Day In And Day Out
This mom has special needs too
I’m flying out this week for a blogger conference. It’s my first one and that makes it exciting. It’s also my first trip away from my children and THAT makes it even more exciting. It’s my first time being away from Peyton for an longer than a day since she was diagnosed…and THAT? Is both…
The need to seem “normal”
Hi, everyone. So, the wonderful pediatric neurologist I mentioned in my post from last week on doctors who have given you hope did e-mail me back. He was very happy to hear that Max was doing so well. I was really glad I’d gotten in touch—he deserved to know. This picture is from Friday, a…
Grief: A Glimpse Into The Journey
Written by Chrissi Johnson I hope that with my words, my journey, my walk and my life, I will be able to share my heart and give a glimpse of a journey that is chartered by many and understood by few. Our son, Tyler lost his battle with leukemia nearly 8 years ago. At that…
A Regular Guy: Growing Up With Autism
Hello! I’m Laura Shumaker, a new member of the 5MFSN team. I’m the author of A REGULAR GUY: GROWING UP WITH AUTISM (www.laurashumaker.com) It tells the story of raising my autistic son, Matthew, from babyhood to young adulthood. The story that I’m sharing today will introduce you to Matthew, and the weeks to come, you’ll…
The Meltdown Week.
When Ivy has the infusion of Intragam, she usually has a couple of days where she feels pretty ordinary afterwards. Generally achy after a night of sweats and high temps. After that, though, she gets an unmistakable boost in her energy. A period of time when she is just a normal preschooler, doing what all…
At least it’s not meth, right?
Guess what I’ve found out about childhood cancer…one of the long term side effects is apparently a raging case of hypochondria. It’s not hard to figure out, but Peyton is addicted to pills. Not in an Amy-Winehouse-Betty-Ford-bound sort of way…but I suppose that’s what happens when you take daily medications for thirty months. Now that…
Got a doctor who’s given you hope about your child?
Greetings, everyone. This is Ellen, mom to Max, 6, and Sabrina, 4. A little background on how I got here: Max had a stroke at birth. Doctors told my husband and I that he might not walk or talk. That he’d have mental retardation. That he could have hearing and seeing problems. Basically, every nightmare…
Mama on the Edge – an Interview with Queen Mara!
She’s irreverant – she’s hilarious – and she is surviving while raising two sons on the Autism spectrum. As the mother of four teenagers myself, Mama Mara is my hero! Tell me a little about yourself and your family. Most people in Blogland know me as Mama Mara, or Queen Mara for those of a…
Why Doesn’t She Just…?
See her? That mom over there? Why doesn’t she just… …Leave her baby in the nursery at church? …Give it a rest with the hand sanitizer? …Breastfeed? Or that one — right over there — why doesn’t she just… …Make her child behave? …Stay home? …Get a sitter? What about that one — why doesn’t…