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Your Health IS your wealth!

Your Health IS your wealth!

Your health-whether spiritual, mental or physical -MATTERS. What I have come to realize as a parent of a neurodivergent person is that your body is in constant fight or flight. When you are caring ...

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Patience is a virtue

Patience is a virtue

My dad is very cool. This is a fact. But he is also extremely patient. I do not see him often but when I do I am grateful.Our children now young adults come in like a hurricane with a ton of energy...

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It is ok to NOT be ok

It is ok to NOT be ok

Sometimes life does not go your way. You have dreams and plans and action items and goals and sometimes you are placed on a different life journey.No one prepares you for the alternate path you jus...

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Back to life Back to Reality

Back to life Back to Reality

Well our superstar student on the spectrum finished her semester at SCAD and made her way back home.Having an older child- now young adult we are keenly aware as parents that the energy shifts in t...

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She finished STRONG!

She finished STRONG!

It was a ROUGH quarter! We started with significant uncertainty. The college we spent so much time researching and investing in was much more difficult to navigate then we thought. More...

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Halloween Never Gets Old

Halloween Never Gets Old

My children love Halloween. Arguably they love all holidays but who does not love candy. This Halloween was the first one where we were not together. It was weird because we usually find some way t...

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Ran into an OLD Friend

Ran into an OLD Friend

Sometimes it’s difficult to make friends as adults. You’re more cautious and you really do not know why someone comes into your life. Thankfully, I have met friends in my adult years who have added...

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Twinkies

Twinkies

These two have been at it since they could walk. In fact I do not have too many consistent photo memories of our daughter without her god-brother by her side. He has been a protector, a partner in ...

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You are my SUNSHINE!

You are my SUNSHINE!

It is hard to let go. My daughter is now a full fledged adult- GROWN woman. Everytime I see her I am grateful for the space and time she gives me. I am ever mindful that her life and independence m...

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Fairy Godparents

Fairy Godparents

Our daughter is determined to forge her own destiny. It is beautiful and somewhat difficult in many ways. Just like her peers she wants independence Just like her peers she does not want to live or...

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