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Sometimes people overwhelm me with the praise they gift to the point where I can barely even look them in the eye, sweet as they are being. In so many ways I fall short- I am just a person with very real flaws trying to do the best she can on any given day. Some
As I mentioned in last week’s post, Tony doesn’t react to all losses in his life the same. Nearly a year and a half ago, we moved some of Tony’s therapy services to our side of town. At the time, we were able to find clinics that could provide both occupational therapy and speech therapy
I feel like this past month should have come with warning labels. Warning: Medications often have disruptive side effects. Warning: Sometimes this roller coaster flips of the tracks when life changes too quickly. Warning: Once you step on board, not everything that happens on this ride is in your control. So, I’m going to give
When Whitney first started working with our family, Tony would scream, cry, and hide for most of the two hours each day she was coming in. This lasted for nearly a month. Gradually, he began to respond to her patient and gentle way of working with him. This picture is from the early fall of
To Hannah, My Cherished Daughter and Blogging Partner I don’t even know how to condense the gratitude of so many years into one post. I was incredulous when the first pregnancy test came back positive, and if memory serves I ended up taking three before I stopped trying to snuff out the tentative hope of
This tale involves things that can haunt a person without being supernatural. Of course, I would never want to scare another parent whose feet are freshly placed upon the path of parenting a kiddo with significant disabilities. But I cannot change that I have been witness to an emotional crime scene, a missing person’s report,
For the past few weeks, decorations have begun pushing up through the soil and fluttering around the tree branches of one home after another in our neighborhood. When I was younger, I can’t remember anyone beginning to decorate for Halloween so early. And I know that for some of you, the upcoming week may already
They say life isn’t like the movies, as if every day’s agenda will be definitively pulled from a drop menu of easily parsed platitudes. Some days can not be bound by such lists and assumptions. Entire years even can be unrestrainedly defiant of them. In this house we have been given a different script to
When Hannah asked me if she could write regular posts for our family’s blog, I supported her but have given her the option of taking time off if she needs to. Typically she writes her posts over the weekend before they run because of the time demands for schooling during the week. This past Saturday
To Andy, Gratitude That Can’t Tell it All Each week when I tell our family’s stories, there are some conspicuous holes. Our blog may look like a game of “Where’s Andy?” but in our household we know the answer. My love, thank you for working long and difficult hours to support our family. Thank you
