Last Sunday, my son had his first experience with organized sports. This opportunity came through a local soccer association, which is in its fourth year of participating in the TOPSoccer program designed by US Youth Soccer. TOPSoccer is “a community-based training and team placement program for young athletes with disabilities, organized by youth soccer association…
The “Write” Way
Helping Zoe improve her fine motor skills is something we’ve worked at for quite some time. Things like holding pencils and crayons, cutting, and using fasteners have always been a challenge for Zoe. When it came time to learn to write, Zoe was clearly having a tough time. She’d get frustrated because doing the work…
Is Sarah Palin One of Us?
Over the past few weeks, Sarah Palin seems to have been mentioned in great depth on almost every blog with a connection to Special Needs, except this one. Given there was so much written about Ben Stiller recently, I must admit this has surprised me. Perhaps with the Stiller controversy, nearly everyone was united in…
Why Not Ask?
In my 47th ranked state (in services provided to people with disabilities), it seems that most children and adults with developmental disabilities love going bowling and to the mall. The love of those two places starts early – grade school ‘community based instruction’ almost always involves a trip to either a bowling alley or a…
Rub-A-Dub-Dub…. There Went My Time In The Tub
Once there was a time when I spelled luxury : g-a-r-d-e-n t-u-b. Add a few candles, lots of bubbles, a good book, a bar of homemade soap from my own private recipe, and life was good. When the hot water cooled, I would drain it off, refill the tub, and repeat as often as I…
Special Exposure Wednesday ~ Our New Blog Button
Please join me in congratulating Shannon of Gabi’s World as the winner in our first Special Exposure Model Search Photo Contest. Just in case you have not met her, I would like to introduce Gabi who is up there snapping your photo from our new blog button. Too cute. Also join me in congratulating the…
One Mean Mother
In my lifetime I have been referred to as one mean mother by many people…including my own mom…because they did not understand. When our family was blessed with the gift of Wil through adoption, we were told to never expect him to walk, talk or have measurable intelligence. Clearly they were wrong, however, Wil did…
Try This Tuesday #8: Color Swirl
I have been thinking about ways to expand Try This Tuesday to include some different ideas and perspectives, and one of the ideas I had was to ask some of the participants to “guest post.” So over the next few weeks, several of our readers will be sharing their ideas on this site. For our…
Almond Cookies
Once a year (usually the first week of December) I bake a ton of cookies. I like to have plenty on hand for when company comes, to give as hostess gifts, and to serve as afternoon snacks. Last year a friend of mine gave me this recipe to try; and it was a huge hit!…
This Just In: A New Team Member
Anissa, from hope4peyton, will be joining our 5MFSN in this time spot. Yeah. How lucky are we? Smart. Funny. And an advocate that isn’t afraid to go all MOTHER OF THE BEAST when necessary. But, you know. In a good way. Anissa blogs at Peyton’s Hope Page where she encourages us to Live, Laugh, Live,…