some may call what i am about to write as oversharing. i call it therapy. the world we live in now is the meca of oversharing. our entire lives are documented all over the internet. many of those documentations are false. I may be many things, but false is not one of them. I can't … Continue reading .oversharing →

This is going to be a very candid and open post, partly because I haven't posted in awhile & I am itching to write & partly because I've had 3 "captain crunch" drinks so take it as you will. I have home schooled our SN 6 year old for almost exactly 1 year.  She has … Continue reading .IEP, ARD, & other acronymns →

-it's the little moments that make life big ...   sometimes when parenting is really hard and a day (or week) is particularly tough, we have to stop what we're doing exactly where we are and think about all the little things that make our life great.  Sometimes you may can only think about 2 … Continue reading . all the little things →

for many SN parents, our lives can feel very similar to the childhood game of red light/green light. That little plus sign shows on the pregnancy test. GREEN LIGHT We race to get everything ready for this new life we will be bringing into the world. GREEN LIGHT We bring this beautiful little human into … Continue reading . red light/green light →

I have been silent for several weeks now.  I am having to regroup my heart and my mind for a new diagnosis for our little human.  For years, ever since her first diagnosis, we were told time and time again that she WAS NOT on the spectrum.  Well, a couple of weeks ago that diagnosis … Continue reading .regroup →