Dear Readers,   Sometimes life has a way of throwing curve balls when you least expect it. This is exactly what happened to me 3 days ago.    What started out as a routine Saturday morning ended with...

This is part two of Autumn’s story, part one can be found here.    If only medical problems could be solved as easily as the mystery shows on TV. The kind where the detective deftly finds clues, even...

“You’re so lucky to have him diagnosed so young!”    Autumn was dealing with:    Guilt, in not listening to her baby and herself. Anger, for not standing up for him. Frustration. Invalidation,...

Sometimes we can make great plans with the best of intentions and still mess up. Kind of like the time what I thought was a good idea for my son, Caleb turned out to be a huge mistake.    Caleb’s preschool...

When our son, Caleb was seven weeks old, we found ourselves in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of the hospital. It certainly wasn’t something anyone could’ve predicted.  And it was overwhelming,...

I found a dusty plastic storage container tucked in the back of my garage that I thought contained my husband’s stuff, only to open it and find mine.   I found my high school yearbooks, small gifts given...

The universal theme for all my prayers is wisdom. Wisdom to live my life, parent my children, make the right decisions, handle tough situations, etc. It’s the secret sauce of life. After all, everything...