Tag: Elizabeth’s journey

So how do we handle or decide how to tell Elizabeth something that might be stressful to her? Timing is everything! I will let you know what we have done most recently.  But to give a bit of context, my husband and I decided to go on a vacation for 3 days to see our […]

Quick answer: This newsletter is where I’ll continue sharing Elizabeth’s journey and a parent’s perspective on therapy, growth, and day-to-day life with special needs. Welcome to this special needs parenting newsletter. Hi to everyone! My name is Michele Gianetti, and I am a mother to 3 beautiful children. Meet Elizabeth My middle child, Elizabeth, has […]

I am so happy that Elizabeth is working and enjoying the world of “adulting” I know she has the goals for herself to be the best adult she can be and as I always say, we are a work in progress. Which means that we are always working on goals and skills for her. So […]

Well, what can we say? Back to masks around here. Which means that the numbers of COVID cases around us in Ohio are increasing. I am sure what I am saying is not unique at all. But if I think back to the moment Elizabeth learned she could go maskless in our grocery store, I […]

So I want someone to help me understand just how this whole thing with it being the end of summer happened? I clearly remember it was near to yesterday when I picked up Michael from his last day of school. But apparently, it is our reality. It is back-to-school time. As I type this, I […]

Summer Update!  Just Do It Softly So, we are entering July! What does that mean to our little neck of the woods? It means that we took our vacation in mid-June and that Elizabeth has started to be quite vocal about how loud sounds “make me so nervous!” This is unusual for her as we […]

I hope everyone liked the pictures of Emily’s graduation on my last blog.  Especially the ones with Elizabeth in them! It was quite a big day for us all both physically and mentally especially with what it meant to our lives. Emily was done with medical school!  We are so very proud of her. Emily […]

We are all very aware of time passing.  Especially this year and last year.  Due in part to the pandemic. Because we are often told the number of months “we have been in this thing” or how many months it has been since we have been able to do this or that.  Or when something […]

Vaccine Social Story? Well, for us I would not say as I actually wrote one out for Elizabeth. But I did walk her through what we will be doing, when think were doing it and what to expect for our COVID vaccine.  (Based on her age, she will qualify soon.) Of course, this was based […]

As I watched Elizabeth tell me she was going to text one of her friends to “connect” with them.  I started thinking about how much this year has changed her and us. Sure, it was a pandemic. Sure, it has wiped away most of what was Elizabeth’s previous activities. But there were things that this […]