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Homeschool WEEK 18 Recap:  The LETTER R (for Malachi) and the NUMBER 5 (for Deacon). *** Read this post   for more information on our...

My son's SIXTH birthday is next week. I can hardly believe it. SIX years old! (I know that's what all the parents are supposed to say....

Our plan was to travel from our home in Seattle, through southern Oregon, and into Nevada. We would stay overnight in the small city of...

There is a background soundbite that made the rounds on Instagram Reels and TikTok that goes like this: "I only have time for fuck yes...

When I was in high school, I attended a summer camp for cross-country runners. It was up in the mountains at a big winter ski resort. We...

During my son's first hospital admission, which ended up lasting a whopping 7.5 months, I remember sitting bedside in his little room --...

My family purchased our first camper over the summer months of 2021. We had big plans to travel in a way that could best accommodate our...

Life is more complicated when you have a child with complex medical conditions. Every part of your day carries with it a deeper level of...

We embarked on our very first overnight adventure as a medical caregiving family in May 2020. Over the past two years, we have extended...

This article was originally published by The Arc Amplified, an online publication of The Arc of Snohomish County, in Washington state,...

We had big plans for Halloween. Grand plans... Spooky plans... Plans that absolutely did not involve a trip to the hospital. And yet......

Let me start with this: I never intended to homeschool. Homeschooling was definitely not on my parenting to-do list. It was not the plan....

Traveling with a medically-complex family member requires an abundance of logical planning. There is a lot of equipment and supplies that...

It took us nearly two-and-a-half years after Malachi was born before we felt comfortable venturing out for a family getaway. This was in...

This is an abbreviated storytelling of the first four years of my amazing parenting journey with Malachi, the boy who came roaring into...

This article was originally published by The Arc Amplified, an online publication of The Arc of Snohomish County, in Washington state,...

In 2020, our family served as the featured patient story for the end-of-year giving campaign supporting Seattle Children's Hospital. We...

Without a doubt, the impetus for this blog, and the very foundation of the space in which our family now stands, is grounded in our...

An introduction.... Here we go. Obviously, the family "all about me" information will be shared continuously on this platform as it is,...