So, you’ve been told your child qualifies for a 504 Plan. Great, right? But wait, what exactly does that mean? More importantly, what goes in a 504 Plan, and how do you know if it’s enough? The 504 Plan should be…
Years ago, I was listening to The Rachel Hollis Podcast and she was talking about how to ask better questions to get the results you are looking for. In the episode, the example she gave was flying first class. She…
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I think one of the biggest challenges to parenting a child with a disability is that it’s so hard to talk about the unique struggles we face. I think a lot of us are afraid to express our feelings because…
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When I found out Callie would need to have her leg amputated, I wanted to protect her from all the negativity that went with it. Having grown up myself with Type One Diabetes, I was very much aware of wanting…
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Each new year brings a new opportunity to evaluate a few things for your child’s healthcare. You can think about their unique physical and mental well-being and determine what you need to schedule, update, and review. Planning ahead is such…
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“How are you?” Callie had been admitted to the hospital a few weeks ago. She had a terrible bacterial infection and was transported by ambulance to the same hospital where she spent the first three trauma-filled months of her life….
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When Callie had her amputation, I scoured the internet for all things amputations, prosthetics, and limb differences. I read countless articles, books, scientific papers, and blogs. I learned all I could learn about the life she would lead after her…
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That was the answer I gave for so many years. Right after Callie was born and we spent months in the NICU. People would ask how she was doing, how we were holding up, if we needed anything. My answer…
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Ableism is the intentional or even unintentional discrimination or oppression of people with disabilities. Ableist language or phrases affect the nearly 1 billion people in the world who have a disability by infantilizing, insulting, and stereotyping. Personally, we have had more experience…
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It takes work for any parent to successfully prep their kids for heading back to school and starting a new year. But for parents who have children with special needs, the process of transitioning from summer to school can be…
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Hi, I’m Jaime — writer, mother, storyteller, and the heart behind The Wildflower Edit. For nearly a decade, I wrote online as The Princess and the Prosthetic, sharing my daughter’s journey with disability and the lessons our family learned along the way. It was a beautiful season — full of advocacy, connection, and community — but as my daughter grew older, I felt a shift. She deserved more autonomy. More privacy. More room to decide how she shows up in the world. And I realized something else: My own story was expanding too. Motherhood was still here. Disability was still here. But so were grief, healing, womanhood, nervous system care, feminine energy, homemaking, identity, softness… the fuller, deeper pieces of life that were ready to be spoken aloud. Whether you come for the cozy routines, the motherhood reflections, the disability advocacy, or the soft life inspiration — thank you for choosing to share this space with me. Pour a warm drink. Settle in. Let’s grow a life that feels like you again.
Jaime
