Special Needs

Don’t Be Jealous of Our Romantic…(WOW! Write On Wednesday! takes 1.30 min. to read)

I’m glad I got your attention. Romance always does, right? You wonder where we might have gone that you’ll get to try some time. Or perhaps you’re thinking we found a great new spot for dinner and you’ll be adding it to your list of places to go! Well, lane change! That’s not exactly where …

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What are WE COMPLAINING about?!?!? (WOW! Write On Wednesday! Read in 2 minutes)

  Do you know someone who doesn’t complain? It’s not me, and it’s few people I know. Someone in my life seldom – if ever complains. He is happy with little; seldom requests extra things; is happy with whatever food is put in front of him (and eats it!) and with few exceptions ever even …

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Brain Groove – WOW! (Write On Wednesday!) Takes 2 minutes to read!

Visiting a dear elderly friend who has short term memory issues (likely dementia/Alzheimer’s) recently was a little challenging because I’m pretty sure she repeated the same thought and story in one way or another 50 times in our hour visit. I know her mind, her brain, is in a groove she can’t get out of. …

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I SURRENDER vs. I QUIT (WOW! Write.On.Wednesday! Takes < 2 minutes to read.)

“You are like an oak but God is making you into a willow.” Not the words a young wife and mom would welcome hearing from their mother-in-law. But indeed, my mother-in-law (whom I loved) was right. I have a strong constitution; I know what I believe and I stand firm in it, and I know …

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THE EYES HAVE IT!

Previously posted/newly updated for THIS our new website/blog! Reading Time @ 4 minutes My husband had finished his requirements for graduation from dental school at THE Ohio State University, and was given a menu of options and opportunities regarding where he could spend some discretionary free time. He chose to work at University Hospital in …

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GET A LIFE!

Previously posted/newly updated and posted on THIS our new website/blog Reading Time @ 3 minutes  Get a LIFE! I’m often tempted to say that: When things aren’t going my way and I think, “Wow, if I could just get a life!” When frustrated, I sometimes say, “This is life?” As a young mom changing diapers …

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Special Needs – The IMPORTANCE of RELATIONSHIPS: Marriage, Family, Friends, etc.

Previously Posted – Newly Posted to THIS our NEW BLOG/Website Reading time: @ 4 minutes MARRIAGE: With a divorce rate hovering somewhere in the 80-85% range, we know it takes a lot of work to make marriage work, along with all the other relationships one has in the world of special needs. In order to …

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