Cancer – What’s in a Word?

Cancer – What’s in a Word?

by | Jul 19, 2016 | Tales of a Special Needs Mom

My girl gets bumps all over the left side of her face.  It’s one of the most obvious aspects of her physical condition. They come and go, ebb and flow with less regularity than the tide or seasons.  Their predictability is only that they occur randomly in all...
Kindness

Kindness

by | Feb 17, 2016 | Blog, Tales of a Special Needs Mom

Kindness. It’s my word for the day. Not just toward everyone else, but toward me, myself and I. It has been especially glorious in our lovely beachside town this week, and I chose to pull off the road and take full advantage of it, even if it was just for a...
The Door of Possibility

The Door of Possibility

by | Jan 25, 2016 | Blog, Tales of a Special Needs Mom

A few weeks back, I noticed my girl was trending. Trending in a direction we had travelled many times before. Trending toward quiet, trending toward stillness, trending toward apathy…this trend was pain. The signs are all to clear for me, a mom like so many who...
Filling My Tank

Filling My Tank

by | Dec 2, 2015 | Blog, How Does She Do It?

Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m pooped. The holidays have just started and already I am overwhelmed by the to do list and tired from the expectations of what our culture has created as the norm. My body has this foolproof way of letting me know when I need to...