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Continue reading →: When a Job Application Makes You Tear Up
My son got offered a summer job today. That seems like such a simple right of passage for a teen, but when you are a special needs parent, it’s a huge milestone. And even more amazing, it is not through a job placement program. It is because an ordinary person…
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Continue reading →: I Hate Tuesdays
I Hate Tuesdays! Is there a day in the week you just don’t like? Maybe you dread “Manic Mondays” and listen to the Bangles 80s hit on repeat or rock out to Loverboys “Workin for the Weekend” (I’m dating myself, aren’t I?) to get through the work week. For me,…
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Continue reading →: Love ThyselfCaregiver! Love yourself! No, not THAT kind of self love!~ROFL On this day of love, we ask that you commit the following act of love for yourself – schedule some time away. Look, we know how hard it is to carve out time for ourselves, a caregiver’s to-do list never…
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Continue reading →: DLS -Dirty Little SecretWe all have them. Things we whisper only in the circle of special needs friends. Sometimes we don’t even whisper them there. We save them to scream into our pillow or for when we are alone in the dark. These are the deepest, darkest secrets of the special needs world…
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Continue reading →: Cheers to a New YearIt is that time of year again. Time to make a resolutions, choose a word to focus on, and promise to become a better version of me. If I am hundred percent honest, I just don’t have the energy for that this year. My son will turn 16 in 2023,…
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Continue reading →: Rockin’ and WallowingSometimes we rock this special needs parenting gig, and sometimes we wallow in the hardness of it all. Where are you at today? Today We are Rocking it! Look at us! We have started a blog to connect caregivers to resources to support them on this crazy journey of supporting…
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