I have a crush on Jen Hatmaker. She is a new discovery to me. Writer, blogger, speaker, mother to 5 (she wins!), including two she adopted from Africa, and wife to Brandon Hatmaker. She lives in a city I would love to live in, Austin, Texas. Anyway, after reading her blog post that went completely and insanely viral, “The Worst End of School Year Mom Ever,” I was hooked. Because she’s my kind Continue Reading
The All-Together-ness of Summer
I survived the first week of summer break with a smile. Barely. Only 10 more weeks, but no one else in the Patay household is counting. But me, I admit. Deep breaths. Don’t get me wrong. I welcome the respite from homework, projects, meetings, volunteering, packing lunches, and staying on top of endless papers that come home. My in-basket is sooo happy to be less full. I have loved a week Continue Reading
When Tears Are More Than Tears
Just as laughter can be rich-belly-laughter, so can tears come in a way that you know they are from deep within one’s soul. Kate had those kind of tears a few mornings ago. And I had to pull the minivan off the road just to hug her and hold her. We were on our way to drop Luke off at middle school. Which is always a feat to get the three of them out the door that early. Not more than a minute Continue Reading
Confession
Its TRUTH-TIME. I will share 10 ways I have blown it as a PWS mom. (I blow it as a “regular mom” all the time, too, by the way.) We, as parents and caregivers of a child or adult child with Prader-Willi syndrome, are all trying our best to provide what our special peeps need. We read, we research, we go to endless appointments, we read newsletters like this, we attend behavior training Continue Reading