By Sina Steele Dear Mama, Thank You For Choosing Me Before You Knew Me
Dear Mommy, Thank you for choosing me. I wish I could help you feel better. To be honest, I really…
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By Casie Tyson My Son Has Spina Bifida, and Life is Still Beautiful
This post has been in my drafts for about a year. I write it. Rewrite it. Then delete it again.…
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By Valli Vida Gideons Here’s to the Kids Who Rocked IEP Goals This Year
As the school year comes to an end, I’d like to give a big SHOUT OUT to all the kids…
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By Maria Hilger To the Mother of a Child Missing Milestones
If you’re reading this, you probably wish you weren’t. Motherhood puts us in the driver’s seat of our small children’s…
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By Cara Arnold We’re Parenting in Silos
My daughter is sweet, loyal and loving. But, she’s also a handful. And I know it. I know it when…
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By Alethea Mshar The Humbling Journey of Loving a Child With Autism
I had gone through the early years successfully with two children. I honed your mom-voice and "angry eyes" to expert level,…
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By Andrea Smolin To the Hard-Working Student, I See You
Dear beautiful child, I want you to know that I see you. I see you working harder than some of…
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By Jen Fawcett You Become the Advocate They Need When Raising a Child With Special Needs
"I don’t know how you do it.” How many of us have heard that line? As a special needs mom,…
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By Sarah Lango Apology of a Special Needs Mom
Many times, being the parent to a medically fragile or special needs child means missing out. There are so many…
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By Melissa Ohden If Only the World Saw Her the Way Her Sister Does
“So what. So what if she’s a little smaller than other people. So what if she eats through a feeding…
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Dear Husband, I’m Grateful For the Refining Power of Our “For Worse”
When I said “for better or for worse” nearly 10 years ago, I meant it, but in all honesty, I’m…
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By Brynn Burger Dear Sibling of a Special Needs Child, Your Heart is Full of Beauty
Dear daughter, I feel like I should apologize. There are a million apologies I could list out for which you'd…
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