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#NaBloPoMo Day 13: Going Grey Before 40
I remember when I was 10 years old I found my first grey hair, a wiry strand sprouting wildly from the top of my head. I actually found it kind of cool and something that made me unique, and I would occasionally find the greys throughout my teenage years and just pluck them out. No…
#NaBloPoMo Day 12: The "How Much to Share" Debate
I’ve been blogging for seven years, and the archives of this blog contain a huge volume of stories about me and my kids, especially Grayson. When Grayson was really little, and especially leading up to his diagnosis, I documented nearly everything about his life. If you followed along back then, you read details of doctors…
#NaBloPoMo Day 11: I Hate Saturdays
I hate Saturdays. Today has felt like three days combined into one, with hours and hours of unstructured, unscheduled time. My children (and also me) do not do well with no schedule or structure. The day started out well: we had a Mito family social at a play gym and everyone had a great time.…
#NaBloPoMo Day 10: One Daughter, Two Personalities
A few days ago, Charlotte’s Pre-K class took a trip to Dewberry Farm, a local “farm” (it’s actually more low-key amusement park than farm). The parents came along, so I took the day off work to hang with my girl all day. The day before, we’d had a high in the upper 80s, sweating in…
The Nuance of Living in Grey Spaces
A year after the presidential election that transformed our country and political discussions into a raging dumpster fire, we haven’t made much any progress in returning civility to our discourse. We can’t seem to separate people from their positions, and refuse to see the wide variety of human experiences behind hot-button issues. Nuance gets lost in…
#NaBloPoMo Day 8: HMB Repost
I write for and am the managing editor of Houston Moms Blog. Since I wrote this post just this week, I’m counting it for #NaBloPoMo. This post is on things not to say to moms with children with special needs. It’s insane what people think are helpful phrases or advice. You can read the post…
#NaBloPoMo Day 7: Must Listen Podcast Episodes
When I get a podcast recommendation, it’s helpful if I also get a specific episode that stands out. This is a list of the individual podcast episodes from the past few months that I highly recommend. What would you add to the list? NPR’s Embedded: Trump Stories (the whole season) This has been one of my…
#NaBloPoMo Day 6: Anxiety and Anger
I consume a ridiculous amount of blog posts and articles that are shared to Facebook each day. I always tell people I like Facebook and Twitter so much more than Instagram because I greatly prefer words over pictures. Give me all the words. I learn a lot and am challenged a lot by what I…
#NaBloPoMo Day 5: Sunday Mornings
Sunday mornings are the most peaceful hours of my week, and yet, my most conflicted. A few months ago, I gave up trying to figure out our very complicated church situation, and for now, I am sitting out Sunday morning church. I look forward to my Sunday mornings all week long, when I sit for…
#NaBloPoMo Day 4: My 30 Day Challenge Project
I turned 38 years old last month. I’m not big on birthdays at all, especially my own. However, it does feel fairly significant that I have just one more birthday left in my 30s, and turning 40 in a few years feels even more significant. When my birthday came around on the 13th, I was…