If I’ve learned anything in the last 40 years, it’s that life doesn’t always go as planned. I have two auto immune disorders that require 24/7 management. Our daughter has a life altering physical disability and her own chronic heart…
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Back in my 20s and 30s, there was only one goal when it came to fitness: be skinny. Do the hardest workout with the highest likelihood of getting defined abs. Did this approach work well for me? Nope. Absolutely not….
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I’m a mom of a child with a disability, and I’m exhausted. This isn’t the kind of exhaustion that will go away with a nap. This is a tiredness in my bones, a relentless exhaustion, and it comes from not only advocating…
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When Callie was in elementary school she got invited to a classmate’s birthday party. The party was going to be at a trampoline park and although I was a bit apprehensive, I was so excited for her to be included. …
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I’m always looking for ways to edit and refine my life–taking my ordinary and every day routines and taking them to the next level. I look for ways to inject productivity, whimsy, efficiency, romance, and so many other things to…
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I have tremendous friends. I do. They are generous, encouraging, and life giving. They are willing to overlook how many times I have to do a rain check for dinner plans. They send me memes on the daily, make me…
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I realize this idea comes, in part, because I’m a parent of a disabled little girl. I’m very conscious of the emphasis we put on looks, appearance, and our bodies in this culture. I don’t want to tie her worth…
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I started to feel off in the fall of 2022. I couldn’t sleep, was so tired during the day that I could barely finish my work, and felt hungover every morning even though I wasn’t drinking alcohol at the time. …
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There is simply no preparing for the moment you’re told your child has a disability. There’s no universal guidebook on how to process quite possibly the most devastating news you’ll ever hear, and more often than not, there’s absolutely zero warning…
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Whether it’s forgetting about a doctor’s appointment for Callie, being worried about an upcoming surgery for her, feeling nervous about a situation James is de-escalating at work, or having to give a presentation in front of my entire supply chain…
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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
