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 […]

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.

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 […]

They say tragedy plus time equals humor. They also say that laughter is the best medicine. I’ve also heard more than one motivational speaker suggest each of us look for humor in a situation. We need the humor-especially when we’re having one of those days. […]

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 […]

Today: This is hard. Really hard. I’ve been hanging on to this post for a week. I’m frankly scared to post this because, while I’m not exactly a people pleaser (you can’t please everyone all of the time, nor should you try to), I do […]

If you are like me, when your differently wired teen* develops an interest in the opposite sex, you have to develop a whole new set of “rules” to help your child navigate flirting and dating.  Social situations are hard enough when you don’t pick up […]

Every year I struggle with how to address this month, and in particular April 2, Autism Awareness Day. I am so grateful that so many more people are aware of Autism. In days past, whenever one of my boys would flip into meltdown mode or […]

One of the things we like to do is take time with each child to do something special. This last weekend DH (DearHusband) and I had to go to a formal work event. For Friday Family Time (yes, we kind of consider it a proper […]