Let the Celebration Begin
I heard the yells and the cheers as I finished swimming my lap of the pool and while this would not be unusual if I were in a race, but I was not in a race, so the cheers rang out quite noticeably. It...
View ArticleJust Some Thoughts
So I know Elizabeth is 21 years old. I know that she is in a college program and doing well. I also know that we communicated all the information about her disorders of Dyspraxia and Sensory Processing...
View ArticleSome Thoughts
I watched as Elizabeth worked so hard to tell her brother about her day. She told him in a few sentences about her day. And I loved watching her do this. But I could see that she was working pretty...
View ArticleA Gift of Elizabeth
So I met this older lady this week. She was near me in a crowded coffee shop and looking around and around like she was either confused or lost. I watched her do this several times and I looked at her...
View ArticleA Friend’s Advice
I was getting on the elliptical machine the other day and like a lot of machines you have to put in your age. Sometimes, this is done by putting the numbers in like a calculator and other times, like...
View ArticleThanks For Asking
Spring brings a lot of great things like pretty flowers, blooming trees and birds chirping away….GROWTH! LIFE! It also brings around something lovingly called, IEP season. Alright, lovingly is a bit of...
View ArticleJust “BEing”
Yesterday Elizabeth’s brother, Michael, her Dad and and Uncle CJ headed out for the day to go to the Cleveland Brown’s training camp. They were really excited to go and Elizabeth was really excited...
View ArticleA Little Dip in Mood!
Where we live, the season of Fall brings gorgeous colors of trees as the leaves change, it is cozy sweatshirt weather and being outside is chilly but smells so good. Until We get our first batch of...
View ArticleHOME…. What the Word Means in Quarantine…..
I was watching a movie the other night that is really a classic. In the movie, the lead actor is in a fight that he knows he needs to win. His companion, who is encouraging him before his battles,...
View ArticleA Trip to the Library: More Than Just Returning Books
– I really loved that time of life, when my children were all small, and the day was yours to do with whatever you wanted. You know, never having to look at the clock and wonder if you missed the bus...
View ArticleWho Needs A Break? Raise Those Hands
This is not a new question that I am posing to you or to me. I have had the feeling that asking has been in order for some time now. For me, it really isn’t because of any one thing. It IS because of...
View ArticleWhy Prepping for a Vaccine is Important
I can’t start off this week’s blog without nodding to the topics covered by the last two weeks. How are we all doing? Me? I am doing better. Writing about it. Talking about it. Praying about it…not in...
View ArticleSpecial Needs Parents and Caregivers: What We Need
The title says it all…we are the very product of the lives we have lived and are living with our special needs children….for example While other families attended football games or birthday parties,...
View ArticleHere is How Our Vacation Went and Other Fun Things
So we decided to take a vacation this year. And like so many people, it has been a LONG time since we ventured out of the familiar streets of our city. We decided to pick a week in June to go because...
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