Do you think parenting a child with a disability has changed you? Small changes or big changes? I wonder if my future would look completely different had I not been raising children with disabilities. I most definitely think it would. I would be less patient. I would not be as assertive. I would still be…
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Voice4u Winner
I plugged in the comment numbers to Random.org and the winning number is: #1: Barbara! Barbara, shoot me an email and I’ll get your Voice4u code to you!
Special Exposure Wednesday.
We’re not big Valentines Day people here but we always celebrate love. Hope your world is filled with light and love however you find it. Got something 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
Giving in to your child’s special needs
The scene: McDonald’s. My husband just picked me up from the airport (I went to the Blissdom conference in Nashville), and we’re eager to down lunch. We walk in, and Max makes a beeline for a corner table he likes to sit at. Max has this thing about tables at restaurants: At the handful of…
Acceptance
My yellow labrador Callie likes me, but she doesn’t love me. She’ll cuddle with anyone in the family but me, and it really bothers me. We think it’s because I am the one who puts drops and ointment in her right ear when a recurring infection starts bothering her. My husband, Peter, suggested that she…
How Dare He?
The following is a reprint from my personal blog from almost two years ago, and I am still struggling to find appropriate dental and orthodontic care for my daughter with special needs. Have any of you run into something similar – medical professionals who feel your child with special needs has less of a need…
Special Exposure Wednesday.
IVIG day and port day. She looks tiny in that huge infusion chair. Always courageous though – they had to reaccess her four times yesterday, before the silly thing would flush and she didn’t even cry. I think if it were me, I would be howling. Got something to share? Why don’t you join in…
And yet more special needs Mommy confessions
• I have moments of absolutely insane worry that include things like, “If terrorists blow up our state, where am I going to get seizure medication?” • I sneak omega-3 oil into Max’s Wheatina and wheat germ into his chocolate pudding and when he looks suspicious I make it like everything is OK. • I cannot…