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Dear Moms of Preschool Boys: It gets easier, I promise
We took family pictures last weekend. I don’t think I’ve ever looked forward to a photo session quite so much. We got to dress the boys in matching clothes: an 18 months shirt…
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Eating out with a special needs kid (it’s kind of a big deal!)
It was fun enjoying a wonderful family adventure together, and CELEBRATE that we have ARRIVED at that beautiful place of being able to survive successfully eating out with our favorite special needs kiddo.
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Managing Appointments and Outings with Special Needs Children
By Guest Author, Katie My oldest son was 3 1/2 years old when our family moved across the country and found ourselves a thousand miles away from friends and extended family. As our…
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Special Needs Survival Series: Parents Share Their Tips and Advice
Two years ago, I participated in the 31 Days Blogging Challenge with a series for Special Needs Families. It was called “31 Days of Supporting the Special Needs Family: Opening Dialogue, Building Bridges,…
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Preschool Graduation: Ezra’s Trials and Triumphs
Yesterday was Ezra’s preschool graduation. Tomorrow is his very last day of preschool, and falls exactly two years and four months from the day I first sent him off to preschool. I felt…
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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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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…
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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…
- Ezra, Family, Health, Wellness, & Self Care, Little Brother, Messy Faith, Motherhood, Mothering Through Fatigue, Personal and Spiritual Ramblings, Special Needs Parenting
Pursuing self care and asking for help (in which we make some changes)
I will view self care as a priority rather than an indulgence. I will get better at asking for help. With these resolutions, I entered the New Year. I was tired but happy,…
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Even if we can’t find heaven: cultivating love for my special needs child
I remember exactly where I was in my car when I first heard Rachel Platten’s song, Stand By You. Her song is a personal anthem of loving in the hardest of places, not…
