A Little Bit About Our Family

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I am married to Joel, a pretty amazing husband and father. We have been married over 20 years.

We have two children. Jamie is our oldest and he has cerebral palsy and is on the autism spectrum. He is nonverbal. Riley is our youngest. She is in high school and is in love with theater.

Abby is our Jack Russell/Dachshund mix pound puppy who is in her teens. Our standard poodle, Beauregard, is cute enough to get away with being on the furniture.

Patience is a virtue (which I do not possess)

Well, that's not entirely true.  I do have patience with my son.  He has cerebral ...
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An Ode to My Husband

I've been thinking about this post for the last few days.  My husband and I ...
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Life Lessons For My Daughter

A few days ago, I began to think about my daughter starting Kindergarten soon. Tomorrow, ...
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Grief.

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This isn’t what I signed up for.

So, when Joel and I got married, we dreamed of having a baby right away. ...
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A brother is a friend given by nature

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Modifying Your Home

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Products I love: Non-battery powered toys

I just love Toys R Us.  Not just because I'm literally a kid at heart ...
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Confessions of an Okay Mommy

So, here's my first confession.  I got this idea from a talk with Nicole last ...
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