It was 5:30 at night and I stood in the shower letting the hot water soothe away the stress. Ah… the quiet. I finished and stepped out and immediately I was bombarded by the sound of my son dumping huge masses of toys all over the place, my husband talking loudly on the phone, and…
Last week my son had an endoscopy. I have been wanting to blog about it before I forgot about everything because it was an important day for us and I think maybe it could help someone else who may have to go through the same thing or something similar. I really struggled with this procedure…
Today, I need to share my heart in hopes that maybe this will help someone else… If I could be honest and share my struggles without judgment? I think you find that maybe you might relate! For some people, trust comes easily, but for me? I have problems with trust. I don’t know why or…
Last year I saw a lot of people pick a word that they wanted to describe their year or that they wanted to work on for that year. I decided to do the same and last year I picked the word: Growth. As I look back over the past year I see how much I…
There is a childhood game that I think everyone has played at least once. I am not sure what it’s called, but in this game your friends would ask you if you trusted them and if you said yes, you would have to turn around and fall backwards, and trust that they would catch you…
Today, I want to talk about a topic I have not yet brought up here on the blog, but it’s one that has been on my heart for a long time. That topic is abuse and the reasons why people minimize abuse in others. Unfortunately, I do have experience when it comes to the topic…
Many times my posts are geared toward the spouses of military members, but after looking through some of the key searches that brought people to my site, I found that there were a few topics people were looking for that I wanted to address. One of the many popular searches I found was this: “Inspirational…
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With my new series on Ehlers-Danlos and “The Trifecta” (Dysautonomia, POTS, Mast Cell Disorders), I have already been getting many questions about the pediatric doctors we see for these disorders. Since we are a military family, we have traveled to other states and seen other pediatric doctors that I would highly recommend. While most of…
When searching for a guided pathway of how to motivate your child, many parents jump on the bandwagon of positive reinforcement. The journey tends to get twirled up in a haze of confusion and judgment from other parents, leaving you trying to balance the “should I” or “shouldn’t I” mind scales of whether to praise…
Due to my daughter Elizabeth’s complex medical needs, she has a pediatric home health nurse. People are very curious about this. What does the nurse do? What is it like having someone in your house all the time? Usually, people are surprised by my answers, but the reality is that our nurses become like family….
