Welcome to Families Blossoming
Welcome To Families Blossoming
Welcome to Families Blossoming A place where you will be understood, supported, informed and challenged and a place where you can share, cry, vent and laugh. Most importantly, it is a place where you can - and will - grow, if you are open to it. Does any of the following sound familiar?: Your baby has endured and survived more in their short life than few people would ever … [Continue...]
Parent Coaching with Gigi
Speaking Engagement: March of Dimes
March of Dimes ShareUnion Conference in Orlando, Florida (October 2012). I had the honor of being one of the guest speakers at the recently held … [Read More...]
What Is Coaching?
What is Coaching? In its simplest form, parent coaching is an open, honest and confidential conversation between two people. It is a journey of … [Read More...]
Families Blossoming Popular Posts
Loving Without Liking: A Special Parent’s Dilemma
In this season of 'love' with Valentine's Day having just gone by, the receiving and showing of love has gotten played out in a million ways. Some people really got into it with the chocolates, card, gifts, champagne, dinner, the works, while others, (you know who you are) de-romanticized it completely by sending a few … [Read More...]
3 Ways For Preemie and Special Needs ParentsTo Celebrate the New Year While Still Feeling the Challenges of the Old….
2013 - A brand spanking New Year is here. Many people were cheering, shouting, blowing those little honky horns, kissing and hugging strangers and familiar faces alike, wearing silly hats and drinking champagne (or whatever they could get their hands on) as they counted down the seconds to the ushering in of the start of another 365 … [Read More...]
Hello/Goodbye – Intangible Loss, Tangible Hope
In an instant you were gone. Before I could see your face, stroke your cheeks, give you butterfly kisses, put bandages on that boo-boo on your knee, smell that sweet scent that only babies have, be your earthly mummy, say hello...... before I could do any of those things, I had to say goodbye. I've lost four (4) babies before I had a chance to … [Read More...]
Empowered Parenting for Children with Special Needs New Kindle Edition eBook
Born out of two shared hearts, minds and similarly-felt experiences (and created via a big push from my webmaster extraordinaire Diane), this Kindle book was developed by Marianne and I based off of our successful Disability or Different Abilities 2-part Teleseminar held earlier this year. After creating and co-presenting the Teleseminar, we … [Read More...]
‘Date Day’…..still counts?
Date night! All of the relationship gurus say that couples with kids should have one or several date nights! Our 7th wedding anniversary is coming up this weekend and my husband and I are following their advice and are going on a date! Woo-hoo!! During the day - huh? Does this still count relationship people?? In my book it … [Read More...]
Families blossom when parents thrive.
