I always wonder if we made the right decision. Ten years ago we were faced with an impossible choice. Put our baby girl through multiple grueling surgeries in an attempt to fashion a viable leg for her…… Or do an…
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Sharing some fun facts about prosthetics legs!! 1. There is no such thing as one size fits all. Each prosthetic is custom made for the individual. Callie can definitely wear hand me downs–in clothes, but not prosthetics! Prosthetics are custom…
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The thing about grief is we are all terrified of it happening to us and we’re devastated when it does–and then we go out of our way to pretend neither one of those things is true. In the days after…
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Dear Prosthetic Leg, Thank you for supporting me. Thank you for holding me up right and reminding me how powerful I am. Thank you for reminding me that different doesn’t mean deficient and that different can be beautiful too. Thank…
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We love our community on social media but…… Sometimes social media can be extremely difficult. I think its gotten so easy for people just to bellow out their beliefs without consequences on their platforms. We see people trying to be…
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Sharing some helpful ways you can support the disabled community….because let’s face it, change takes time. Especially the systemic and large societal changes we need to make. But here’s a few ways you can actively help! 1. Tell brands you…
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Disabled isn’t a bad word. Callie is disabled……she doesn’t consider herself someone “with” a disability. Disability is not something that she can pick and choose when to carry around with her. She can’t put it on a shelf and come…
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We’ve made leaps and bounds when talking to our kids about inclusion and diversity in the areas of gender, race, religion and much more. Do you know what’s often left out of those conversations about diversity? The disabled community. Although…
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Inclusion is our love language. Normally, when I discuss inclusion, the idea is that it’s 100% beneficial to only the person who’s differently abled. That they will be the only one to positively benefit from the adaptive and inclusive measures….
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One of the most traumatic experiences of my life took 12 minutes. 12 minutes for them to rush me to the OR and prep me for surgery. 12 minutes for them to numb me, cut me open, and take our…
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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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