Privacy and self-protection lead to isolation. Transparency and honesty lead to connection, community, and love. Yet, it is not so black and white when you find out your child is different, or disabled, or diagnosed with SOMETHING. Do you tell others or do you not? When Ryan was first diagnosed with PWS at 5 weeks old, our knee-jerk reaction was to keep it to ourselves. Maybe tell Continue Reading
The Night We Told Ryan He Has Prader-Willi Syndrome
When is it the right time? At what age? At what cognitive level? Will he even understand? Will it make him more anxious? (Because EVERYTHING does.) Will he just perseverate on it and talk about it over and over and over? Or will it bring relief—as in “oh, now I understand why I talk about food all the time…” It was a Friday night in November. Luke, our oldest, was celebrating Continue Reading
Dance! Don’t Hold the Wall
It's my 17th year of being a mother. It's my 20th year of being a wife. It's my 47th year of being alive. Of being human, of dreaming dreams, of hoping hopes, and just plain livin' life on this God-given beautiful Earth. A new year means ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. Everything is possible. It is. It is! A new year means any regrets from last year can be redeemed this year. A new year Continue Reading
The Time I Took My Kid (just one!) to New York
Firstborn-son-love + Trip to NYC = UH-mazingness. I highly recommend one-on-one trips with your kids. Even if it is one night, down the street from your home. There is nothing replaceable about that special-special time with ONE kid. Even if you have only one son or daughter, the going away together part with all mom's attention ON, is priceless. It moves mountains in their hearts. Memories that Continue Reading
Good Mothers Have Hot Glue Guns (and other stupid stuff we tell ourselves)
Good Mothers have hot glue guns. They also have craft bins fully stocked with amazing supplies. Like a mini-version of a Michael's store. Arts & crafts lessons abound, and art camp is held at their house every summer. They don’t care about messes and paint everywhere. They are focused on giving their children freedom to express themselves as they desire, and explore art in all its Continue Reading
Itchy Twitchy Witchy Mom
Where is the balance between showing and sharing your illnesses to your kids, and/or not? I am going on 8 weeks with this SKIN & SCALP THING. Makes me feel all itchy-witchy-b*tchy. No. It’s not lice. (Eww!) No. It’s not bed bugs. (Double eww!) No. It’s not scabies. (Gross. Don’t even!) No. I haven’t changed laundry detergents, soaps, or lotions. No. I don’t take any Continue Reading
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