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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Photo by Caroline Hernandez on Unsplash I don’t deal with my own emotions well. I have never been a person who tells people I am mad at them. That I need help. I am a little more open when it comes to feelings of love or caring. But even these I have to practice. The flip side to
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Photo by Dakota Corbin on Unsplash Recently I was talking to my mom about neurodiversity. She is of the baby boom generation. While she respects my children and their varying diagnoses, she thinks some things are ridiculous. I have heard on more than one occasion, “We didn’t talk about these things when you kids were little.” She wondered
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