So you have a friend or a loved one with a baby in the NICU? And you’re wondering what you really can do to help? I hope after reading this blog you feel like you’ve come to the right place!…
Fear, shock, anger, grief, sadness, and devastation were big themes in the moments following our daughter’s birth. Callie was born on Halloween. She arrived two months ahead of her due date with a surprise diagnosis of Tetralogy of Fallot and…
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As a mama of a little girl who wears a prosthetic leg, we struggled when she was younger to find pants that would fit over her prosthetic leg. Invariably, her pants would rip at the knee where her hinge was…
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A few weeks ago, my therapist had me write a letter to myself. One that I wished I could have opened up and read shortly after Callie’s birth. She said to fill it with things I wish I had known,…
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I will never forget the first time I saw my daughter being openly excluded at school. I was volunteering in the classroom that day and it was “free play” time. The kids all scattered to different parts of the room–dress…
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As a mama, I find myself counting the hours of potential rest I’m going to get before Callie gets up in the morning or calculating the amount of coffee I’m going to need to intake before I can function at…
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I remember talking to a nurse in the hallway after Callie had her second open heart surgery. I literally was dead on my feet. I hadn’t eaten or slept in days. She lost a ton of blood during the procedure…
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As a parent of a disabled child, I feel like I’m constantly advocating. I’m constantly looking for ways to educate, shed light, call out areas of opportunity for people like Callie. I’m passionate about it, fired up, and want to…
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Self care is often misunderstood as being selfish. And as a parent to a child with a disability, sometimes self care is the absolute last thing on my mind. I’m too busy focusing on physical therapies sessions, ordering prosthetic leg…
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For someone with a disability (or a parent to someone with a disability), the relationships we have developed with Callie’s doctors have been paramount to her success. And honestly, for our family, it feels like we’ve seen SO MANY doctors…
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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
