Dear Parents, (who aren’t dropping off their high school graduate at college) I lift you up. We are many. We live different dreams for our once littles, now adults. I have many friends who are going through the empty nest syndrome right now...dropping off their seniors at college, turning around, and going home...without them. I… Continue reading To the Parents Who Aren’t Dropping off their Child at College
I came across this underneath a pile of rubble while cleaning out my she-shed this past spring. I found what I presumed to be part of a dead plant after pulling out the cracked plastic mini planter boxes and some wrappers from gardening supplies. I thought it was trash until I looked closer and realized that… Continue reading Hope Replanted
It’s Never Too Late…Do you ever think, “I’m getting too old for that, or It’s Too late to change that in my life?” Three years ago, through many trepidations, I made the decision to quit my job of 16 years of being a special education teacher. I was 46 years old, still too young to… Continue reading It’s Never Too Late…
Opinions. Everyone has them. Oh, those emphatic opinions everyone has about politics, dieting, finances, etc. It's too bad we can't create electricity merely from all of the buzz going on the world today. But what about those opinions people have about special needs' parenting? The ones that come from those who do not really understand… Continue reading HIS Opinion is the One and Only That Matters in Your Journey.
School started, and once again it feels like the race is on. For some of our children, they begin the race an even farther distance from the starting line. We worry about them. We grieve for them, every year. We don't want them to feel the gap between them and the world. They might start way… Continue reading Baby Steps are Marathons
