Okay, you have 7.5 minutes to tell me all about yourself. What you like, don’t like. What you can do, can’t do, struggle with or simply have never tried. Your favorite activities, how long you have been doing them. Oh, and some of your important health information. Like allergies and medications. Now tell me all this when we are in a crowd. A loud crowd. Oh and I forgot, I will have 23 other people telling me the same things. Now guess how much I will remember for each person. The answer is very little, maybe some key facts, maybe some key high points but probably not much more than that. Now ..read more

ALOT! And I have some aches and pains from it and from…. getting older. No big deal…. until it was And it was called a stress fracture in my back. It made me so upset too and I kind of have an idea how it happened but suffice it to say that the resulting events and discomfort have led me to get some physical therapy (PT) for this stupid back. I started off meeting this really great PT. He talked about my history, lifestyle, pain scale etc. He then worked with me to see what exercises and stretches he wanted me to do. He printed them out and I took them home. And I did them. EVERYDAY, TWICE IF ..read more

Smiling Happy Full of enjoyment All is well and on and on go the images that we share and see on social media sites. But are they really all those things that the images are showing? As a parents and caregivers of children with special needs, we know just hard our kids work in their lives. To do the things that others can do with little or no effort. And we know how hard WE work to help these beautiful people succeed at life. It is not easy, I will be the first to say it. But I will also be the first to say, that my daughter, Elizabeth is worth it all and more. With that being said, I can’t he ..read more

I will start this blog off with a disclaimer that in no way am I bragging about anything at all. I am only saying that it all simply worked well this week. I LOVED MY TIME WITH ELIZABETH There, I said it. And for those who have ready any and all of my posts, you know that we have had our fair share of challenges in the 25+ years that she and I have been on this journey together. Her Sensory Processing Disorder ( SPD) and Global Dyspraxia have been challenging since birth. Sometimes one beats out the other for the forefront of concern, but trust me, one of them is there and present most days. B ..read more

We are working our way into another conference night…the last one of the year. It is a big one because what is talked about here and how the goals are being met sort of set the stage for the IEP meeting and goals for the following school year. So, any concerns you have, goals you wish were achieved or changes you desire are all points to cover. The way that the school calendar works, in my opinion, is that by the time you get to February, the year is pretty much done. This is in terms of big changes that you might request for your child. Such as testing to be done, an IEP meeting to review and ..read more

THE START OF THE NEW YEAR!! THE START OF THE NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS! Does it have to be that way? Never exercised before?  Now you resolve to go not 3 times a week!!! BUT everyday!!  Soon we will see the commercials and infomercials for treadmills, food delivery systems and step tracking apps! Never let a green vegetable cross your lips?  Now you will each 5 servings EVERY day!!  Blend this green powder into your smooothie NOW! Tough people in your life?  Now you can post these inspirational thoughts and read them EVERY day!  Now you will have a better mindset to ..read more

So it is official, we are celebrating the one-year anniversary of Elizabeth beginning vision therapy. I think because we started this therapy a bit late in her life, we are truly old hands at doing pretty good follow up at home, so even though it has been a year, we have actually only gone for adjustments around each month and a half. And we just did the work when we wanted. I told everyone that Elizabeth loves doing this therapy and that still holds true. She absolutely never, not ONCE has said no to therapy time or even the slightest hesitation to do it. I have not been able to make this sta ..read more

I don’t know how you feel about it but I for one was somewhat stunned when I got the call from the school about conference night. It is coming up in mid October for our school system. The call went on to say how to schedule and that there were in person and virtual options available. I think two things come to mind to me as I got this call and they are: If you get so caught up in life and doing all that needs done in your days, you can run the very real risk of not keeping an eye on the calendar for notable dates like conference night Those who have a child with special needs, can find the ef ..read more

And why do you ask is that? Well, it has to do with the fact that she is “getting her life back” For those who haven’t been reading my recent blogs, I will tell you. She has been on a bit of a hiatus from her one job because the schools she does her gym classes with takes a break between summer sessions and fall. This translated to A LOT of time on Elizabeth’s hands for about 4 weeks. And yes! we did have her other job and most but not all of her other activities in her days, but I have to say that for some reason this year this break hit her hard. I am not sure if she it has to do with the en ..read more

Elizabeth is one happy 25 year old! And why do you ask is that? Well, it has to do with the fact that she is “getting her life back” For those who haven’t been reading my recent blogs, I will tell you. She has been on a bit of a hiatus from her one job because the schools she does her gym classes with takes a break between summer sessions and fall. This translated to A LOT of time on Elizabeth’s hands for about 4 weeks. And yes! we did have her other job and most but not all of her other activities in her days, but I have to say that for some reason this year this break hit her hard. I am not ..read more