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Being a special needs parent is a lot of things.  Sometimes it is very hard, and requires super human strength and determination.  Sometimes it is joyful and special, and beyond your wildest dreams of what parenting could be like.

But day-to-day we are all parents, raising special children who have may have physical disabilities, hidden disabilities or developmental challenges, but who are at their very core, just children. Special little lives that require love and care, and special families who work together to bring every member of the team to their full potential.

 

EDUCATION

Reasons To Be Thankful

How Do We Measure Success In Our Kids: Second Time

Feeling Like A Hypocrite

 

BEING MOM

What I Wish I Knew As A Grad Student at University of Chicago, And What I Wish I Could Teach Students Now

Since You’ve Been Gone: A Letter to my Mom

Caregivers for Special Kids

Too Many Things At Once

Sarcasm and Parenting

Feeling Empowered

Where I Raise My Kids

I Have To Try Harder

What My Sister’s Have Taught Me…

What Friends Can Teach You
Savor Every Minute

Why Does Facebook Make Me Feel Bad About Myself

The Things We Fear

Feeling Fragmented

Happy Mother’s Day: A Happy Day To Be Someone’s Mom

Fighting the Frump
Taking The High Road – Handicap Parking

Moving Slow

I Don’t Know How You Feel

I Never Thought It Would Happen To Me

This Used To Be So Easy

A Whole New Life

What Would I Be

How A Nightmare Defines A Day

Beautiful Girls

What Are You, Like, Trying To, Like, Say?

The Super Hero Flexibility of the Special Needs Parent

SIBLINGS

Sisters and Disability

THERAPY DAYS

Going Off The Rails

Permission To Quit

INDEPENDENCE

Wheelchairs In The Snow

All By Myself

Someday Triathlete

Thank You For Including My Daughter

How A Group Of Teenage Girls Changed My Life, Or At Last Changed My Outlook
Sunday Morning

Veteran’s Day

 

DISABILITY AWARENESS

disAbility Awareness Week

disAbility Awareness Week: Day One

disAbility Awareness Week: Day Two

 

WRITING AND SPECIAL NEEDS MOM BLOGGING

Finding Direction

Time To Write

 

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My Amazing Big Sister and Curt’s Cafe: Dine With Purpose

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