Middle School Awaits
It is funny but just as soon as you get used to something, that something changes. I am sure everyone can sympathize with that, right? Well, this is how I…
Elizabeth’s Journey
Overcoming the Unexpected
Learning something from a previous experience or mistake is a common thing in life. We all do it. But putting into action what you learned may take more effort. I…
A Mother Learns Many Lessons
Elizabeth is one of those children, lucky or unlucky, depending on how you see it, who has a summer birthday. These children get to wake up and automatically be off…
Interning in Advocacy
I left everyone last month by saying that Elizabeth was going to school! What an accomplishment for her and her strength. Yes our little Elizabeth is in school. Everyday of…
STEPPING OUT OF THE OASIS AND BACK INTO LIFE
It is funny or maybe not funny, but ironic that with a special needs child all the things you have in place and are working one minute can become things…
ELIZABETH FINDS THE RIGHT FIT FOR HER
Something so unique about having a special needs child is that when most typical children are headed in one direction, you find yourself wondering if you should follow their lead,…
THE BEST GIFT FROM ELIZABETH
As our journey continued, I was able to revisit the “to do” category of a preschool for Elizabeth. We initially had tried a preschool in our area that had half…
SEEING THE TREES IN THE FOREST: ELIZABETH GROWS BEYOND EXPECTATIONS
I can remember that I was living so deeply “in the forest” this year that I did not “see the trees” I was so deep in concentrating on Elizabeth’s sensory…
IT’S NOT A SPRINT, IT’S A MARATHON: ELIZABETH BEGINS THERAPY
The words did start to come but they were words that required a great deal of work to understand or as in the case of many, they required me to…
2 YEARS OLD
As a parent, there is one side of your brain that knows the truth in a situation and there is the other half that can rationalize and adjust reality to…