by labeledandlovedlifeline | Dec 18, 2020 | Open Submissions
I am dating myself when I talk about the old TV program Wonder Woman. In the 1970s program the actress Lynda Carter goes about her everyday life but all of a sudden there would be a threat to the world, she would twirl, there would be a bright light and BAM, Wonder...
by labeledandlovedlifeline | Oct 1, 2020 | Open Submissions
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...
by labeledandlovedlifeline | Sep 29, 2020 | Open Submissions
The first time my child was made fun of he was five months old. I’ll never forget where we were: the deli line at our local grocery store. I had just ordered a pound of rotisserie smoked turkey and looked over to find a middle aged woman snickering and pointing at my...
by labeledandlovedlifeline | Sep 24, 2020 | Open Submissions
Sometimes it’s hard to be sandwiched in between to siblings who both require a significant amount of time and attention in completely different ways. The oldest needing to be out the door at the crack of dawn in order to get to school on time. Then after school it’s...
by labeledandlovedlifeline | Sep 15, 2020 | Open Submissions
” You are a little too big to be sitting in there don’t you think?” So said the elderly woman at Target, with a chuckle and a wink, to my Isla as she sat with her knees grazing her chest in the shopping cart. I was tired. My body, my spirit, tired....
by labeledandlovedlifeline | Sep 1, 2020 | Open Submissions
Loneliness can run deep when sitting on the floor with the little people you love using your body as a human jungle gym, or even while surrounded by a group of moms you call friends. My passion project is connecting moms with other moms, who are walking the same,...
