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When you’re too tired to be a good wife

April 16, 2016 by Aprille 7 Comments

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 the night. (He has cut six teeth in five weeks while simultaneously figuring out hands-and-knees crawling AND pulling up – “wonder week” would be … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Family, Marriage, Motherhood, Mothering Through Fatigue, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: chronic-fatigue, communication, counseling, fatigue, love, marriage, sleep, teething

Dialogue: what not to say – and what TO say – to special needs parents

October 30, 2014 by Aprille 6 Comments

So what I would like to do with this post is share what some special needs parents have to say in regard to dialogue and communication. What things they don’t like to hear, and what things they do! This isn’t meant to be a list of “no-no’s,” but rather a helpful tool in engaging conversation all the way around.

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Posted in: Friendship & Community, Special Needs Parenting Tagged: communication, conversation, dialogue, special needs

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