The Development of Independence

Originally posted on my Facebook page. Follow there for more mini posts. When our daughter was 2 and 3, she was really a breeze. Laid back, sweet tempered, I was so glad we got to skip out on the Terrible 2s and 3s. Umm...yeah, no. We didn’t get to skip them. Turns out her health …

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Needing Promotes Understanding

Originally posted on my Facebook page. Follow there for more mini posts. When our daughter was first born, I felt so intensely alone. We didn’t have a definite diagnosis yet and we were thrown into the world of caring for a medically fragile infant. We were fortunate, though. We got a diagnosis. And that was …

PTSD in a Medical Mom

Originally posted on my Facebook page. Follow there for more mini posts. What does PTSD look like in a medical mom? Like tears when you hear ambulance sirens. Like bolting upright in bed because of constant nightmares. Like fear gripping you with every photo of your child, wondering if it will be the ‘last one.’ …

Priority Maximum

Originally posted on my Facebook page. Follow there for more mini posts. Today I had a rather large ‘Aha!’ moment. Wanna hear it? It’s pretty profound. 1+1=2 Wow, right? Yes, yes, I know it seems painfully obvious, but lately it’s felt more like 1+1=4. Or 7. Or 528. It just seemed like there was no …

Processing Power

Originally posted on my Facebook page. Follow there for other mini posts. For the last several years, I’ve beat myself up for being weak, for being pathetic, for being incapable of handling the things I used to. I look back to our daughter’s first four years and how much I was doing despite the lack …