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Sunshine and Haircuts
Sometimes I get rainbows with Sammy. It's as if the windows fly open on a warm summer morning by the ocean. The breeze comes in and calms my soul, quiets my mind and helps me to see the flowers that bloom in my life.… -
Book Review: Raising Boys with ADHD
The Center for Disease Control reports that 5.4 million children between the ages 5-17 have been diagnosed with ADHD by a healthcare professional. Of those children, boys were (13.2%) were more likely than girls (5.6%… -
Just be Mommy
It’s so amazing to me how much you can love your children. It is even more amazing to me how much children learn from their parents, and how much we, as their parents, learn from them. Having a child on the Autis… -
Being an Autism Parent: Overcoming Self Doubt
The hardest part, I think, to being an autism parent is the doubt. Not just in general but the self doubt in particular. We ask ourselves It doesn’t really matter where your child is on the spectrum, we all ask… -
When is it Good Enough?
When do we see our children’s lives as being “Good Enough”? When do we stop pushing them? When are we okay with letting go, and learn from outcomes? When do we accept their lives as being different… -
Just be Mommy
It’s so amazing to me how much you can love your children. It is even more amazing to me how much children learn from their parents, and how much we, as their parents, learn from them. Having a child on the Auti… -
Gotta Love Those Kids
Nothing like children to keep you grounded. There is something about being thrown up on that really helps keep your feet on the ground. -
Follow Your Gut
You just don’t expect it. We were living the perfect family life. We had just had our second child, the boy we wanted after the first child, a beautiful girl. My husband and I had met in a choir at University,… -
Getting It Wrong
One of the biggest difficulties of life with an autistic child is the frequency with which, as a parent, you get it wrong. As his dad, I should be the one who knows how to handle my son’s needs and respond to sit… -
Child Raising Philosophies
Do you remember the days when people spent more time raising their own children than telling other people how to raise theirs? When no one particularly cared what brand of baby bottles you were using, whether or not y…
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Love Notes in the "blue notebook"
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Golden Afternoon
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Sunshine and Haircuts
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