Wednesday we found out the offer we put on a new house had been accepted. The purpose of our move is simple: Jackson's education. We are moving to ensure he's in a smaller classroom and part of a district with programs that better meet his needs. He cannot thrive and become all God created him to be in a classroom with 28 other kids. He's barely making it in a classroom of 15. Wednesday we were celebrating and Thursday we started questioning every decision we've made up to this Continue Reading
Six Things I Learned in February {2017}
How it Feels to have a Popular Author Share your Facebook Post I recently read Sally Clarkson's book Different, which she wrote with her son Nathan. It's an amazing book and I highly recommend it to any special needs mama. I shared a little bit about the book on my Facebook page and Sally shared my post! Talk about my day being made! I was tickled pink! Jackson Is Ready for His First Flight We participated in the Wings for Autism program at our local airport this month and it was such an Continue Reading
What I Read in February {2017}
February is one of my favorite months and just like that it's over! What in the world? It's been a crazy month, which left little time to read. My book list looks a little pathetic compared to my January list. We've had several busy weekends, I celebrated my 35th birthday and my mom's 60th. We started a new weekly therapy. We put our house on the market and have started looking for a new one. We also had a few sick days thrown in there. Here's hoping March brings more time to curl up with Continue Reading
What Transparency Does
Monday I found myself in a bad spot. After a grueling few days in the motherhood department, I was sinking deeper to rock bottom. I sat on the couch, tears streaming down my face with one of two options. I could keep quiet about the struggle or I could be transparent. I posted a not-so-flattering photo of myself on my personal Facebook page with these words: The past week has been HARD. I sat on the couch after school today feeling completely helpless. I yelled at my husband Continue Reading
Wings for Autism
Last week John was out of town on a work trip. Monday, as he walked out the door with his suitcase, we reminded Jackson that Daddy was going to ride an airplane and be gone for a few days. Jackson didn't like that his Daddy was riding an airplane and he wasn't. Jackson ride airplane, too, he said. We've yet to fly with Jackson. Busy airports, long security lines, crowded planes (complete sensory overload if you think about it) has kept us from traveling via air. We've opted for road Continue Reading