Posts Tagged ‘different-brained’
My Journey With Labels
My son has a ten-page psychological report that contained one word that prohibited us from several opportunities: oppositional. This latest go-round they added two new labels. It’s someone else’s opinion that we pay $1,700 to “evaluate” my child because we can’t apply to the special needs school without it. I have two words for that tester…
Read MoreDo You Even Realize You Need to Forgive Yourself?
You know, we really tend to beat ourselves up. But you know what else? As parents of children with Asperger’s, autism, ADHD, ODD, PDD, OMG (the list goes on) we get blamed. We get blamed unnecessarily and we get blamed by people we trust, which is so disappointing on so many levels. I get it, but…
Read MoreHave You Ever Seen Love in a Foot Dance?
When we strive to continually teach and model love, we offer our children the most important gift of all–a legacy of love they can take into their lives that will gift them in return. One of my fondest moments . . . There they are, two chai-latte-colored boys lying on their bellies, looking at the same…
Read MoreMy Ultimate New Year’s Shift–Miracle Mornings! (You Might Love It!)
I really, really don’t like New Year’s resolutions. If I’m not doing it yet, why would the magical date of January 1 help me? HOWEVER . . . If that date works right now in this moment, let’s go with it. 😀 So self-care is a thing. Did you remember that? Some of…
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