I love you more than you’ll ever know. I just have a different way of showing it. You’re the most beautiful and complex beings I’ve ever met. I’d watch you all day along, just to observe how you view the world. Your tiny fingers carefully examine blades of grass, rocks, and stones. A simple silly…
When you hear the word, “mom”, what comes to mind? Society will tell us many different versions of what we think should be the perfect mother. Sometimes it’s the #bossbabe who kills at her career but also makes it to the soccer games. Sometimes it’s the stay at home mom who cooks from scratch, homesteads,…
For some, the thought of summer brings feelings of freedom, joy, and endless relaxing and fun with friends. For me, it’s a never-ending onslaught of exhaustion. Let me explain. For my family, summer is filled with birthdays, weekends at the lake camping, and summer get-togethers with friends and family. Almost every weekend is scheduled, whether…
Summer is supposed to be fun—sunshine, festivals, cookouts, and vacations. But if you’re neurodivergent like me, summer can also feel like an assault on every one of your senses. The heat, the crowds, the chaos? It’s like a sensory buffet you never asked for. If you’re feeling frazzled by the fireworks and overstimulated by sunscreen…
Some mornings, I’m getting out of the door on time with clean, smiling, cooperative kids. Some mornings, I’m dragging my rabid screaming racoons of children with bedhead and twenty times behind. No rhyme or rhythm to it, either. I wish. But, after years of trial and error, I can confidently offer some tips and tricks…
Because we have to start somewhere. Autism was never on my radar for the past 34 years. Not once. Sure, I had full blown panic attacks during thunderstorms well into my twenties (and still do, just severely repressed). Everyone has something they’re afraid of, right? And who doesn’t go into a rage when hair is…