NYE at Home
Closing out 2020 will look markedly different for so many people–no more crowds in Time Square, no more jam packed parties, and no large family celebrations. We are opting to stay home this NYE and do a “Cozy Glam” theme….
Read More »Closing out 2020 will look markedly different for so many people–no more crowds in Time Square, no more jam packed parties, and no large family celebrations. We are opting to stay home this NYE and do a “Cozy Glam” theme….
Read More »Sharing our visual “scrapbook” for 2020. One of my goals for this blog is for it to be a virtual scrapbook of our adventures for Callie. Something that she can look back on and be reminded of all the love,…
Read More »Dear Mama, I have a special job for you. I’m going to send you a warrior princess. I’m going to make her look like her Daddy. Have your nose and the same sunshine spun through her hair that you do. …
Read More »Wow! We got such an amazing response on our Adaptive Gift Guide! Thank you so much for all your sweet notes–we are so happy that sharing those things helped out a ton of people. We wanted to keep sharing resources…
Read More »Things We Wish People Knew about Differently Abled People like Callie….. 1. Please don’t stare. A smile and a wave is much better. Staring hurts her feelings. 2. Callie can do whatever she wants to do–swimming, horseback riding, dancing. She…
Read More »Sharing some of our favorite inclusive and adaptive gifts for the little warrior princess in your life! We are big fans of Zappos Adaptive that carries single shoes and allows it’s customer’s to order different shoe sizes for each…
Read More »Someone asked me that the other day because I remarked that I was struggling with some grief about Callie’s leg and health issues. I’m 100% sure it was triggered by her recent knee surgery. “Why aren’t you over that by…
Read More »I’m feeling extremely overwhelmed right now. Callie’s upcoming knee surgery. Trying to plan, anticipate, and schedule all the things for it especially during Covid. I just started on a new insulin pump. I’m working on a ton of high level…
Read More »Life can be hard….. But it also can be beautiful. You can have days where wallow in grief. Drowning trying to keep your head above water. Dreading each morning that you have to wake up and face another day. But…
Read More »I see you baby girl. I see you taking that first brave step. I see you glancing quickly to watch people’s faces when they look at your prosthetic leg. I see you evaluating whether they are going to meet your…
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