A few days before kindergarten was set to begin, I gathered up all the school supplies I needed to deliver during my daughter’s Back to...

It should come as no surprise that advocacy is a large part of special needs parenting. More times than I can count, I have had to fight...

As I write this, my family is at the tail end of a long series of illnesses. For nearly four weeks, at least one of us was sick. We...

Before I had JJ, I never thought much about hope—at least not in any profound way. To me, it was just another verb to slip into...

When you are a special needs parent, you are often forced to face a host of heavy questions. What will happen when my child gets too big...

I came up with the idea for a post about coping strategies during a particularly difficult period in my family’s life. It was the middle...

The world of special needs parenting is full of paradoxes. One of the most unexpected is how we and our children can both be highly...

The first time I became aware of breaking points as a special needs parent was when I was sitting in the dentist chair one month after my...

When we found out my youngest daughter, JJ, has Rett Syndrome, the genetic counselor who helped deliver the news told me that the...

My gym has a bank of televisions placed right above the only line of available treadmills. I’m not a fan of daytime television or local...

I am a words person. Given a choice, I’ll always show a preference for language and vocabulary over math. But numbers are inescapable,...

One of my favorite gym songs is Suit and Jacket by Judah & The Lion. I love the way it begins quietly but builds to a crashing crescendo....

Since my daughter’s diagnosis many things in my life have transformed. It’s not only my hopes, dreams, and plans for the future that are...