Where Families are Blossoming
P - Pause: To slow down or stop for a moment R - Reflect: Consider/Think About who and where you are as a person. Do you like what you see or like the picture above shows, do you even know who that person is staring back at you? E - Empty: Get rid of any heavy, unhelpful internal or external baggage S - Savor: Oooo, savor how light you feel after all of that emptying E - Embrace: Welcome the positive change(s) in yourself N - … [Read more...]
Sometimes (when I feel like it), I stop and try to patiently answer their questions. "Yes, he's blind, he rides by listening to what's around him and I give him cues, he doesn't need to 'see' with his eyes to know where he's going, Yes, it's safe." Sometimes though (more often than not), I don't say a word - but just keep running alongside my munchkin as he slowly and steadily pedals his bike. The grins on both of our faces silence the critics … [Read more...]
Now back to my earlier question: When was the last time you allowed yourself to be free and independent as a parent? From my own personal experience as well as from the many conversations I've had with other parents, this question tends to be particularly difficult for parents of preemies, of children who are sick and parents of children who have special needs. This difficulty appears, partly at least, to be due to the sheer number … [Read more...]
For My Daddy Walk a little slower Daddy, said a child so small, I’m following in your footsteps And I don’t want to fall. Sometimes your steps are very fast, Sometimes they’re hard to see; So walk a little slower, Daddy, For you are leading me. Someday when I’m all grown up, You’re what I want to be; Then I will have a little child Who’ll want to follow me. And I would want to lead just … [Read more...]
"When you have come to the edge Of all light that you know And are about to drop off into the darkness Of the unknown, Faith is knowing One of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on, or You will be taught to fly" (Anonymous) By definition, autopilot is 'a navigational system that automatically keeps ships, planes or spacecraft on a steady course.' In people it is also defined as 'a … [Read more...]
After intense consideration, my husband and I have decided to give Alejandro a break this summer and not put him in summer school….much to the dismay of many of the teaching staff and therapists who work with him. They feel he may regress – we feel he will blossom! Here in NYC, and I would presume in other states as well, the educational system strongly encourages children with special needs to attend school on a 12 month schedule … [Read more...]
Let's hear the rhyme again: 'Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, All the King's horses, And all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back together again.' Now, let's make a few modifications to it: (feel free to insert your child's name where it says, 'your child'): '(Your child) is a part of this world; (Your child's) abilities are constantly being twirled, Between all of the … [Read more...]
N =The art of saying "NO." I've touched on this before in the past but feel that it is something that we need to be reminded of again from time to time. Now is that time. Many of us, me included, have felt and continue to feel a more than healthy amount of stress and anxiety due to our inability to say no. As special parents, we've had to take on more than our fair share of challenges and that's understandable - but the danger is when we … [Read more...]
I am sure many of you have heard of a well-known story about the cracked pot. The story, in part, goes something like this (and I am paraphrasing a bit): A water bearer in India had two large pots - one was perfectly made and the other one had a big crack in it - which he carried every day to draw water to bring to his master's house, each one hanging on the pole he carried across his neck. The perfect pot never leaked while the … [Read more...]
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