Last Friday I reached a limit of frustration trying to get my daughter out the door to school. Three days a week I juggle all three kids in the morning, to get everyone fed, dressed, packed and dropped off at their respective schools. On Friday Daddy had to leave early for a meeting in the…
Category Archives: Typical Siblings
Sleep Perchance to Dream
Last night was one of those nights. Daddy had a meeting so I put all the kids to bed, then laid on the floor doing Facebook until the twins dropped off to sleep, except I dropped off to sleep, too. I know I’m really wiped out when I wake up on the cold floor at…
I Can’t Stand The Thought of Missing Something Again
Today, early in the morning, we’re headed out for an eval. B is my concern. He’s my #3, my last, my Momma’s boy. I love him as I love the others and I’ve watched him closely, as I’ve watched O. Most of the issue centers around his speech, his annunciation or lack of it. There…
She Is Their Best Friend
She is their best friend. I see it in their faces, hear it in their play, watch it in the way they fight over the smallest piece of junk, determined that their need to treasure this particular item is deeper than the other. Then, just as easily, one gives in. One notices the tears of…
Make New Friends
When I was expecting my oldest child, I met a bunch of other mothers through pre-natal fitness classes. After he was born, I met some more at a weekly well-baby clinic where the babies were weighed and the moms chatted while the children hung out on a mat on the floor. All the babies were…
Big Sister
Three years ago today my twins entered the world in a flurry of activity that was the perfect climax of a tumultuous pregnancy. I left our home the day before Thanksgiving for a check up with the OB. I told my daughter I was going to the doctor and that I would be home soon….
New Year’s Resolutions
It’s that time of year again! I am making resolutions, as I always do. I try to make my resolutions small and manageable. One year, I stopped buying magazines for 12 months. I had plenty passed along to me and I borrowed them from the library. The good news is that I accomplished my goal…
And this is my normal child?!
I spend a lot of time talking about my oldest two girls because of their special needs and behavior issues. But a great post I read reminded me that my third child is pretty fantastic too. Like warm homemade frosted Christmas cookies are fantastic. She’s an adorable, sweet, colorful kid, and, like the cookies, that…
bringing healing
**This post is from my blog, Thoughts from Holland. With our current adoption picking up speed, I went back and re-read posts from the days after we brought my two year old home. I worry about Will with each change we make in our family, whether it is adding a child or simply changing the…
Part Two – Helping Special Needs Siblings Thrive
Plugging my younger two kids in to other things they love breaks my heart. It means having them, with their playfulness, normal range of emotion, and snuggliness out of the house, leaving me with only the most challenging kids. It means being in the place I least prefer and that can make me really mad. And lonely. And resentful. Unless I actively grieve in healthy ways…