A Special Needs Mom’s Perspective A friend recently told me she didn’t know how I did it. I looked at her kind of astonished, not knowing what to say. How do you answer that? How do you simply say, “I just try to survive every single day?” I wish that I could be her, you…
Category: Kids
Take a Hike, Bring the Kids
Growing up I wasn’t super outdoorsy. My family would car camp or go canoeing a couple times a year, maybe. I always considered myself a “city girl” and thought for sure I was destined to call NYC my home. Then through the twist of events called life, I ended up living full-time in a camper,…
Family Stories {Keeping Memories Alive}
The Thanksgiving holiday starts off a season of nostalgia and excitement for me. I look forward to the family gatherings, good food and great conversations. Who is the best storyteller in your family? Does your family have “those” stories? The ones that never die out and get requested by various family members over and over…
The Division Between Bitterness and Hope
“We’re going to adopt.” The words felt foreign coming out of my mouth and were mixed with tears. I was bitter, not that we were adopting, but that starting a family was so hard. Declaring our choice out loud seemed to be an admission that my body failed. We had been at a precipice for…
11 Fantastic Children’s Books Perfect for October
I was the child who always carried a book around. Whether I was at a family function or the dinner table you best believe there was a book close by, just in case. My love of books followed me into adulthood, and although my Kindle has made life a little less cumbersome for my own…
The Baby I Didn’t Know I Needed
Isaac is my third born. He was a game changer. Terrifying and incredibly profound to my life since day one of conception. You see, life has a funny way of giving you everything you could have ever dreamed of in the least ideal of ways. From the end of my life as I knew it…
5 Reasons Why You Should Put Your Child in Sports
Sadly, we are at a time in our society in which physical activity is at an all-time low for children. Unfortunately, it’s also a standard across all age groups; but it doesn’t have to be! Beyond instilling an early love and appreciation for physical activity by finding a young interest in sports; in my opinion,…
The Day My Life Officially Changed
When many people see this picture they simply see a puzzle piece. Others may see it and be reminded of Autism Awareness. For me, when I see this, which happens to be a Scentsy warmer that has been in my house for the last 18 months, I see the journey that we “Officially” started August…
How I Get My Kids to {Stay} Outside
My son pads into my bedroom just before the sun peeks over the horizon. He crawls over me with a Matchbox car clutched in his hand and nestles into my arm. I drift back to sleep. When the crunch of gravel in the driveway stirs me again, informing me that my husband started his commute…
Your Kid has Homework, What Now?
In elementary school, I thought I was going to slap my own mother. But I never did. Mainly because I was too scared and there was that respect thing. But, every night I wanted to slap my mother because I hated doing homework. She would yell and I would get frustrated with her. Even today,…