After having my first child at 23, I had no plans for her to have a sibling right away. The narrative I aspired to for our lives included having another child by Shelby's fifth birthday, but life had different...
On any given day at any possible moment, I hear the urgent and loud, “MOOOOM!” At other times, my duo will come to me quieter with a question, request, or story to tell. It’s always preceded with this name...
We love other mamas. They make us laugh till we leak {thank you child birth}. They drop off Starbucks when we are on our 3rd round of the stomach bug. They are our sanity, our life line, our tribe.
Yet...
People often ask what it is like to be a special needs mom. My answer is - there is no one answer. We may all have a lot of things in common, but just like any other mother, raising...
You’ve heard the saying, “It takes a village to raise a child.” Well, in our case it took a village to make a baby. In April 2009, at the age of 24, my husband Mark and I welcomed a...
Dear YOU,
Yes, you. The one who feels like you are ALL alone as you wait {and wait and wait some more} to become a mama. I sense your pain. I know you've been crying your eyes out when you...
It took me years to be able to say the words - “I’m the mother of a special needs child.”
While the words themselves flow easily...it’s the magnitude that they carry that makes them so hard to spit out. For me,...
“Life is an adventure, and there is no script. I see something in ordinary moments. I believe that perfection comes not when you are dressed perfectly and wearing lipstick – but in little moments and interactions that make up...
What kind of mom are you? Paper planner momma or electronic planner momma?
It's a new camp of mommy-wars, and it doesn't end there. If you are in the paper planner camp, specifically which paper planner are you? An Erin...
As I sit down to type this post, Sarah is blowing up my phone with texts filled with pictures of our moms. Old shots from when they were young and we were babies. All the world made sense. Life...
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