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What will you do when the yellow school bus stops coming to pick up your special-needs child? That is a big question, and many of us wait far too long to begin thinking of what the answer might be. Some … Continue reading
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My eldest goddaughter leaves for college this week. I am not handling it well. To say the least. You see, although I am blessed to have three beautiful goddaughters, ranging in age from 18 to one, whom I love from … Continue reading
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As a mother to a child with autism, my friends and I spend much of our time discussing diet and toxins in our environment. We also spend a good amount of time discussing our own health concerns. But, what about … Continue reading
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After writing several blogs in the past about my family’s struggles with going to church because of my son’s autism, I knew right away that I had to write a blog about our experience last week. One of my son’s … Continue reading
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I’ve been a parent now for around seventeen years. I’ve worked closely with children with special needs for the past six. With each new experience, it seems I encounter the same general mentality. No matter where I live, work, or … Continue reading
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Every school year I go into my son’s class to read to the kids. The topic? Autism. When he started elementary school, I hadn’t planned on doing this at all, but early on in his kindergarten year, I witnessed an … Continue reading
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This post was first published on 10/9/2012. Happy Gotcha Day, Saint! Eleven years ago I was living the life. I had recently bought my first home, had a job I loved, a coaching gig that was fun, and spent all of … Continue reading
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“What children need most are the essentials grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humour, comfort, lessons in life and most importantly COOKIES!!” (make that GF cookies!) Last year I wrote “The Visit” as my father and … Continue reading
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Despite yesterday being Father’s Day, I chose to write about my Father today. I also, with his permission, added a blog written by my father. My father is the most amazing person. He is the best husband, father, grandparent, and … Continue reading
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I have started and deleted and restarted and deleted this blog several times. I wanted to do a follow-up on Autism and the Church and talk about my church’s efforts to begin a special-needs ministry, but I knew revisiting my story … Continue reading
