We wait in line, you and me, for our turn on the ride. You talk about your “adventure” and what is happening in your imagination, right now, as you cope with this change in your day. You talk loudly, with inflection and feeling, so that others around you pause to hear what you have to…
SEW: Feeling Better
(This is a quick fill in for Tiff and Ivy, who hopefully will be back next week.) After a week of using his pillow to lay his fevered head on, our Brave Hero is finally feeling better. Mom can finally exhale. And maybe get some sleep. Come and join in the fun at Special Exposure…
Photographing Children [with Special Needs]
You are a parent with an adorable kid [kids] and a digital camera in your hands. You are capturing every waking, and often sleeping, moment possible…yet the images captured are not exactly as envisioned at the moment of click. If you are the parent of a child [children] with special needs, you understand there are…
Try This Tuesday #43: How to address lying – by adults???
Welcome to this week’s Try This Tuesday. For details on how to participate, please check out the welcome post. I actually have a couple of related situations that I would like some input on from other parents. It appears that twice in the last month my son has been told an untruth by the adult…
The art of talking about your child
Oftentimes, people who don’t Max that well—coworkers, neighbors, acquaintances—ask questions about him. I’ve mastered the art of the succinct, upbeat response. Here’s how it usually goes: They say: “How is Max doing?” I say: “Well! He’s really coming along.” What I really mean: He amazes us each and every single day because he’s doing so…
Blog Review
Hi de ho there! “Maddy” here, an interloper. I’ve nipped over from “home” to do mischief at 5 Minutes for Special Needs Moms. Now that everyone is cowering in their shoes it’s time for me to turn my attention to my next victim, the venerable if not necessarily veritable, “Tabitha” who blogs over at “I…
Structuring the HOME for Children with Special Needs, Part III
Cindy Golden, OMAC Consulting www.omacconsulting.blogspot.com This is the 3rd part in a series on Structuring the Home for Children with special needs. The last post we focused on organizing a kitchen for an older child or one with fewer needs and this post will focus on children with more significant needs. Our students…
For my kids
Sometimes I miss you while you are sleeping And I wonder if I looked at your eyes enough today Or hugged and kissed you enough Or made you laugh enough Sometimes I miss you while you’re at school And I wonder if I made the right choice to keep working Or if I should have…
A Small Choice: remembering Mom
It was lonely time. I had two small boys, Matthew, two and a half, and Andy, 6 months. I was in the early stages of worrying about Matthew’s development. He just wasn’t talking, and he was overly interested in drains, of all things. Our family of four and had just moved to a small ranch…
The elephant on your chest.
He is leaning forward, arms holding him, his face is ashen. The room is tense as his mother and father wonder if it is time to make the trip to the hospital. Breathing in fast rapid bursts, his wheeze is long gone and in its place is an unrelenting tight cough. He cannot catch his…