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 | 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 | Sep 26, 2014 | Blog, Tales of a Special Needs Mom
My girl has her big test tomorrow with her service dog, Atti. It’s a public access test because after all, this is a special dog who can go where dogs usually aren’t allowed, so Team Mary and Atti are held to a higher standard. After months of training and...
by Kathy Milburn | Aug 16, 2014 | Blog, Tales of a Special Needs Mom
I’ve come to believe that more and more over the years, adjusting my thoughts and feelings in as positive position as I could muster at any given time. Some days that’s been pretty hard, but over time it has gotten a little bit easier and a little bit...
by Kathy Milburn | Aug 11, 2014 | Blog, Tales of a Special Needs Mom
Letting go…we are at that pivotal point, my girl and I, where the mom steps aside and allows the daughter to fully call all the shots for her life. It’s that “do I step in or do I not” place, where I see she’s ready and I’m almost...
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