As we all get into the back to school mode…… We want to remind you that in addition to the anxiety of starting school in person again, there’s the added stress that some families face–how are the kids going to…
I always wonder if we made the right decision. Ten years ago we were faced with an impossible choice. Put our baby girl through multiple grueling surgeries in an attempt to fashion a viable leg for her…… Or do an…
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Sharing some fun facts about prosthetics legs!! 1. There is no such thing as one size fits all. Each prosthetic is custom made for the individual. Callie can definitely wear hand me downs–in clothes, but not prosthetics! Prosthetics are custom…
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The thing about grief is we are all terrified of it happening to us and we’re devastated when it does–and then we go out of our way to pretend neither one of those things is true. In the days after…
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Dear Prosthetic Leg, Thank you for supporting me. Thank you for holding me up right and reminding me how powerful I am. Thank you for reminding me that different doesn’t mean deficient and that different can be beautiful too. Thank…
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We love our community on social media but…… Sometimes social media can be extremely difficult. I think its gotten so easy for people just to bellow out their beliefs without consequences on their platforms. We see people trying to be…
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Sharing some helpful ways you can support the disabled community….because let’s face it, change takes time. Especially the systemic and large societal changes we need to make. But here’s a few ways you can actively help! 1. Tell brands you…
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Disabled isn’t a bad word. Callie is disabled……she doesn’t consider herself someone “with” a disability. Disability is not something that she can pick and choose when to carry around with her. She can’t put it on a shelf and come…
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We’ve made leaps and bounds when talking to our kids about inclusion and diversity in the areas of gender, race, religion and much more. Do you know what’s often left out of those conversations about diversity? The disabled community. Although…
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We tried to do play dates when Callie was a baby. She was about 22 months old and had healed to the point where I felt comfortable taking her out of the house on my own. I wanted to 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
