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Hello and Welcome to For Our Special Kids! I wanted to personally thank you for joining this community and supporting Teal and me.  Hopefully, you can tell on the podcast that I am the luckiest mama around.  Teal is pure joy and magic.&nb…

Not even sure where to begin.  I feel like there is so much to share and so many places to begin that I simply can’t begin.  So, I will start from where I am being called to start.  The fan! NOTE: After typing this all, I rerea…

Hello…anyone out there? Well, it’s been forever.  And, truthfully, life just got in the way…AND, my ego got in the way (more on that later).  I started 3 different blogs before all hell broke loose in my household.&nbs…

“Remember to feel your feet.” “Bring your lips together.” “Put your head down.” “Take a deep breath…relax.” “Stand up strong.” Let me tell you what happened…our daughter …

A long long time ago…in a land far far away… (kidding) Over 9 years ago I hosted a women’s retreat called “What would you attempt?” in Lake Tahoe.  It was all about me testing the waters to see if I could help f…

Ever just stepped back and looked at how much your life has changed in a VERY short amount (say 2 years, 2 months) of time?  I crawled into my Courtyard Marriott bed last night in Sacramento (a pretty comfy bed actually) ALL ALONE and started t…

I may really rock your world now.  Stay with me.  Stay open.  And, remember…this is your WooWoo dose for the day. Many years ago, my mom told me about this woman, Esther Hicks, she was paying to go see talk in Chicago.  N…

I have realized that since having a child, the passing of time has significantly more meaning in my life.  As in, “Please stop.  Please, time, I beg of you, stop moving so dang fast.  Let me have more time with this little nugge…

So I’m laying in the C-section recovery room, a bit delirious, a bit groggy, and totally shocked, trying to form words around whether or not the doctors kept my placenta when my husband seemingly out of the blue, says, “Whoa.  Check…

I’ll be the first one to say, “My daughter is different.”  She’s different in the most beautiful way but at times it is really challenging being a mom to a child that doesn’t do everything the “other kids&rdq…