I’m sharing “101 Ideas for Keeping Your Child with Special Needs Busy All Summer.” Putting together this list (and the Pinterest board that goes along with it for even MORE ideas) has me getting pretty excited about June, July, and August!
Mother’s Day is just days away. You may have slipped a list of what you want under your husband’s coffee mug. Or written it on the bathroom mirror with your finger so he can read it as he waits for the steam to lift before he shaves. There are many moms in Asia who have…
One of my favorite benefits of running Not Alone (a website for parents of children with special needs), is that I get to interact with leading writers in the special-needs community. Kathy Bolduc is one of those writers I’m privileged to be learning from. Her newest book, The Spiritual Art of Raising Children with Disabilities,…
Fist bump to the boys for one good Easter picture! Wahoo! Can’t wait to have all three of my boys in matching shirts next year. David promises me one more year of compliance. Fist bump to James for graduating to a booster seat in the car! He’s only tried to get out of it…
We love going to Washington, D.C. in the spring. With James in school this year (and no Spring Break due to all the snow days he has to make up) and Lee’s extra busy schedule with his doctorate classes, that left just David and me free to head south. So we checked the weather and…
Last night we went to Chili’s for dinner (yay for free kids’ meal coupons!). We go early so we can get a booth because it’s easier to keep James in a booth than in a chair. And he did a great job being in the booth, just not necessarily sitting in the booth. He had…