Raising 5 Kids With Disabilities and Remaining Sane Blog. Cup of Coffee, Anyone? May 15, 2015. My son, Steven, has somewhat struck out on his own with his infant daughter.

For everyone who wants a balanced, happy life for themselves and their family. Steve Jobs was a wise man. Thursday, 28 November 2013. Plan and save - food management tips. The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. Your meals for the week. The best time to plan is the evening before the weekly shop. It need only take 5 minutes, and if you involve the whole family it makes for happy mealtimes! .

Listeners, we need to talk about the human back. Holding us together like scaffolding, preventing us from simply flopping over like a wet toilet roll. What a fantastic thing it is. Except sometimes it can be a right dick.

Adventures in raising a fabulously gender creative son. Telling My Son His Skirts Were Too Short. A while back I recognized a major flaw in my parenting. J explore gender, I forgot to set the same boundaries for my feminine son that I would have set for a female child especially when it comes to clothing, accessories and outward appearance.

I make it all up as I go along. 7 lbs, 13 oz. A set of lungs like no other. How do you pack a toddler, exactly? Squatch has been growing up way too fast.

Life is beautiful the autistic way. Autism has been a lot like being The Hulk at times. I need to try to avoid things that are emotionally taxing for me. This is utterly not me trying to get out of doing things! Take time to consider if the autistic person in your life might be emotionally overwhelmed too. Me walking in the forest calmly. Spring awakens senses to all creation.

Live your life better in the knowledge that you will die. Let me explain a little more. The thing about obvious truths is that you can know them in .

Early 30s, paralysed from the neck down and on a ventilator 24hrs a day but I am not defined by my disability. Sharing memories from the past, views from the present and hopes for the future. Christmas past and Christmas present. Diams; December 30, 2016. This Christmas was more than I could wish for but 9 years ago was a very different story. Mentally and physically, I was a shadow .