This girl continues to accomplish important life skills and show her determination for doing hard things.
Category Archives: Celebrations
She doesn’t need words for me to know when she is happy
Planting pinwheels
I’ve been a little lost lately — fighting that need to be valued– a lot of people probably never grapple with this, because your work keeps you connected daily. For me, feeling like I contribute to society more than just upholding the economy with grocery shopping and soccer games, tugs at my ego and myContinue reading “Planting pinwheels”
Amateur Therapy Hour
I am an experienced communicator. Not just a little bit. It’s pretty much the core of all I have ever done in my career. I’ve recently had the aha moment that it’s because of this natural tendency to understand visual cues, translate people’s wants, find middle ground and all kinds of other puzzles that comeContinue reading “Amateur Therapy Hour”
A guilty kind of thankful
I have been stewing on this feeling for more than a week now. There is a huge guilt overshadowing this entire two weeks of spirited festivities. I haven’t been in the spirit really at all. Yes, we’re exhausted, and yes, we don’t see an end in sight so I think that Ground Hog Day feelingContinue reading “A guilty kind of thankful “
Almost Seven
Almost six years since his little voice first started telling us what he wanted. And since then, man, there have been a lot of funny things to come out of that mouth. So I realized I better capture the last of his cute and quirky Bubba-isms. Handcupped – just what you might think, any timeContinue reading “Almost Seven “
OK With Change 