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Babies Need Boundaries and Limits, Too!
This post is an unplanned followup to my post, What I’m doing differently with my second baby (based on 5 years of parenting a special needs first baby). As babies grow, we learn more…
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Social Skills CDs for Children with Special Needs
Social skills and communication skills can be hard for any child to master. Children with special needs especially struggle in these areas. Recently I was looking on Amazon for CDs that address these skills…
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In which I am the “best wife ever”
So yeah, I did a pretty awesome thing. But first, I have to tell you the whole story: Once upon a time, Russ had a favorite shirt. It looked like this: We didn’t…
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When you’re too tired to be a good wife
This week was one of those weeks – the kind of week where I really was too tired to be a good wife. Little Brother was going through his sixth week of not sleeping through…
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Questions I’m asking about my son’s special needs
When you ask hard questions, things get really messy. So, you’ve been warned. “He’s just so mean,” she said to me last night. “I don’t know how you and Russ take it.” In…
- Grow in Grace 2016, Military and Veteran Life, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting
I’m going back to school: my dream and the plan
My college years were filled with drama and exhaustion. Going back to school was pretty much the last thing I wanted to do. Ever. Until a year ago. But this story begins long before.…
- Family, Grow in Grace 2016, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Military and Veteran Life, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Recovering Perfectionist, Special Needs Parenting
What my dying plants taught me about self care
I grew up in a house full of plants. My mom has a real knack for tending for houseplants, and it showed in the Fika trees, ivy, African violets, and spider plants that…
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How to help your special needs child succeed at church
Last year, our family left the church we had been attending for over two years and began searching for something that would be a better fit for our family. While Ezra’s needs were…
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An open letter to the military bride who will wear my wedding gown
Dear Beautiful You: I call you beautiful, sight unseen, because I know that you are. Not because of how you look, but because you are committing your life to a military man. And…
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Dear tired mom whose baby won’t sleep: you’ll get through this
Let me tell you a tale of two babies and one tired mom: The first baby, now five, was a horrible sleeper. He hated to be alone and needed to be rocked, nursed,…
