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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Hands down, having my boys join the Boy Scouts of America has been one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.  It has literally been life-saving for my special needs kids. What will my child be able to do?  What are his/her limitations? How do […]

I just got back from an amazing blogging conference called Activate. It is run my Ruth Soukup’s and her amazing team at Elite Blog Academy/Living Well Spending Less. I got clarity on what I want to achieve here and how I want to move forward. […]

Last week I woke up with a start with all of the things I had to do running through my brain.  I was feeling overwhelmed and wrote about how I cope with all the stress in the midst of overwhelm.  Lately it feels like I’ve […]

It’s summertime and if you haven’t already enrolled your child in a camp, there is still time to do so.  If you don’t do it this year, you can start planning for the next.  This post is to help you navigate the extra challenges of […]

Just when you think you’re gaining traction, you find out it’s 95% likely that you’ll move. To another state. Into a smaller home. And school is starting soon. I still have plenty of posts planned for the future.  And if I can manage it, I’ll […]

This post does not reflect the usual interaction our special needs youth normally have with Scouting.  I share this as an example of how we still have work to do to in communities at large so individuals with Autism can be understood and helped to […]