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Recommended Resources For Parents
When I first heard the news of my boys’ diagnoses, I really struggled. Not just because it was so hard to accept – although it was and sometimes still is. I also struggled, because it was so difficult...
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Learning To Be At Home – Tips and Tricks Part 2
I recently shared a sort of serious, sort of poking fun of myself post on Tips and Tricks. I thought for sure maybe five of you would read it, smile sweetly, and say “She should really stick to writing...
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Five Kids Is A Lot Of Kids – What Not To Do Today
I love Beth Woolsey. LOVE her. She is the author of a blog called “Five Kids Is A Lot Of Kids“ and is by far, the most honest mom I have found on the internet. She writes with optimism and grace, with...
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What Being A ‘Special Needs’ Mom Has Taught Me About Just Plain Being A Mom
I was chatting with a younger momma recently who asked me to share some tips and tricks for motherhood. She said she thought our life, and all it’s crazy, might have taught me a few things that she...
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Sensory Exercises Around The House: Two Birds, One Stone
I first heard the term “sensory diet” three years ago, just before my son was diagnosed with autism and his associated sensory processing disorder. When I read the worksheet the occupational therapist...
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My Goals For The Week
I have read hundreds of them… The blog posts where the mom lists out her goals for the week, for the month, for the year. Then the subsequent posts where the mom updates you on her progress for the...
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What I Thought About Motherhood Before I Actually Became A Mom
I was all wrong about this motherhood gig. The older my children get, the more I realize how far off I was in my expectations of how this was gonna go. Of course, some of it has to do with the very...
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How To Get The Laundry Done and Not Hate Your Life
We talk about big things here. Hard things. Messy things. Things like chronically ill children and autism and dyslexia and depression and step-families. And…sometimes, the things that have the greatest...
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Living In Survival Mode
It feels like a whole lotta nothing, but clearly something has been going on here these days. It’s been a whole lotta let’s try to get you to take this medicine before we take this medicine. And a...
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To Do’s and To Don’ts
I have always, always been a planner person. This was true even at a very young age – I remember when I was four years old, I wanted my mom’s written-in calendar so much, I would’ve preferred it to any...
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