A little over a week ago, I spent several days attending the Down Syndrome Congress Convention. I had planned on writing about my experience right away but life got in the way. That has been happening a ton over here the past month…but I will save that for another day. Back to
Letting go is the biggest challenge I have. Letting go of perfectionism. Letting go of believing my inner critic. Letting go of the past. Letting go of expectations. Letting go of mistakes. Letting go of control. Letting go of worrying about what others think. Letting go of excuses. The list goes on
Due to the craziness of May, I forgot that Apraxia Awareness Day was yesterday. For those of you that don’t know, Emily has severe Speech Apraxia. Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder that makes it difficult for children to speak. These children generally have a good understanding of
Finding balance is so hard. It’s the first day of spring break for the kids. It’s raining and gross outside. Due to being away last week and not feeling great our first couple days back, I’m so behind on getting ready for Easter. I spent the first half of the day going
I ruined so many Mother’s Days in the past. Yes I ruined them not my family. I was too caught up in unrealistic expectations. I was looking and believing all the “perfect” pictures and gifts that I would see on social media. I was awful. My family tried to show their love
To add more fun to yesterday, we dyed our eggs. The key word is fun. You see I used to let my perfectionist ways interfere with fun. I would take control of the whole process. I would set everything up tell the kids to start then correct them the entire time.
Jena introduced me to the book Wonder by R.J. Palacio. I loved that she did. Such an amazing book (and movie). It is everything I try to do and teach my kids…be kind. When I was doing so research for my presentation at Emily’s school, I came across the book Out of
What started as me mentioning to our principal at a PTA Meeting about celebrating Down syndrome Awareness Day on March 21st by having the kids wear fun, bright, mismatched socks has turned into something amazing! Fast forward to Friday, my friend (and fellow Ds mom) and I were invited to speak to
Today I was reminded that May 2, 1998 was the Battle of Hogwarts. I loved seeing this reminder, not only because I’m a total Harry Potter nerd but because of the memories that surfaced. The Harry Potter series has created a special bond between Jena and I. She loves to read. I
I love to read and to listen to self help books. My sister in law gave me “The Happiness Project” by Gretchen Rubin for my birthday a few months ago. I couldn’t wait to read it. But life got in the way and I never seemed to get an opportunity to start