The breath is central to life in our bodies and unfortunately fear and anxiety can wreak havoc on our breath. When you’re feeling fearful or worried, your heart begins to pound, you take shallow brea...
Prayer is powerful and the fact that you want to pray for your children is an awesome thing. No matter the age, ability, and personality of your children, they need our prayers. It is a privilege as ...
We give gifts because we want to bless someone. We're excited to see how they will respond to and use a gift we think they will enjoy. Sometimes we can be just as excited about giving someone a gift ...
I read a meme once that said that a worried mother can do more research and find more answers than the FBI. And I have to admit, it feels true in my life. I'm sure the FBI do a fabulous job of resear...
As the school year approaches, and we find ourselves busy buying supplies and new clothes and doing other tasks to get ready for the new school year, I start to feel a little anxious. Will our kids h...
We all know that praying is powerful and that we should be praying for our families. But sometimes, it can feel like we're praying for the same things over and over and we can get discouraged because...
This blog has always been about embracing things in life. But I'm learning you can't fully embrace something if you're clinging closely to something that is not good for you. The next few months we'l...
"You can choose courage or you can choose comfort, but you can't have both." -Brene Brown I was so encouraged by the above quote. I printed it out and put it above my desk determine...
My older son (age 12) has hearing loss, a speech disorder, and a few learning disabilities, and my younger son (age 9) is on the autism spectrum, but I don't want their diagnoses to stop them from le...
My younger son has a speech delay, my older son has apraxia --a neurological speech disorder that requires frequent and intensive speech therapy to learn to speak. He didn't say his first words until...
I'm a mama of two boys with over a dozen diagnoses between them. My life can easily be consumed by their needs, their therapy appointments, their diets, etc. My faith has struggled along this journey...
Prayer in and of itself is powerful. When you combine it with Scripture, well, let's just say you should be prepared to see some mighty things happen. It is very important to pray for your family ...
My husband and I went to see The Greatest Showman and I LOVED it. My husband asked me what I liked about it so much and I couldn't put my finger on it. "So many things," was all I could say. I've bee...
When life takes an unexpected turn, or we are stressed and busy, it is easy to go into survival mode and bury our emotions. We keep pressing on, doing the things we know we are supposed to be doing a...
Social media can feel overwhelming and can also make you feel like you’re spending hours of time trying to understand and grow your social media accounts and not focusing on the thing you want to do ...
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor or medical professional of any sort. I am merely a mother who was worried about both of my sons' development and spent hours researching supplements, taking my sons to ...
When I learned I was going to become a mother, the excitement was indescribable. I imagined the things I would do with my child, the play dates, the art projects we could do, the books we’d read, and...
As a special needs parent we learn to advocate for our children--with insurance companies, with doctors and specialists, with schools, within churches, and within the community. But one of the best w...
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I just love the opportunity to gather with loved ones and reflect on all the things we are grateful for, realize how blessed we truly are, all while eatin...
I'm an avid reader and I do enjoy writing. And as much as I am touched by receiving a new writing journal with a fancy pen, I've stumbled across many an item on Amazon that strikes my reading/writing...
I have dreamed of writing a book for a long time. I thought perhaps I would write a young adult book: as a middle school English teacher, I devour plenty of those, wanting to be able to share my love...
Lilla Rose is a company that sells unique and gorgeous hair accessories that I absolutely love. You already wear your hair up, so why not pamper yourself (and your hair!) with some lovely and unique ...
Lilla Rose is a company that sells hair care products and hair clips and other hair accessories that I absolutely love. My favorite product they create is their flexi clips, a hair clip that bends ar...
Essential oils are the oils extracted from plant parts (flowers, bark, leaves, etc) used for aromatic or even medical purposes. Each oil has different benefits for our physical and emotional health. ...
I love using essential oils. There's always essential oils I'm wanting to add to my collection, and items I need/want to go with my essential oil use. So I've compiled a list of my favorite essential...