Wednesday Haven received her official Autism diagnosis and as prepared as I thought I was for it, I took it so much harder than I thought I would. A couple people asked me, well didn’t you know it was coming? Well Yeah, I did, but it feels like when you know a hurricane is coming, […]

In honor of my sweet baby turning FIVE this post will be all (well mostly) about my Mia.  At 12:06 am on October 18, 2011 my whole life began. At that moment I learned the actual meaning of love. God sent me that perfect 7lb 4 oz baby girl for a reason. I needed her more […]

This is probably going to sound like a pity party for one. So be it, but these last few weeks have been so hard and I just feel like some people truly just don’t get it. I don’t expect strangers and acquaintances too, but even close family and friends don’t truly comprehend it. I feel […]

Special. Special Needs. Special Education. “Your child is so special, though.” Special. Special. Special. I loathe the word. This journey has done that to me. Definition of Special: “better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual.” Basically that’s exactly what comes to my mind when I think of my Havey. She is all those […]

Well not really fired, I’m not Donald Trump. (THANK GOD😷) But today we had to let go of a therapist. A therapist that we welcomed into our home, into our family, into the most vulnerable and painstaking part of our lives. We had higher hopes for her than she had for us, and we are […]