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Nudging Baby Bird Out of the Nest
By Meredith On June 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Family, indianapolis, Milestones, Motherhood, Parenting, Special Needs
When we purchased our new home, there was a birds nest right outside the kitchen window. We often pondered if a bird actually lived there since we had yet to see one and then one day…a robin appeared. I appropriately named her Robin and from that day forward she was always in her nest. As [...]
Celebrating Me is Celebrating Being Lola’s Mom
By Meredith On May 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Blog, Cortical Visual Impairment, Family, Happiness, indianapolis, Infantile Spasms, Milestones, Parenting, Seizures, Special Needs, West Syndrome
For me, Mother’s Day began on Saturday this year as I was scheduled to work on Sunday. Really, I feel like it’s Mother’s Day every day as my wonderful husband is always sure to make me feel special no matter if it is a holiday or not. Saturday felt like a crisp fall day rather [...]
We recently packed up the car and headed down to Bloomington, Indiana for another VIPS-Bloomington Play and Learn (PAL) get together. Originally, I was supposed to tap into my inner domestic goddess self and take a sewing class with a girlfriend, but I was feeling the need to be around my people. We hadn’t seen [...]
Getting Back Up
By Meredith On April 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Family, Happiness, indianapolis, Parenting, Special Needs
Have you ever slipped and fallen in front of a huge crowd of people? Do you pretend like something somehow jumped out in front of you causing you to fall? Do you simply put your head down and act like it didn’t happen at all? Or do you accept that yes, you just made the [...]
Just One of Those Days
By Meredith On April 11, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Blog, Family, low vision, Motherhood, Parenting, Special Needs, West Syndrome
Yesterday as I was sobbing to my mother about how much it pisses me off that Lola has to work so hard to achieve her milestones and how I was beginning to feel helpless as her mother, she stopped me and said “maybe you should write about it”. And as I sit here ready to [...]
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