On an ordinary Thursday, as we were crunching numbers and signing loan papers for our new home, we learned our insurance company had denied Jackson's speech therapy again! My response to the news wasn't one of faith and gratitude. I was angry, full of doubt and defeated. Why was I so quick to assume God was punishing me instead of calling out Satan and his spiritual attacks? I think there were several reasons... Sometimes you just grow weary of the daily grind of special needs parenting. Continue Reading
Five Minute Friday {Purpose}
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
Five Minute Friday {Safe}
It's safe to say Bryan Young impacted a lot of people during his 47 years on earth. Myself included. He was a short dude with a big heart and contagious personality. I've been in shock most of the week; not able to wrap my mind around the fact that my friend was murdered. Eleven years ago I walked into Bryan's office, a reporter for the state newspaper, and a friendship was born. I snapped a photo of Bryan for a Q&A I was working on and never dreamed the same photo would show 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