by Laura Spiegel | May 18, 2022 | Grief, Special Needs Parenting, Spiritual Support, Uncategorized
Parenting a Child with Disabilities Isn’t the Grief Olympics Parenting a child with disabilities isn’t the grief Olympics as guest blogger Laura Spiegel knows. However, as is true for many other caregiving parents, she struggles to find a balance between validating...
by Jolene | Jul 26, 2021 | Grief
What Makes Me Cry as a Caregiver? What makes me cry as a caregiver is a list that keeps getting longer. On this, the day before my 65th birthday, I’m writing down everything that makes me cry. Think of it as reverse bucket list. A bucket with a hole that leaks...
by Jolene | Jul 2, 2020 | Advocacy
My Dad and My Uncle Overcame their Political Divide. We Can Too. My dad and my uncle overcame their political divide and other personal differences day after day, week after week, year after year. Pretty remarkable because they were very different men. My dad was a...
by Jolene | May 25, 2018 | How-Tos, Special Needs Parenting
Sometimes a Mom Needs to be Mothered “I’ve got a sinus infection,” I texted the friend who was picking me up at an unfamiliar airport in an unfamiliar town. “Do you have any antibiotics?” “We’ve got your back,” she...
by Amy Felix | Feb 28, 2018 | Advocacy, Special Needs Parenting
Empathy and Autism Parents are often told that empathy and autism don’t go together. Guest blogger, Amy Felix, is here with quite a different story, one that’s sure to warm your heart and give you hope. The dog ate one of my six-year-old’s, favorite...