A Good Reminder
One of the best parts of my job is that I get to share my “patient” story with our teams. Today, a good friend asked me to speak at his town hall and it couldn’t have come at a better time. I…
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Outsourcing
Moms are supposed to do all the things….and do them well. “Good” moms are good at everything….or so I’ve always thought. I had to ask myself….why am I doing so much work and letting the things I love slide? I’m constantly…
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The Perfect Mom
Life is not perfect. Life is messy, complicated, perfectly imperfect. And that’s what makes it beautiful. Callie doesn’t need a perfect mom. She needs to see me struggle….so she can see me overcome. She needs to see me fail….so she can see me improve.She…
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Nothing Prepares You
They don’t tell you about the grief that you experience after you have a baby with special needs. We read all the parenting books, went to all the baby classes, and “baby proofed” the house. We had checklists and To…
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Always My Leg First
The other day when we came home from the gym, Callie says to me…“Mama, when people look at me, they don’t look at my face. They look at my leg first. Always at my leg first.” It hurt. She’s ten so…
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When You Grow Up….
What do you want to be when you grow up?The older I get, the more I realize the answer shouldn’t be one word. What do I want to be when I grow up? Someone that’s brave. Someone who’s confident in her body…
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You Can’t Beat a Person Who Never Gives Up
This week, a substitute in Callie’s PE class looked at Callie’s prosthetic leg and told her she can’t be runner for the game they were playing..I’ve been told my whole life things I can’t do. I can’t play sports because of…
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Just Dance….
The struggle was real this morning. Callie did not want to get up. Did not want to go to school. Did not want to eat breakfast. And apparently thought that M&Ms were a healthy option for an after breakfast dessert. So…
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Introductions are In Order….
I’m Jaime — a writer, editor, and mother learning how to live after survival mode. For a long time, my world revolved around holding things together. Motherhood. Disability. Grief. The invisible emotional labor of caring deeply and constantly. Somewhere along…
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The Princess and The Prosthetic
Here’s to new beginnings……Callie and I are starting a blog! I hesitated and over thought this for a while. When’s the perfect time? What about our privacy? What if it’s not 100% ready? News flash. I’ll never be 100% ready but I…
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