Life after loss with autism, preemies and a rainbow baby
***Updated 11/22 with current needs*** Can you believe it’s November already? I feel like just yesterday I was stressed out over the beginning of the school year. Or maybe that was yesterday and I’m still wishing for an extra five minutes of sleep and a Sunday night without a frantic trip to the store for […]
While at Blogher this summer I had the chance to meet all kinds of bloggers who I had chatted with online for years. I also had the chance to chat with bloggers in person who I had never talked to via the internet. I met one such blogger and the beginning of our conversation went […]
I have a procrastination problem, especially when it comes to Christmas cards. But last year changed it all, because I received some fabulous cards from some fabulous friends and they all came from the same site. So when I was finally mailing out my cards, which hopefully arrived by Easter, I vowed to get my […]
I try to feed my kids healthy foods. I also avoid taking all of them to stores and restaurants like the plague. My husband’s hours are long so sometimes this leaves us with nothing but the dreaded drive thru on busy days. Since ordering water would label me as the uncoolest mom to ever drive […]
My little McKenna is such an old soul. The older she gets the more it is clear she understands things that can’t quite be put into four year-old words. She often says things that make me want to freeze the moment, etch her words in my mind and search for a frame exquisite enough to […]
The winner is comment #2 from Lisa, congratulations! Did I ever mention that Ashlyn is a game-aholic? As in, she could play board games, card games, computer games every waking moment of every day? So when Social Skills Central, an amazing site and also my sponsor for Blogher ’12 (yes I’m going!!!) asked me to […]
Congratulations to commentor #120 Rosanne, you have won this giveaway! Let’s discuss a few facts: 1. I have three young children at home. 2. They are young yet not young enough to nap daily. 3. I’m a bit of a germaphobe. 4. Indoor play places are similar to letting any entire preschool class sneeze in […]
Have you ever been out for a meal or in a drive thru line and when you attempt to pay for your order you find out that someone else has done it for you? Not in a can I buy you a drink? sort of way but in a, it feels really good to […]
The winner is commenter #26 Laura, congratulations!! My home is colored with a rainbow of abilities… a little bit of social skill issues over here, a little fear over there, a lot of chair spinning in that corner, way too much anxiety in the other corner… we have it all. We also have a huge […]
Congratulations to commenter #39 Diana!! There is this Mom Problem. The one where we all think someone else is doing it better. The mom next door has a perfect eye for fashion. The one in front of you at pre-school pick up just finished a two hour work out at the gym and now has […]
