Traveling with my Family

Traveling with my Family

For years, the holidays meant gifts under the tree and time spent at home with family and friends. While that is a wonderful way to spend the most magical time of the year, I remember a time when it all changed. It was the year that we decided to travel for the...
I’m grateful… for 2019

I’m grateful… for 2019

Throughout the year of 2020 we often hear how hearts, minds and lives have been changed through rearranging priorities and finding gratitude in the smallest of ways. For me, and our family, it wasn’t 2020 that brought about these enlightening moments but rather 2019,...
Gratitude

Gratitude

I’m GRATEFUL for AUTISM.   I probably would’ve said some unkind words, cried and laughed in your face if you would’ve told me 3-4 years ago that I’d be GRATEFUL for Autism.   There were days I cried AND screamed: Why my baby girl? Why my family? Why my...
Turn Off the News

Turn Off the News

You’ve heard it a million times over: Be grateful. Count your blessings. Focus on the good. Lukas Nelson once said, “I believe every heart is kind; some of them are just a little underused. Turn off the news and build a garden with me.” Yet let’s face it, living from...
I Am “That Mom”

I Am “That Mom”

I am “Mommy” to two little boys, Finley and Colin. Colin has autism. While autism doesn’t define him, it has affected me in ways that I didn’t know were possible. A while back, I was explaining how Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) had been so...