My child has Autism, now what? Disclaimer * In this post you will see that I have referred to it as my child has autism, where typically I don’t say it that way. The only reason I am phrasing it with that verbiage, is to help other mamas find this post when they search Google. Google analytics and all. I mentioned in my first post about our son’s Autism diagnosis, that I have been reading what autistic adults have to say about their experiences and feelings on Autism. My goal is to educate myself to create an environment, where Autism isn’t some bad word or a notion that something is wrong wit ..read more

So many ask about how we got his autism diagnosis. There is no secret that our youngest, little G who is four years old, has been diagnosed with autism. It took 2 years of advocating and pushing to get an accurate diagnosis for him. I didn’t know for the longest time, what was going on but I knew something was wrong. He was struggling every minute of every day, and I felt helpless to help him. I have been working up to writing this post for awhile now, but I have had an influx of direct messages recently asking about how we got his autism diagnosis. So here we go, if I had to guess, this means ..read more

What is your 2020 Word of the Year? 2020 is upon us, I am not sure about you but I feel like 2019 flew right by. Have you thought about your “word of the year” yet? If you aren’t sure what that is, it is a word you feel drawn to, and declare over your upcoming year. For example my 2020 word of the year is “intentional”. The last year I have felt completely out of control, it has been absolute survival mode for myself and our family. 2019 kicked me in the butt. A cross country move, an autism diagnosis for our youngest, a cancer diagnosis for myself, and a major surgery. Needless to say, I ..read more

This week we baked our first every gluten free Christmas sugar cookies. Here is the super easy royal icing recipe we used. You probably have seen our gluten free Christmas cookie recipe, now lets get to this super easy royal icing recipe!! Royal Icing Ingredients 4 cups of sifted confectioners’ sugar 1/4 cup meringue powder 1/2 cup lukewarm water 1 tsp flavoring of your choice(we used clear vanilla extract) Natural Food Dye of your choice Combine meringue powder and water in mixer, whipping with whisk attachment on medium until frothy. Occasionally scrape down bowl. Once mixed, add your co ..read more

Gluten Free Christmas Cookies with Artificial Dye Free Royal Icing You guys! I am so excited. I have to admit I often don’t like trying new gluten free recipes because lets face it, it feels really intimidating and its always so disappointing to spend the money and effort for it to turn out terribly. It gets really frustrating. I am a great cook, and I have been gluten free for about 8 years, however I typically have about a million other things to take care of instead of experimenting. All that being said, I get a lot of questions about my recommendations on living gluten free. Gluten Free Ch ..read more

So apparently one of little G’s teachers told him about his autism. We haven’t really addressed it with him yet, as he feels too young to understand what that really means. He is only four, and I strive to provide as much of a normal childhood as we can. Within reason, of course. We have to alter alot of our life. It isn’t easy, but we want to support and love him through his hard moments. We want to continue to build him up because I know there will be a point where he will no longer be protected by us. It scares me to think about him growing older and going to school, kids can be so cruel ..read more

Oh my goodness its my first #flatlayfriday post! If you do not know me yet, I am a self proclaimed fashionista. I own my own boutique and I love staying ahead of the trends to bring confidence through clothing and accessories! Summer is halfway over and we are about a month from school starting and I have got to share my favorite budget summer go to items so far. I have to admit I am not even remotely ready to say goodbye to Summer. After moving from Florida back to Arkansas, I am sure my body will be in a shock to experience actual seasons again for the first time in 5 years. We will see, I c ..read more

I wanna talk about why I deleted over 800 people from my Facebook. I am sure by now some have noticed that I no longer show up in their feed. Some have probably been following me for awhile now through so much of our personal drama. Even I can admit watching my life must be like watching a dramedy or something. However since my cancer diagnosis, I started to take note of those who cared enough to reach out. I watched who liked posts, who commented, I noticed who sent flowers, who provided meals for my recovery. While there are no words that are adequate, if you care about someone as a friend y ..read more

To my womb, we part ways today and that has me thinking of all of our good times and all of our bad times. I cannot lie and say that I haven’t felt betrayed by you over the years, but this morning something in me realized as I was kissing my boys goodbye that you have been a warrior, fighting so hard to say as long as you did. Looking back at the pregnancies I see how much you struggled to keep my babies safe and I acknowledge and thank you for your strength and your endurance to bringing my babies earthside. I honor you today. This morning we part ways and my heart is broken because I will n ..read more

It has been 3 weeks since I got the call that changed my life, here are some of my thoughts on my cancer diagnosis. I have taken time to continue to process and have spent alot of time in worship the last few weeks, Honestly worship is the only way I have found to be able to keep my anxiety down. My anxiety is paralyzing at times. Why did this have to happen to me? I am a young mother of two boys, one of which is autistic. They need me. It is not fair. All I wanted was to add another baby to our family. Instead of basking in the glow of pregnancy in the coming months, I will be recovering from ..read more