Dear 2016, Where do I begin? You were a roller coaster of messy emotions and you made me question many things in life. You started out with some amazing moments and memories but each month that passed added an additonal stress in my life. I mostly stayed positive and was thankful to wake up each […]
Although 2015 was filled with many challenges I was surrounded by family love, friend love, new friendships and most importantly the gift of waking up each morning. Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year and may 2016 bring all of you lots of happiness.
The subject for today is three heroes in my life fictional or real, 1 from my childhood, 1 from my teens and 1 now. Growing up I don’t remember ever looking at fictional characters thinking wow I want to be them when I grow up…at least I don’t remember thinking that. So my heroes have […]
The subject for today is deep truths of special needs parenting. Parenting in general is something that is different for every child and parent. The way I parent my kids may not necessarily be the approach that works for another child. So parenting in itself is already a complex subject and there are so many […]
The subject for today is being present, in the moment, with no distractions when you are with children. I know at some point in our lives we have all made this mistake where our minds are elsewhere and we are in auto pilot mode and we hear what is going on around us and answer […]
The subject for today is kids getting introduced to technology much sooner these days and whether that is good or bad. I have a love/hate relationship with technology. I studied computer science so obviously I’m fascinated by it and use it daily for my job. Looking back from when I got my first desktop computer […]
The subject for today is teaching others how to cope with everyday life. This is a tricky subject because what I use to cope with my life may not necessarily help someone else. But I think if we look at the bigger picture the concept can be shared. I wouldn’t say I am in any […]
The past few days I have been collecting subjects from different people and each day this month I will be posting about a different subject. The subject for today is a set of positive words: Happy, Sunshine, Thankful, Hero, Colorful, Fun, Easy, Laugh, Wonder, Glow, Thoughtful The following pictures are from our fun adventures yesterday and they depict each of these words. My not so […]
The past few days I have been collecting subjects from different people and each day this month I will be posting about a different subject. The subject for today is 5 amazing things about me…this is a challenging subject for me as I have never been one to applause myself or boast of my achievements. What […]
I grew up seeing strength from all around me. In 1984 my parents left everything behind to give me and my sister a better life in America. Me, my sister and mom moved here first and then my dad came a year later. Being so young then I didn’t quite know the magnitute of what […]
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