My top ten rules for parenting a child with a disability: 1. Accept. This doesn’t mean giving up, it means giving everything you have to make your child’s life as good as it can be. To accept, you acknowledge the gift hidden within the pain. You learn to see the silver lining. My silver lining [...]
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Top Ten Rules
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged advocacy, autism, developmental disabilities, disabilities, forgiveness, love, parenting, parenting a special needs child, pdd-nos, rules for disabilities, special needs on May, 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
yes mother
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autism, daughters, disability, love, parenting on April, 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It is really meaningless to her. What is the purpose in telling someone you love them? To her it is a given and definitely not needed to share. Today I gave her a checklist. I was in and out working all day and I needed to ensure that she ate lunch and came out of [...]
World Autism Day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged autism, autism awareness, daughters, developmental disabilties, love, motherhood, parenting, special needs on April, 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In honor of World Autism Day, a recent conversation with my girl on the way to horseback therapy: HER: why do you always ask to color with me?ME: because it would be fun to do it together.HER: well you know I wasn’t there the day they did sharing. The day they “did sharing”. Love it. On [...]
Merry-go-round
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adult services, anger, autism, developmental disabilities, developmental disability, disability, emotion, Medicaid, parenting on October, 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My emotions go from outrage to hope and back again to outrage. Add in some fear and panic and one could say that I am nestled comfortably atop the merry-go-round. Believing that each and every circumstance I face–whether it seems to be good or not at the time–can offer me something greater than I might [...]
A Page as a Post
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged advocating, autism, developmental disabilities, parenting on July, 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It is that time of year when the dread of new teachers and another school year creeps into the final days of summer. I felt an updated version about my girl was due–its really one of my pages, but a worthy post for sure. And of course her teachers will get a copy. Inspired by [...]
In a small apartment across town there sits a young man in search of his own destiny. On this end of town, here I sit as this young man’s mother trying to make sense of what that destiny might be. I recall the memories of his life so vividly in my mind. The hopes and [...]
If only
Posted in autism, tagged autism, daughters, developmental disabilities, grief, life, motherhood, parenting, pdd-nos on July, 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I took my girl for a pedicure today. Most often, she goes alone….something that took months of backchaining skill development to consistently do independently. It was a process that she is now comfortable doing. And yet, I am absolutely certain that if I took her to a different nail salon, she would not access the [...]
I have
Posted in life, tagged kids, life, love, motherhood, parenting, single mom, spirituality on July, 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
One year ago today, I closed a chapter, perhaps even a book– literally by closing the door of what I had known as my home for 10 years and figuratively in the sense of ending a series of patterns and beliefs that catapulted me into marriages and dynamics that I now see to have beautifully opened [...]
finding success
Posted in autism, disability, kids, Uncategorized, tagged advocating, autism, disability, IEP, inclusion, parenting on January, 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The pain that I hear from my girl. The uncomfortable feeling that she feels in her own body. The suffering. The agitation. The cries of “I don’t care, leave me alone, just go away”. Mostly because school starts in 2 days. Breaks a momma’s heart. I feel as though her future is right in my face. I can’t [...]
