Where Families are Blossoming
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 received lots of feedback that helped Marianne and I realize that what we were sharing touched a … [Read more...]
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 does - and even if it didn't, we're going anyway. We came up with this idea earlier this year … [Read more...]
In school, Alejandro has just begun to be exposed to the concept of spelling - understanding that the letters he's learning makes up actual words - and like a bee to honey, he is all over it. Only problem is the word he's saying and how he is spelling it are like night and day, oil and water, chalk and cheese - you get my drift. The two are not similar by any stretch of the imagination because Alejandro can't spell yet - but he doesn't know … [Read more...]
No Fretting! That's my new personal motto and one that I'm hoping you will take on as well. Almost all parents feel some type of guilt on some level at varying points along their parenting journeys. "Did I do or say the right thing?" "Am I doing the best for my child?" "Is my child happy?" and the list goes on and on. For those of us who are parents of children born early and/or who have special needs, this feeling can be … [Read more...]
"Mommy, he's blind" ... yelled the little girl while pointing at my son Alejandro as we walked past her at the swimming pool. My heart stung for a split second. Did Alejandro hear her? If he did, did he know that she was talking about him? We were rushing to the pool for his weekly swimming lesson and Alejandro was so excited about seeing 'Leche' (the nickname Alejandro has given his instructor) - that I'm not so sure the girl's … [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...]
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...]
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