This month, Cooking for Special Needs is focusing on cookies; and I thought a cookie recipe swap would be a terrific idea. Got a cookie recipe you’d like to share? Email your favorite cookie recipe to [email protected] and I’ll post it here on the site! Whether it’s GFCF or traditional, send it in and share…
Monthly Archives: December 2008
5 Minutes for Special Needs Books
We have winners! Brandi from High In Demand, and Lisa from My Life…or is it? will each be getting a copy of I Am Potential by Patrick Henry Hughes. Thanks to everyone who entered the contest!
Blogger Interview – Stimey
I looked up the word ‘stymie’ in the dictionary and found the following definition – “a situation or problem presenting such difficulties as to discourage or defeat any attempt to deal with or resolve it.” Even though the blogger that is the subject of today’s interview goes by the similar sounding name of Stimey, I…
Against Medical Advice: Book Review and Giveaway
Our book reviews and giveaways are usually the Jennifer’s domain. You know, being a published author and all. (BTW, have you read Roadmap to Holland?) But when this opportunity was offered, I accepted in a flash. I just knew I needed to read this book. Against Medical Advice by James Patterson and James Friedman tells…
Using language to describe differences. A game.
I remember grabbing the Sunday comics and looking one piece in particular: “Can You Find 5 Differences Between These Pictures”. At a casual glace, the two pictures would look exactly the same. I would search and search for the differences. And finally, there it was. A difference! Then I’d be motivated to search for the…
Choosing To See Beauty…
Parenthood. It all started out so simply. A blank canvas of wonderful plans, hopes and dreams. Nothing but a future full of potential — potential that I had filled with my own ideas of how it would be. But then something happened. And then something more. Shadows on my crisp white sheet of parenting plans….
Starting a Holiday Tradition
For the last several months, there has been a routine in our household. Every night after dinner, Daddy and Michael sit down together to watch a couple of videos, usually shows that my husband likes and wants to introduce to his son. The choices range from Batman and the Justice League to Popeye and the…
Making a list, checking it twice
Yesterday was not an easy day. Nor was the day before. And the night before that. Esther-Faith was sick. I was trying to determine if she was really sick. Or was she just all-kids-get-colds sick. Alone with her for a couple of days, I held her as much as she wanted. While she was awake….
So, now what?
After you have spent a large part of your time in and out of doctor’s rooms and hospital, things begin to take on a kind of routine. Have you ever noticed that? You come to expect that you will see the staff in the ward and the familiar medical professionals who have followed you through….
Big Guns, Abs of Steel, and Trouble at School
I suppose if I had to list a benefit to Zoe’s stimming, it would be that our girl is unbelievably strong. My husband and I are often amazed that our eleven-year-old has well-defined abs and some pretty amazing arm strength. Having good core muscles is important for balance, posture, and coordination. There is only one…