When I was first pregnant with my daughter, I worried about how I would deal with my diabetes after having kids. For many who don’t know, parenting can be particularly challenging through the highs and lows of this disease. Whether…
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I love Pinterest. Full transparency, it’s probably my favorite social media app. I love how I can search for healthy sheet pan recipes, motherhood inspiration, Christmas decorating ideas, beauty hacks and outfit ideas all at the same time. It’s also…
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It’s unavoidable. As much as I absolutely adore the “back to school” season–the first soft whispers of fall, back to school shopping, new notebooks and backpacks, and the excitement of brand new adventures, part of me also cringes in anticipation…
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I knew being a mom was going to be difficult; a crying baby in the middle of the night, changing endless poopy diapers, and getting little sleep was a given. But when our daughter was born with a disability and…
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I opened it. It was the email version of a drunk delusional dance. You are out of touch with reality, it ominously started. It was an incomplete list of my inadequacies and finished up with alleging an obsession and mental…
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I remember talking to a nurse in the hallway after Callie had her second open heart surgery. I literally was dead on my feet. I hadn’t eaten or slept in days. She lost a ton of blood during the procedure…
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I am overwhelmed by the response to my post last week, 3 Signs It’s Time to Cut Ties with Toxic Family. Like OVERWHELMED. Thank you all for the notes and the re-shares of the post–it honestly gives me a lot of…
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I never thought I’d be the parent who overscheduled her child– dragging them from activity to activity after long days at school. I promised myself that Callie didn’t need any extra enrichment outside of being a kid, life itself would be…
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A quick catch up post on all things #lifelately ! San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Our girl got to participate in a demonstration at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo this year–for those not local to Texas,…
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I went to the parent meeting for incoming freshman at the high school Callie will be attending. Sitting there, I listened to the counselors detail the extremely complicated class selection process that is entirely based on the “major” the child…
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Hi Y'all! I’m Jaime, a proud working mama, author, girl boss and wifey to an ultra-adorable husband. I am a huge book nerd, I drink coffee like my life depends on it, and run on dry shampoo and Amazon Prime. Leopard print is my favorite color. I am a story teller at heart and this blog is a virtual scrapbook of our crazy beautiful life. I'm a Type One Diabetic and our little warrior princess Callie is a lower limb amputee. By sharing how we’ve chosen to flourish in the garden we’ve been planted in, we hope you can take some small nuggets of hope, inspiration, and laughter. We are so grateful that you’ve found us—welcome to the fam. We embrace our perfectly imperfect lives and don’t let the doctor’s appointments, spreadsheets, speaking engagements, 10th birthday parties to plan, housework or date nights overwhelm us. Those things are just the beautiful reminders of all the blessings in our lives. Read More
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