These Moments
The other night before bed we were having a disco dance party….all three of us were dancing and I honestly laughed so hard my cheeks hurt. Callie looked at us and said “That’s right, we’re the fun family!” I wanted to…
Read More »The other night before bed we were having a disco dance party….all three of us were dancing and I honestly laughed so hard my cheeks hurt. Callie looked at us and said “That’s right, we’re the fun family!” I wanted to…
Read More »Someone asked me the other day if our life was hard because of my diabetes and Callie’s health challenges. I didn’t know how to answer it. How do I say that our lives are completely different than other peoples?That we faced challenges…
Read More »My mama heart is heavy today……Callie came home from school today and told me she was sad and didn’t understand why she had to have a prosthetic leg. She asked me why she couldn’t have a real leg. These days crush…
Read More »When Callie was born we had so many questions.What if she couldn’t latch on?What if she couldn’t walk? What if she didn’t make it through her heart surgery? What if she didnt flourish and we couldn’t leave the NICU? What…
Read More »We got Callie a little sign for her room that says “Different is beautiful.” It sits right next to her unicorn figurine on her dresser. We’re at the stage where she doesn’t want to be different. She wants to blend in. We’ve…
Read More »They don’t tell you about the grief that you experience after you have a baby with special needs. We read all the parenting books, went to all the baby classes, and “baby proofed” the house. We had checklists and To…
Read More »The other day when we came home from the gym, Callie says to me…“Mama, when people look at me, they don’t look at my face. They look at my leg first. Always at my leg first.” It hurt. She’s ten so…
Read More »This week, a substitute in Callie’s PE class looked at Callie’s prosthetic leg and told her she can’t be runner for the game they were playing..I’ve been told my whole life things I can’t do. I can’t play sports because of…
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