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Beauty in the Mess ~ Edition 04.08.15
It’s 76 degrees, I’m sitting on my sunporch, and regardless of the fact that I’ve been awake since 4:50AM, I think that right now is the perfect time to be counting my blessings…
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How to get a behavioral diagnosis for your child
Since Ezra received his ADHD diagnosis, I’ve had several friends and readers come forward with questions and concerns about their own children. “How did you know when to look for a diagnosis?” “How…
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What I learned in March 2015
Linking up today with Emily Freeman, sharing all of the random things I learned in March. 1. The best TV romances are the ones you don’t see coming…especially between your two Grey’s Anatomy…
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Moving beyond the ADHD diagnosis: this is a journey
It was a long, arduous path that led us to getting our son diagnosed with an ADHD diagnosis. It was years of unanswered questions and doubts, wondering why… Why won’t he sleep? Why…
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On {not} being a Facebook addict, privacy, and pleasing people
Three years ago, I came out publicly to my friends and family as being a self-proclaimed Facebook addict, whose true deeper problem was that of being addicted to pleasing people. That, really, was…
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17 Weeks Bumpdate
This pregnancy is definitely going by more quickly than Ezra’s did. Things are continuing to go very smoothly. As far as symptoms, I’m dealing with mild Braxton Hicks and round ligament pain, headaches…
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Believing in my son {an update}
In just over two weeks, our son will be graduating from his inpatient behavioral therapy program. {If you are new around here, check out Ezra’s story for more information.} I just finished filling…
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The one where being the fun mom bites me in the butt
Alternately titled The one where I perform surgery on a vacuum cleaner or Aprille and her no-good, terrible, very-bad, horrible, awful idea or Never let your 4-year-old play with packing peanuts no matter how fun it seems.…
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How we’ve made it through seven years of marriage
If there’s one and only one thing that I’ve learned in seven years of marriage, it’s that marriage is anything but tidy. Having a successful marriage takes more than easy, trite advice that…
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Fear {on parenting a high needs child when planning for the next one}
Special needs moms: How do you do this? How do you get past the fear and enjoy the thought of having another child? How do you go on to parent another child when…
