“We ALL need a hug right now.
At a time when people are dying due to a pandemic and we are social distancing to protect ourselves and others, how do we meet the emotional and mental health needs that we have?”
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Caring for Yourself
Pictures Hold A Thousand Memories
“I thought I looked fat and ugly from pregnancy and I couldn’t stand looking at the picture. It made me cringe. It was hidden in the depths of a photo album never given a place of honor. Just stuffed in there with random loose photos.”
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Give Me The Indoors! But Wait. . .
”The indoors is my space. Give me a kitchen to cook in, a library to read through, an old movie to watch. These are my happy places.”
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It Doesn’t Take Much to Minister To Others
“Somewhere living in New York there is a Jewish woman who is the best example of ministering to others I have ever known. I’ve never met her yet she ministers to me daily. She is my model of how I should be serving others.”
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A Special Needs Parent’s IEP
“. . .what I had essentially done was to write my own IEP for school. These were all things I was working on that will help me succeed.”
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Favorite Things- Music
“One of the things that has soothed my soul, given me life, and a way to communicate is music. Music has a power that can’t easily be translated into words. That’s why we have music, so it can speak the language of the soul that mere words can’t. And if I remember to turn it on, it can save me from completely loosing it on my children.”
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My List of Favorite Books I Read in 2019
“2019 is coming to a close and I read some awesome books this year that I want to share with you. So grab a cup of hot chocolate and get comfortable and browse my best reads for this year.”
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Military Homecoming videos
“Military homecoming videos are all over the internet. With the holidays coming they seem to explode in number. The videos are beautiful, heart-warming, and I can’t watch them.”
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Mental Illness Ebbs and Flows
“Last year, I was writing about what a wonderful healthy place I was in with my mental health. I still remember the joy of it and feeling like I had really found myself.
This year has brought amazing blessings. Many of which I have prayed for years for. But it has also brought a difficult struggle with my mental health.”
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Dear Insurance Company~ A Letter From A Special Needs Family
“I know we are not your ideal of a customer. You would rather not have us enrolled on your rolls.
Yours is a business that is for-profit. You want to make money. But despite our paying you hundreds of dollars every year, and then paying thousands of dollars out of pocket every year, our family puts you in the red every year.”
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