A rare moment: Mal posing for the camera! Love this photo of our little leprechaun. 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 posting at Three Ring Circus.
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Written on
August 17, 2010 by
KatyB
My husband and I are pretty conservative–I’m not talking about politics (I almost never am)–but just our general life decisions. We prefer things cooked from scratch–we don’t even own a microwave. I stay at home and my husband goes out and earns the money. Even before Charlie was born, we thought that I might end…
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Written on
August 16, 2010 by
Ellen
This weekend, I visited a relative who may or may not be my sister, and I pretty much felt like I could smack her. She started it! She started it! (To quote an oft-repeated refrain from childhood.) She kept stressing out. First, she got irritated at her husband because he was in the kitchen preparing…
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I have two children. My eldest is nearly 11 (although, she’s really 10-going-on-70, and I’m totally not kidding). My youngest is nearly 4. They have birthdays a day apart. They have been virtually inseparable since we adopted Jack. Sure, they have their random hissy fits, but for the most part, you’ve never seen sibling love…
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Written on
August 12, 2010 by
SarahM
So, I’m new here. I really appreciate you having me, listening to me wax poetic about raising a child with special needs. I have a beautiful baby boy that we affectionately call “The Great Potato,” who graces our lives everyday with his beauty and wisdom. Having a special needs child can sometimes make me feel…
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Written on
August 12, 2010 by
Janis
I left my 2yo medically fragile son for five days…count ’em five days AND nights, to attend BlogHer’10 in New York City. It was business, it was pleasure, it was exhausting…you name it – I felt it. Mostly I felt terribly guilty about going, but given the awesome opportunity I just felt I could not pass it…
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Written on
August 11, 2010 by
Deborah
If you leave me now You’ll take away the biggest part of me Ooo oh, no, baby please don’t go And if you leave me now You’ll take away the very heart of me Ooo oh, no, baby please don’t go. Ooo, oh, girl, I just want you to stay (Peter Cetera, 1976) When Ashley…
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Humble apologies for no post last week, we were, unfortunately, back in the hospital with the girl and after becoming septic for the second time in a month, the port was removed and a PICC line placed. On the 19th, it will be a reversal, where the PICC will be removed and a new port…
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Imagine this: You are the mother of a son with special needs. In this case Down syndrome, but it could have been anything really. Your son has become enraged, cut his hand and is stomping around the house. You need help. So you call 911 and ask for help. But, you tell the 911 operator,…
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Written on
August 9, 2010 by
Ellen
I got to attend BlogHer this weekend, and it was absolutely amazing. I got to hang with women I’ve only known online, including fellow 5 Minutes for Special Needs blogger Janis, Jean from Stimeyland and Julia Roberts from Support Special Needs. I went to great sessions. I met a hot New York City fireman, who…
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