Being a single parent with four kids means that there is always something to do. Errands to run, laundry to do, food to buy and cook, or orange poster board to locate at 9pm on Wednesday night for the school project that is due Thursday morning. I vaguely remember a time about 19 years ago,…
Just try it!, It won’t kill you!
Feeding Spiff has always been a challenge. From the moment he entered the world, he had difficulty latching (oh, the tearful cries to the La Leche League still ring in my ears!), and then difficulty with bottle feeding and formulas. (We settled on Nutramagen) Then it was textures; Too grainy, too mushy, too sticky, too…
Special Exposure Wednesday
On Ivy’s first day home from the hospital she ran outside in the brisk Winter air and became reaquainted with her twin brother, Noah. They had both missed each other. Very much. Share your moments with us this Special Exposure Wednesday. Please remember your comment love at each link you visit. Also blogging…
Try This Tuesday #49: Every Day Is A Good Day
We can spend so much time thinking about our kids’ needs and just getting through all our daily responsibilities that sometimes it can all be a bit overwhelming. So when I recently read this post about how Storm from All Things Cherished keeps herself from being overwhelmed, I immediately knew it fit into the category…
A Bill of Rights For Parents of Kids With Special Needs
I put this together over at my blog with input from readers, and wanted to share it with all of you here. A Bill of Rights For Parents of Kids With Special Needs We, the parents, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure tranquility (and sanity) and promote the general welfare…
A Moment of Silence For Our Dryer Please…
It finally happened. We knew it was coming. We pretended like we didn’t notice, but we knew. We’d seen the signs for months: Shutting itself off mid-cycle, taking in excess of ninety minutes to dry a load of clothes, entire outfits that suddenly went MIA along with countless single socks, the largish hole that appeared…
How Do We Deal With “Shallow”?
Recently, a clerk (who is also a law student) filed a discrimination suit against major retailer Abercrombie & Fitch. Apparently she was banished to working in the stockroom, because her prosthetic arm didn’t fit in with their “Look Policy” of hip and hoochie. Go get’em Tiger! Last year, I read with dismay about a…
The Nicest Guy in the World
Did you know that when you Google “Who is the nicest guy in the world?” my dad’s name is SECOND on the list? (after a rock star named Steven.) The following is a tribute to my dad, a true Special Needs Grandpa. ** It had been a bad day. I’d gotten a frantic call from…
Micromanage or bust
For the last week I’ve been giving Ivy her intra venous antibiotics. One is a slow push and the other is a pump that infuses the medication over 24 hours. I clean the area and flush the line. It’s been great at home. I set it all up. Ivy knows the order they go in and…
What’s in your cart?
Ok, by a show of hands, who has ever gone to the grocery store hungry? Uh huh. Keep them up there if you have gone to the grocery store so ravenously hungry that you walked every single aisle in the store and had to have at least one of everything you saw. Yeah, that’s what…