Helping Moms Raise Kids With Special Needs
Thanks to Responsival for our partnership on this post about supportung our disabled children in adulthood. When we think of nontoxic lifestyle, we don’t often think of things like jewelry. But even for people who don’t wear a lot of jewelry, wedding bands and engagement rings are still a must. That said, you can make jewelry choices that are better for the planet and the
Thanks to Responsival for our partnership on this post about supportung our disabled children in adulthood. Hello! It’s been quite a while since I’ve regularly blogged herebut life changes when your disabled children reach adulthood. It’s truly a time when more security is necessary, which is crazy as I approach 60. We still need to have things in place like owning our own home, affordable
Thanks to Responsival for our partnership on this post about the financial future for families. If I could pick one word to describe our family’s financial life, it would be, “Surprise!” Every now and then we get on top of my budget, but then emergency strikes and things fall apart. And once we have kids, the term “financial future” enters our discussions regularly. Here are
Hi friends! It’s been forever since I wrote, but I could not help myself. I am so excited to share with you that I just published a new book entitled, “A Blueprint for Hope: Raising Your Child Alongside Jesus.” This is a book meant to help and guide moms raising a child on the autism spectrum. One of the biggest things we can understand as
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Now it’s September, it’s time for back to school fitness – for you, Mom! For us, this year has been super challenging: discovering I had PTSD, a flood that led to mold discovery, another move, job loss, falling out with friends. In light of all the stressors, I laid back on my gym visits. As you might know, I am a big fan of SoldierFit,
Raising a child on the autism spectrum is no easy feat but after more than a decade in, I’ve learned a few things out in the world that has made me a better mother and with that, hopefully, given my daughter a better future. And as a huge fan of “The Mandolorian,” I couldn’t help but notice that there are some real truths to be
We live in an incredibly toxic world. It seems no matter what you do, you cannot avoid exposure to harmful chemicals, compounds, and nano-toxins in your food, water, and the very air you breathe. It’s everything you own too. Numerous studies link these agents to cancer, Alzheimer’s, learning disabilities, miscarriage and a host of other illnesses, conditions, and complications. (Note that this article contains my
Once upon a time, I wrote an “F-word series” and today I’m revisiting a word that you have to embrace if you want to be great: FORTITUDE According to Dictionary.com, fortitude is a noun meaning, “mental and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously”. Wow. Hard. CORE. Lots of heavy-hitter terms there, did you notice? “emotional strength”, “adversity”, “courageously.” A difficult skill,
So I thought I would pop in quick for an update about our struggles treating our child who is on the autism spectrum. Since she hit puberty about 2.5 years ago, we’ve struggled with regressions and physical issues, on top of what we’d already been having problems with. Predominantly, she has been suffering with terrible gut health issues common in autism. To date, we had
