Let me be one of the first to greet you: Happy New Year! May the new year bring peace, joy, less tantrums and meltdowns and more goals met for us and our kiddos. Share what you managed to capture this week. Please spread the comment love around. Thank you. *photo credit
Tag Archive: holidays
Special Exposure Wednesday – Merry Christmas
While I respect that not everybody celebrates Christmas, we do. So from our home to yours, Merry Christmas! Whatever holiday you celebrate, may it be filled with love, laughter and peace. Share what you managed to capture this week. Please spread the comment love around. Thank you. *photo credit
Giving and Receiving
I know I will love it no matter what it is, because it will be from the child, her way of telling me, “I love you, Mama.”
Special Exposure Wednesday – Self Control
The greatest test to the boy’s self control right now: If he can pass this test, he can do anything, Share what you managed to capture this week. Please spread the comment love around. Thank you.
Wounding Words, Wondrous Words
I almost couldn’t hear it when she spoke. Words uttered under breath, understood loud and clear. “You’re so late,” she rolls her eyes, clicks her tongue in disapproval. I smile anyway, pass by, walk my daughter to class. Fifteen minutes after the bell rang, we’re entering campus. The words rattle me again. But not…
What Really Matters
I don’t know about all of you, but I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed again. Thanksgiving went better than could ever be expected, and throughout the weeks leading up to it and immediately after, I held everything else at arm’s length. I have never been a “Black Friday” participant, and this year more than ever we’re…
Balancing Journey vs. Destination Mindset With Our Kids
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters in the end.” – Ursula K LeGuin I think we as parents of special needs understand this more than any other parents in the world. And even still, I fight this truth so much. As someone who’s good…
Don’t Forget An Important Part of Your “Thankful For” List
A Day to remember why you’re thankful. What you’re thankful for. Thankful for partners, the few (or more) supporters that surround you, jobs / careers, friends, insurance, making it this far in your journey. This year, this time, I encourage you to reach within, look within – to you. Inward to your strength, your drive…
Special Exposure Wednesday – Thank You
As we are about to celebrate Thanksgiving here in the US, I am taking a break from posting a picture of the boy. Instead, I want to say “thank you” to each and every one of you who selflessly share your lives with us. I always look forward to “seeing” your kiddos every week (yes,…
Thanksgiving
Oh, I know, it’s not even Halloween (quite) yet, but just like I’m sure you can find retail locations in your community that are a bit ahead of the game with the witches and ghosts keeping company with the Santas and menorahs, my heart is already set on Thanksgiving. Being thankful is good for you,…
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