…but the years are short. At least, that’s what I keep hearing from all the moms who are graduating their babies. I know it to be true, especially when I look at my thirteen year old daughter and realize that a mere five years from now she’ll be one of those graduates, too. But right… Read More
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What I Learned in May
SUMMER! For weeks I’ve been looking forward to the end of the school year and now that it’s finally arrived…I’m counting the days until the next school year. 😉 Okay, not really, because I truly do love having the kids home and having the flexibility to go and do. However… the past week has been a BIG… Read More
Paddling My Own Canoe
We sold our boat last weekend. A more accurate statement would be that Mr. Andi sold it, as I did very little other than put an ad on Craigslist and hunt for the owners manual. For that matter, the boat wasn’t really “ours” in any meaningful sense of the word because I probably only averaged about… Read More
The Boy That I Need
On Tuesday, I wrote about what the kids have been doing lately, and I closed that post with a tip of the hat to those people who have encouraged my kids, welcoming them into a typical world that isn’t perfectly suited to them. I am forever indebted to them for paving the way, smoothing the… Read More
Doing the Things They Couldn’t Do
Thank you for your patience last week during my absence – sometimes bronchitis happens and sometimes (usually, at our house) it’s Mom who gets it. Sigh. All the feels today, my friends. All the feels. I suspect there’s an outdated stereotype about families with special needs – that we keep to ourselves, staying home most of… Read More
Come for the Nathan, Stay for the Fashion
Yes, I did it. I went there. I lured you in with a cute photo of my kid to another post about Stitch Fix. But I got several comments, some private messages, and lots of traffic after my last Stitch Fix post so I thought I’d give it another whirl – especially since Mother’s Day is… Read More