Special Needs

As you all know, we’ve had a lot of different issues with Angela. We’ve been able to curb a lot of her bad habits, but her number habit that she can not stop herself from doing is: Don’t touch things that don’t belong to you. Angela has two huge obsessions in life, well three if […]

To the girl in pink who ran track for the New Egypt Middle School: You are freaking awesome! I just thought that the whole world should know this about you. You put on your running shoes, you warmed up, and hit the track. You kept a steady pace and finished each race that you competed […]

I have a small confession to make: Stephen and I put cards in the mail for Angela throughout the whole year, especially during her birthday and holidays. When I say holidays, I mean every single holiday. Angela is emotionally high maintenance. She truly doesn’t understand that some holidays are not equal to other holidays. A […]

Hey Gang! I’m coming directly to you to try to get some advice to help Stephen and I out with a situation that we have. You see, Angela has a problem with touching other people’s things. Mostly things like Pens, Pencils, Markers, Papers, Empty Boxes or Full boxes…just boxes. It’s so annoying and absolutely drives […]

One wouldn’t think that it would be a great deal to “survive” something for 13 days. That is, until you have to go through something that could be considered one of the biggest emotional roller coasters that you could ever possibly go on. No height requirement needed. This is what recently happened to us. As […]

Today was the official day that we got to meet Angela’s Doctor for the first time. Together, we opened up the secret window into finding out what makes Angela tick…on a physiological plane. Our secret window officially began opening today. Today…that window has been cracked open. The hinges creaked while trying to open, but the […]

We’ve been traveling down this road together…all of you have been traveling with us. Is the journey over? No…not by a long shot. However, I remember once when we couldn’t even find a road through all of thick fog that blanketed the air around us. There was a time where it felt like the forces […]

So, I owe you all a huge apology because I haven’t written anything new lately in the last few weeks. I had a huge meltdown with my host providers with all of my sites…as all of my sites have been down (for the most part) for almost 2 months. If you had issues in coming […]

Hello friends and family. It’s been a little over a month since the last time I was able to write anything. I apologize as life has been super busy and chaotic, not with Angela. Life with her has become more and more amazing.In fact, I should make mention that we very seldom use the word […]

Sometimes, we take for granted the simplest things in life that we can do on our own. We can tie our shoes, take a shower, eat and chew our food, brush our hair, brush our teeth, put on deodorant, go for a walk, and the list can go on and on. There are many things […]

“I’m sorry, but she’s not a good fit.” the program coordinator told me after our visit to a day program. Those words have haunted me since we visited the “facility” almost 2 months ago. I just haven’t had a moment to truly write about it and release it to the world. I’ve been on the […]

  15 Ways Special Needs People Can Help In The Kitchen It’s not easy living with a family member who has special needs or neurological disability of sorts. It has it’s challenges, takes a lot of patience, and a lot of love to take care of their daily needs. I’ve been taking care of my […]