Clik here to view.
A Tale to Tell
My Friend has Special Needs, a book written by author of the Beamer Book series, Cindy Chambers, finally came out of publishing this spring. The Beamer books introduce difficult topics to children in a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tea for Three
More like tea for six -- if you count all of the stuffed guests.Ty is a service dog to Bridger. He greets him off the bus every afternoon, he takes off his stinky socks, he picks up what he drops and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Second Honeymoon
A highlight of the early summer was Alan and I enjoying a vacation together.We took an anniversary trip back to where it all began, Cancun, Mexico.As poor little newlyweds, with Alan in law school and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It's the Little Things
It's the little things in life.Like having a cup holderthat attaches to your wheelchairin a place that you can reach itto get a drink whenever you want one.It's those little thingsthat make his dayand...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Let's Talk
Did you know that my blog isn't one-sided? While I love to brain dump and share my musings and document my family's special happenings, my blog has many voices. It is my voice, and yours.One of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Through the Trees
Hello there.It’s been a while.I’ve missed you.It seems I have lost my voice for a couple months.Both literally, and figuratively.On the sidebar of my blog, in the description about me it says that “I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Blessing Sprinkled
In Charles Dickens's great literary work, A Christmas Carol, as Scrooge was taken past the Crachit's home with the Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge observed the Ghost "sprinkle a blessing upon it."I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Because I Knew You
In Evie's Santa Ball (santa ball post to come later this week) was wrapped a ticket to Wicked. I had taken Sadie earlier last year to see it on Broadway in NYC and was more than happy to take Evie...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Vertical Perspective
See this beauty?I want to kiss it!I want to plant my lips right on that big squished glob on the sole of his shoe. You know why? Because there is a big squished glob on the sole of his shoe.Which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Santa Balls
Behold . . .The entirety of our Christmas.The background:Simplify. Have less. Keep it manageable. All words I repeat in my mind every Monday morning.When the tornado of the weekend has passed through...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Nose Knows
In preparing to depart for our cruise, we needed to make preparations for Tyrone's vacation, too. He wasn't joining us on our cruise. We had something more fun in store for him -- 10 fun-filled days...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stalemate
I am very self-governed.Included in my many self-imposed rules is not allowing myself to blog in the present when I have past events to catch up on.Blogging the past is not nearly as motivating as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Gift that Keeps on Giving
The wonderful thing about receiving a trip for Christmas is that it is the gift that keeps on giving. There was the fun of opening it, the fun of the anticipation (which became the theme of Sadie's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Castaways
We unanimously agree that our favorite day of the cruise was our day on Disney's island, Castaway Cay.We came off the ship bright and early for the older three kids to start the day by running the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
DIY {A}
I have spent many a moment holding back the tears as I walk through the aisles at Toys "R" Us every Christmas, birthday and occasions in between trying to find something that Bridger will be able to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dear UPS:
Dear UPS Driver,It's early Friday evening, and I know we are both tired. But in your effort to save yourself some steps, you prevented someone who is unable to take any steps at all from going into a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Cavalry
As newlyweds, I learned the importance of compromise in a marriage. First lesson learned - there would need to be compromise with the television.You see, I learned my husband and I were...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This Moment
Oldest daughter and myselfeach with a new library picksitting on the creaky porch of an historic building turned taco shopsurrounded by more of the same in the charm of our townlingering over a lunch...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Picking Up
Picking up from the present.Picking apart the 6000 blogs that have filled my head since my hiatus.Picking through the memories of Virginia that I took with me in our new family adventure in Dallas,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Could I Order a Seizure Salad?
In Life with a Side of Special, there is always a base layer of stress, angst and anxiety - caused by one thing or another. Sometimes I feel frustrated that our moments of joy are never without the...
View Article