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My life as a special needs mom (more to come on accepting that label) started from day one.  I just didn’t know it. I didn’t ever consider the possibility of special education or getting an IEP (Individual Education Plan) for any of our kids. Here we are now though, and all three of my boys […]

Hello Hive!  It’s been a while and like Mrs. Polish and Mrs Train I have been trying to find a way to come back to this special little corner of the Internet.  I didnt know how to really dive right in but then the perfect entrance presented itself. I’m as shocked as you are. It’s been a […]

There are several layers to my diagnosis, and I plan to discuss the effects on all three of us. First though, you need the back story. I stopped writing all together because my life was overwhelming. First, with the emotional grief of ending foster care. Second, I had plans to open a bakery with a […]

Someone in one of my mom groups recently posted that her daughter turned 8, and that she wanted to get her some books and have the period talk. Olive recently turned 8 too, and honestly I hadn’t been thinking about this at all! Olive still seems like such a baby — she has a much […]

I want to go full 1995 LL Cool J and tell you to not call this a comeback, but I think that’s exactly what it is. The last time I posted here was 2016. My son was 3, my marriage was 7, I was more or less a whole person. Now, in 2020, my son, whose very […]

January has been a pretty awful month of news for the world. Let’s hope the rest of the year shapes up! Art by Megan Carty aka Mrs. Hide and Seek Here are some parenting links from around the web this week! H E A L T H This Flu Season Is Looking Rough for Kids […]

I exclusively wear nude lipstick in the Philippines — anything darker seems too heavy for the tropical climate here. I have been on the hunt for my holy grail nude lipstick and matching lipliner pretty much my entire life. On my recent trip to the States, Sephora was having a Christmas sale on Charlotte Tilbury’s […]