Happy Holidays! I am writing this at the time of year when we are thinking ahead to the holidays. Thanksgiving will soon be upon us, and we’ll have Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Festivus. No matter what holidays you celebrate, consider getting one of these essential […]

CTR Wall Art Tutorial without a Cricut or Silhouette cutter. Super Saturday friendly

The  Busy Moms – Special Needs Summit Registration is Here! After many, many months of hard work and love, I’m so happy to announce registration for the Busy Moms – Special Needs Summit is open! This has been a labor of love. I want all […]

  I’m so excited! For years I’ve watched other online summits for moms. None of them were focused on raising kids with special needs like mine. I decided to do something about that. For the last six months I’ve been working on creating and presenting […]

Covid-19 has been tough on so many of us. Economically, socially, physically and mentally. I have greater respect for my children’s teachers than ever before. Trying to help my youngest daughter and son through distance learning for the last marking period of the school year […]

Hello. Hello friends. I’m not going to lie, it’s been a while since I’ve written here.  The reason is I was diagnosed with mild depression. This has been the hardest year and half of my life in many ways. I’ve had a lot to be […]

I’m so very proud of my son.  He’s worked hard.  I’m pulling this from my Instagram and giving a little more detail to his story. My son’s university has a tradition in their library.  Each week they share white board art drawn by a variety […]

5 must do things for emotional and social support of families with autism or other disabilities. How to combat the all-too-common afterthought situation and loneliness. What to do when you stop getting invites.

Dear friends, thank you so much for your patience as I have been working feverishly on building my new website, Magically Capable. I am still wanting to help special needs families here. My new website lets me focus on helping special needs families travel and […]

Have you ever asked yourself, “Is there something “off” or different with my child?  Is he/she behaving as other kids do?”   As you might imagine, with five special needs children, I’ve kept a pretty good eye on my youngest daughter’s progress in social and sensory […]