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The Myth of the Superhero Mom

February 7, 2017 By Patricia O'Machel Leave a Comment

I am super excited to be guest blogging today over at Easter Seals.  Please check it out HERE – Easter Seals provides resources and services for both kids and adults with disabilities, and I am proud to be a part of it. Easterseals.com Blog.easterseals.com

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Sharing Stories of Parenting the Special Needs Child Around the World

October 2, 2016 By Patricia O'Machel Leave a Comment

I NEED YOUR HELP and I WANT TO SHARE YOUR STORY   Parents, I need your help with an important project, looking at special needs parenting from a global perspective. The purpose and focus of this project will be to address the day to day life of raising a young child with special needs.  It…

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50 Years Ago Today

April 24, 2016 By Patricia O'Machel 3 Comments

  Fifty years ago today my Mom sat rocking in a little house, and waited for me to be born.  I’m sure waiting and wondering how all of this was going to turn out and what the future would hold for both her and for me. My Mom must have been quiet and worried, and full of…

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

March 1, 2016 By Patricia O'Machel Leave a Comment

  Dear Mom, It goes without saying that I miss you so badly my heart hurts, and I cannot believe still to this day (three years later) that when I pick up the phone to call, you will not be there.  Some days I can deal pretty well with this, but others I just ache…

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Do Special Needs Parents Ever Get A Day Off

January 7, 2016 By Patricia O'Machel Leave a Comment

I want to take a day off, I really do.  I want to sit back on the couch, relax, basically just not get up for awhile.  I want to be able to rest and do nothing, and to be ok with that.   But for some strange reason I never do, and I actually feel…

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Teaching Kids to Appreciate What They Have

April 19, 2015 By admin Leave a Comment

I spent a very special day in Chicago yesterday with my daughters.  We were celebrating my ten year old daughters making it through a whole year after her intensive surgery to lengthen her tendons and to replace her hips.   It has been a long, very hard, very painful year for her, and I thought…

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Days may be long, but never boring - and I look forward to all of the amazing things that this kind of life, living outside the lines, will bring. More…

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