Choose Your Metrics [The Dog Poop Post]

Choose Your Metrics [The Dog Poop Post]

by | Jan 9, 2023 | Special Needs parenting

We are surrounded with metrics we can choose to measure our lives by. And we have no end of apps and tools and widgets and trackers we can use. We live by the streak or we die by the streak. So some people say, anyhow. I’m not a fan of streak… for some...
You’re Quiet, Are You Okay?

You’re Quiet, Are You Okay?

by | Apr 4, 2020 | Special Needs parenting

“You’re quiet, are you ok?” That’s what my husband used to ask me every single morning when our daughter was away on a sleepover. “I’m ok because I’m quiet,” I’d answer. Those sleepovers were never about the chance to have a lie in, and they were rarely about the...

The Unexpected Life

by | Jul 17, 2019 | Special Needs parenting

There are people living lives they never expected, or wanted. And most of those people have thrown themselves into those lives with love and courage and more strength than most of us can even imagine. Nobody decides to start a family and imagines their future of...
A Duty To Speak Out

A Duty To Speak Out

by | Mar 18, 2019 | Special Needs parenting

There’s a question that I ask myself often: If you have a message to share, and a platform to share it, are you duty bound to speak up? Is it selfish to remain quiet? I ask this usually in relation to Special Needs. Becoming a Special Needs parent is to step...
Scroll Up