A Mother’s Ode to Motherhood
Emotionally spent, 3 in the morning, the night before last, I wrote an Ode to what I didn’t know about being a mother before I was one: My youngest is…
Caregiving
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My Kids Were Little Once Too
Maintaining the Positive Mindset in Parenting It’s so easy to feel frustrated with the progress you want to see in your life. As a mama to kids with extraordinary needs,…
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Puppy Love
Puppy Love When You’re Not a Dog Person It’s taken 40-some odd years, but my sister somehow managed to turn me into a dog person. I suppose it’s more accurate…
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Pivot Plan
On Monday of this week, I wrote an Instagram post about making a pivot plan (See it here). For today’s blog, I am going to expand on what I wrote…
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What a Difference a Decade Makes
A decade ago I had just given birth to my second son. Our family was growing, and I had no clue what was in store for us. In the first…
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I Wish People Would Make the Effort
Being a parent to a child like Maeve comes with so many challenges. Every holiday, birthday or really any old celebration, causes me so much anxiety. Both of my girls…
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When to Listen and When to Ignore the Inner Voice
Proceed with caution, I’m letting you in to hear my inner voice and it’s going to tell you I’m a lazy mom. As I write, I am sitting in my…
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Worrying for Nothing (or Everything)
One of my – personality quirks – is that I worry. I worry a lot. When I was younger, there were definitely things I didn’t worry about enough. And now…
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Full time forever Caregivers
I’ve spent a lot of time in the past few years of my life in the homes and lives of forever full-time caregivers. And I’m here to tell you, people,…
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Why I blog
Mommy Blogging The answer is simple – I want people to care for the caregivers. But I’ll get to that. I’ve been blogging for a while now. Since 2005 I…
