“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, because...

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...

“ You are afraid of surrender because you don’t want to lose control but you never had control, all you had was anxiety.” Elizabeth Gilbert   I am naturally not an anxious person, but there are some situations...

One of my friends, who died many years ago, had a daughter who had a very rare health condition. It was so unique, she was the only person known to have it at the time. My friend, who we’ll call Sally,...