Ezra
Ezra was born into our family in the fall of 2010. He's expressive, precocious, loving, cute, a big talker, and all-boy. He loves trains, cars, airplanes, and anything else that moves and makes noises. These posts are his story.
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So this is eight: an update on our awesome 8-year-old boy
My baby is eight. EIGHT!! For some reason this year is hitting me as far more monumental than others, as I shall explain. I think that having a child who is behaviorally, emotionally,…
- Ezra, Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Momma Goes Back to School, Motherhood, Special Needs Parenting
YMCA: A Mom’s Best Friend {Why Every Mama Needs the YMCA}
Dear YMCA: “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” I jest, but only a little. But I feel impressed to tell you “my YMCA story,” because it’s a good one.…
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K’Nex: the one toy that keeps my ADHD kid focused for HOURS
Ezra received his first set of K’Nex from his grandparents for Christmas 2016, when he was six years old. They went over really great. Not. While he was generally intrigued by them, the…
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Why 2017 was messy and weird and what I’m looking forward to in 2018
It’s New Year’s Eve (like you didn’t already know) and we are on the brink of 2018. I’ve recently signed up as a DaySpring affiliate (which I’m super excited about, BTW). They recently…
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My Broken Hallelujah: Thoughts on the Last Day of Kindergarten
It was 2014 and I was (once again) driving to the Christian preschool my son was attending to deal with a disciplinary issue. Once again taking time out of my respite because he…
- Ezra, Messy Faith, Motherhood, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Redemption Stories, Special Needs Parenting
Easter Grace: how God shows up in jelly beans and covers my mistakes
But that's where God's grace steps in. Because God doesn't need us to bring our A game. He just needs us to show up. Sometimes, He shows up in jelly beans. Sometimes, that…
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Never enough: an honest look at what special needs parenting is like
Last summer, he buried his compass at the park. I’m not really sure why. He just wanted to. He begged us to go back to find it. Every time we go back, he…
- Beauty in the Mess, Ezra, Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Miscellaneous, Momma Goes Back to School, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting
How to catch your breath when life is a whirlwind
I’ve been wanting – no, needing – to write a blog post about current life happenings for a few weeks now. But I kept putting it off, because…where do I start? Year so…
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ADHD Hack: the only four rules we have for our ADHD child
As part of our Special Needs Survival series, I am going to be honing in on one of my son’s diagnoses: ADHD. Ezra was diagnosed almost 2 1/2 years ago now. We have undergone…
- Ezra, Family, Fatherhood, Little Brother, Momma Goes Back to School, Motherhood, Special Needs Parenting
A very long life and family update (with lots of pictures!)
I’m so glad that January is almost over, aren’t you? Honestly, though, it’s been a good month for our family, considering it was January. We started off the year with a beautiful 8-or-so…
