Photo by Dieter K on Unsplash Happiness is holding your healthy baby after listening to her heart rate drop every contraction for hours. I never thought that I would have children. I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, PCOS, when I was 18. Over the course of the next six years, I grew accustomed to hearing stories of […]
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Photo by Levi Guzman on Unsplash There are many difficult challenges I faced as a parent of children with differences. One was learning what exactly it meant for the future of their education. For our family, this required learning how to navigate the world of IEPs or Individualized Educational Plans/Programs. Because Roses and Dino require hearing aids for
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Photo by Jill Heyer on Unsplash Is it possible to cultivate hope, or even will it into existence? As a teenager, I was coping with depression. One thing kept me holding on in this time. It was the belief that my future self would appreciate that I was trying. At the time I wouldn’t have considered this hope.
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Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash I am not an optimistic person. When I have to introduce myself as a pessimist or an optimist I like to say I am pragmatic. Once a friend told me they are a realistic optimist. I think all of these are wonderful ways to describe a trait that we often view as
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Photo by Ryan Snaadt on Unsplash When your child receives a diagnosis of hearing loss it can be overwhelming. Trying to understand the different types of loss, what it means for your child, and the possible outcomes can be an impossible task. I want to help simplify this information. When we found out Roses had hearing loss, I
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Photo by Vitolda Klein on Unsplash What is the H-word you might be wondering? When my children were little we had a list of bad words that were not the typical ones people thought of, including the H-word. Hate. We tried to teach them that they can dislike things, but hate is too strong of a word to
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