by Kathy Milburn | 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...
by Kathy Milburn | May 6, 2016 | Blog, Tales of a Special Needs Mom
I’ve often wondered whether the words said and countless actions I have taken have really landed with my girl. Did she hear me? Did she understand? With a special child, young woman really, there’s an absence of feedback, that typical acknowledgement of...
by Kathy Milburn | 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...
by Kathy Milburn | 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...
by Kathy Milburn | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog, Miracles and Musings, Tales of a Special Needs Mom
Good morning! And yes it is a good morning! The sun is shining on a brand new day here, made more special by being healthy. We’ve been traveling coast to coast and in the process, my girl and I picked up some travel bugs. Under the weather and feeling crummy for...
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