Life has been crazy. I’ve wrestled with sharing my personal story publicly, I question peoples’ interest in my story, my time has been scarce and I’ve been trying to meet the demands of parenthood and personal priorities the best I can. Lately, I’ve been waking up early and my mind rolls through all of the […]
After finding out that the van we had ordered likely wasn’t coming quickly, if at all, we went on a hunt for yet another option. It was a Friday when I was told and that evening was spent scouring the world wide web for something that would accommodate our boy. NOTHING was posted for sale
As I was waiting on my delayed flight home from Toronto, I was feeling very excited to get home to see my kids. While boarding the plane, I recognized a gentleman from our community. We often see him walking with his care aid in our neighbourhood. He was seated with his care aid who I
Travel is something that currently doesn’t really exist for William, but it does exist for the rest of us. We don’t travel a lot and I wouldn’t call our travel “vacation.” Our travel is limited to travelling for work and travelling for the girls’ sports. When William was small, we did take him on holiday
Lately things have been a rollercoaster. I find myself inspired to write but I find myself second guessing the realities of the content. I look into my little boy’s eyes and my heart aches for him, even on a ‘good day.’ Do I really want to share the hard stuff? I’m hoping that my experience
It would be very easy for me to focus on all the daily hurdles that exist in my world of parenting a boy with exceptionalities. There are so many triggering events every single day that send negative thoughts rolling through my conscious mind, and I have to ask … why him? When William is hungry
Over the years self care has evolved, changed, shifted and been non-existent. Self care has often felt selfish, exhausting, overwhelming but now…it feels sacred. No matter where I am at with self care, it is always the thing that makes my world feel in total balance or totally out of control. Every single day is
I have had many dear friends through the different seasons of my life and I’m acutely aware that in my current season, it takes a warrior to stand by my side. Despite my recent decision to blog about my life of raising a child with special needs and his two sisters, I keep our personal
In the early years on our farm we adopted some goats and a livestock guardian dog, Rosie, to protect them and our girls. This was a huge learning curve for us city slickers. Rosie is a Great Pyrenees and this breed is one of a kind. I am a huge animal lover and grew up
After months of appointments, fittings and trials, William’s hearing aids had arrived. We booked the final appointment to head down to Victoria to have them set just right for him. We didn’t get anything particularly fancy but they are shiny blue for our little man. Our appointment was on a Friday so traffic wasn’t the