To the Mother I Was Before Autism
Dear self, Hi. It's me . . . well, you . . . it's you from the future. I wanted…
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Dear self, Hi. It's me . . . well, you . . . it's you from the future. I wanted…
Continue ReadingMy stepmom passed away after a 14-month, brutal battle with pancreatic cancer almost a year ago. The night before we…
Continue ReadingI didn’t expect the moment to happen, but it did. It happened in a big way. I was enjoying some…
Continue ReadingCharlie is almost seven. He's severely autistic. The truth is that raising a nonverbal, autistic child is emotionally draining. I…
Continue ReadingI'm tired in a way sleep can’t fix. I’m exhausted in a way even a few days of me-time can’t…
Continue ReadingThis is Matthew. Matthew is smart. Too smart. But boy, is he difficult. A difficult, wonderful, unusual human. He barely…
Continue ReadingI am a special needs mom. Maybe some moms of children with disabilities prefer different terms, but for me it…
Continue ReadingTonight I got to peek in on my daughter’s dance class. It’s a sea of over a dozen young girls…
Continue ReadingStop generalizing. Yep, that's it, the one thing that I wish everyone knew about Down syndrome. You see, Down syndrome…
Continue ReadingThis broken pencil is all that's left of a nearly two hour battle that took place in our home tonight.…
Continue ReadingMy husband and I were blessed with our first child, Bailey, on July 24, 2009. After she was born, and…
Continue ReadingI'm the proud momma of two boys. Two tiny miniature versions of myself and my husband. One looks just like…
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