I'm sorry that I never thought of you, really. I carried on with my life, avoiding everything to do with you, for no other reason than I understood I had to. I didn't ask questions, or embarrass you. I was never disrespectful to you as a person, never spoke a harsh word against you. Yet, at the same time, I disrespected you as a person because I simply didn't know.
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A way to save money with food!Because every family, special needs or busy paced, needs to save money, meal planning can be a way to answer a tight budget, a takeout addiction, or a general need to make healthy food choices. Meal planning has helped my family vastly, plus gotten my son with autism interested in cooking. It has answered our problems, in more than one way.
Sometimes, things don't go your way. And with special needs children, you have to be okay with that.
Out in public, any crowded restaurant or mall, and then there is a little kiddo who has a long white/tan tube coming from under their shirt and to a backpack slung over their mother's arm. You look. You stare. You might even dare make a comment. But do you know what that is under there? Do you know why that child has that tube attached to them?
It's their food. What they need to live. And admittedly, it sounds off-putting. At first. A feeding tube is only another way to gain calories. Another way to eat. So lets learn a little bit about them and help dispel some of the discomfort surrounding the idea. Whoa, it's halloween already?I just looked outside and realized, like, winter is upon us. What happened?! I was outside getting sunburned and sweating like two days ago, I swear!
As Featured on Tova Leigh's Blog: My Thoughts ABout StuffWe feel it. Baby fever. A friend has a baby, and we simply get one whiff of that new baby smell and it hits us like a train. We want another baby. The thoughts and feelings of being a parent to a newborn surround us like a nice warm blanket. However, once we announce our intentions, people are quick to break down our need. You want another one? Haven't you learned enough from your other child? Why would you want to roll the dice again? You might get another child like your first. That's too much. That's a bad idea. Your genes are clearly defective.
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AuthorGabrielle Rae is a special needs, stay at home mommy of two boys. She enjoys reading and writing novels in her spare time. @onbothfrontsArchives
August 2018
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