Monthly Archives: April 2009

Coping the NICU Rollercoaster (Tip #1)

Many people ask us day in and day out, “How do you handle all that stress?” Well, we don’t! We just cope with what we are dealt with and try to make it easier. There are many factors that attribute to our strength and what it takes to get through the journey of having a…

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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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Curious Neighbors

It wasn’t until my son Matthew, who is autistic, was going through a “balloon phase” that I became keenly aware of how many of the damned things were everywhere. The balloon phase started when he was about ten years old, and whenever I saw one (did I mention that they are everywhere?) I did my…

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How Do You Raise Awareness?

Next week, I’ve co – erced my husband to coming with me to donate blood. It’ll be his first time in about twenty years. In Australia, there is very little known about Immune Deficiency and IVIG therapy and I want to put an end to that, at least in our neck of the woods, to…

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

I orginally posted this on my blog two years ago. But, walking through my neighborhood Easter Sunday brought it back to mind, and I decided to share it here. As I was walking through my neighborhood last night, I wondered if I could divine anything about the people who lived in the houses by studying…

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Whatever it Takes

It has taken me and the Hubby a long time to get where we are today when it comes to the advocacy of our teenaged son. It has been a long, hard road, that both of us never thought we would be going down. It’s a road that has made us better parents, and better…

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Special Exposure Wednesday.

    Ivy discovers that the Easter Bunny does gluten and lactose free! Hope everyone had a ‘Hoppy’ Easter. We’d love for you to share your photos with us at Special Exposure Wednesday. Please remember your comment love at each link you visit. Also blogging at Three Ring Circus  

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Request Permission to Abandon Ship

Although he lives with Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, Mac is very verbal…actually eloquent in speech. However, he rarely verbalizes his thoughts and prefers drawing pictures to empty his mind. It is easy to see his mind at work as he sits and stares out a window, deep thoughts traversing his extremely bright mind…but I’m not often…

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Try This Tuesday #39: Nurturing Your Relationships

Welcome to another Try This Tuesday. For details on how to participate, please check out the welcome post. If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Nurturing Your Relationships. How do you make the time to connect with other adults and maintain the…

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Eat, pray, love

This is Max when he was eight months old, about the time he started doing baby food. As you can see, more of it typically ended up on his bib than in his mouth. From the first time he ate, he’d thrust food out of his mouth with his tongue. It was an issue that took…

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