Hi. I told Paul this morning that all of you were probably going to be mad at me and never read my blog again since I left the bed tent saga update story untold today. Please forgive me. And please come back. Please don’t stop reading my blog. ;) My daddy is in the hospital [...]
Archive for January, 2012
24 Jan
The Bed Tent Saga — Update Part Two
Continued from yesterday . . . You know, I was belly-aching about how terribly our attempts to keep Chloe safe at night have failed over the years. I may not have mentioned the hundreds of dollars we’ve spent on this whole endeavor. . . whine, whine, whine. But then I left you hangin’ with a [...]
23 Jan
The Bed Tent Saga — Update
This bed tent saga has been going on now for years . . . . It is the challenge of trying to keep Chloe safely in her bed all night. It often takes Chloe hours to fall asleep, and sometimes she awakens in the night and stays awake for hours. She doesn’t have judgement for [...]
20 Jan
Wearing Our Hearts on our Sleeves!
On our short sleeves! It is going to be nearly 80 degrees today in Dallas/Fort Worth!! Now THAT’S WINTER!! ;) Love it! We are helping to spread the word about acceptance today – International Day of Acceptance. Here are a few photos. This from 3E Love today on International Day of Acceptance: **Help us spread [...]
20 Jan
International Day of Acceptance
I am bogged down with emotion as I prepare for another meeting with Chloe’s school today. My heart, my resolve, and my brain are all very tired and stretched thin. I would love your prayers today if you think about us. Today, January 20th, is International Day of Acceptance. I was going to attempt to write [...]
19 Jan
Bummer . . . Fail!
Well, I have admitted here before that I’m not real big on making New Year’s Resolutions. I don’t make them, and I don’t keep them. I guess probably the whole truth is that I don’t make them because I don’t keep them. It’s painful to fail at a new committment over and over and over [...]
18 Jan
Just Like Thumper
As many of you know, my absence and silence is usually a sign that things are a-brewin’ and I am struggling with what to say and what not to say. Yes, I apologize that that’s the reason for my silence again. We are having meeting after meeting after meeting with Chloe’s school, and we are [...]
6 Jan
Well Done!
Sometimes I think I can talk all day . . . write a dozen posts . . . scream from the mountaintops . . . write letters . . . over and over and over trying to explain the life we want for Chloe — the life that we think Chloe wants for herself. Oftentimes [...]
5 Jan
To Have or Not To Have
To Have or Not to Have . . . That is the question. After Paul and I had been married for several years, it was the natural conversation to have: so . . . wanna have kids? Growing up, my number one life goal and plan was to be a wife and a mom. It [...]
4 Jan
Annie’s Coming Out (the book)
I recently read the book Annie’s Coming Out and was challenged and educated and stirred. The book is about a young girl, Annie who was born in Australia in the mid ’60s, diagnosed with cerebral palsy/athetosis, and sentenced to a life in an institution for mentally retarded children. To think how recently ago children with [...]
