We live in a town that has many well-manicured homes and yards. The kind of place where this time of year brings out all of the Martha Stewart style holiday decorations – color themes, perfectly lit, matching sets – you get the idea. Well, with one eye on the increasingly busy calendar we hauled out…
Monthly Archives: December 2010
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…
I’m So Tired
I spent all week thinking about this post. And I have nothing. I’m too tired to think. This time of year I’m just spent. Physically and emotionally done. Thanksgiving. Hanukkah. Christmas. All take emotional tolls on me because I’m not just planning a fun holiday celebration, but also organizing how we’ll get through the celebrations….
Special Exposure Wednesday.
This is how we spent our day yesterday. Filming for a documentary segment about immune deficiency and the importance of blood donation. It was a big day and Ivy was exhausted by the end of it. Got something to share? Why don’t you join in this Special Exposure Wednesday. Please remember your comment love at each…
The Nail That Sticks Out is Hammered Down
Advocacy is among the most important things a parent of a special needs child can do. Where should we advocate? How can we be more effective? And why does it seem like we battle endlessly against “the system”? Here are some thoughts based on 20 years of personal experience.
Home Is Where The Jello Is
The two sides of J seem to be school J and home J. In school, J has one-on-one attention…well, mostly, but that’s another story. He has a strict schedule he follows, every minute of the day essentially accounted for. Though there’s a definitive concern for his growth and successes in academic and daily living goals,…
What Tune Do You Live By?
One of the greatest things about people is the ability to be creative. Except when it’s a four year old creatively pretending to play a CD she made (out of cardboard). In your minivan’s CD player. Yep. Since then, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking of the music I’m not listening to. The favorites…
Brothers
From Webster’s Dictionary: broth⋅er /ˈbrʌðər or, for 9, ˈbrʌðˈɜr/ Show Spelled [bruhth-er or, for 9, bruhth-ur]<br />–noun<br /><br />1.a male offspring having both parents in common with another offspring; a male sibling. From Townsend Family Dictionary Olivia’s Brothers: The perfect, built-in best friend One who provides unconditonal love and support even after you pinch them and…
*Tap, Tap!* Where has my funny gone?!
I usually crack myself up on a daily basis. In fact? I use humor A LOT to get through the tough days in my house. I think I get THAT gene from my Dad. He’s a practical joker and hilarious joke teller. I am so relieved that Jillian, at the ripe old age of 2,…
Winds of Change
Due to Precious’ intellectual disability, she is moving along her own curve, but the good news is that she is moving onwards and upwards. In order to get some funding for “personal growth and development support” and “family relief and support”, like house cleaning, we have to complete an annual application form for the government…