I'll be celebrating my 35th birthday in just a few days. I'm not one of those people who freaks out about getting older (unlike my husband). I have a theory - if you're not getting older; you're dead. Honestly, I don't feel 35. I wish I was still skinny like my 18-year-old self. Maybe in the next five years, I'll accept the fact that God gave me hips. As I thought about this milestone the other day, I realized there are several things I want to accomplish before I turn the big 4-0! These Continue Reading
Five Minute Friday {Safe}
It's safe to say Bryan Young impacted a lot of people during his 47 years on earth. Myself included. He was a short dude with a big heart and contagious personality. I've been in shock most of the week; not able to wrap my mind around the fact that my friend was murdered. Eleven years ago I walked into Bryan's office, a reporter for the state newspaper, and a friendship was born. I snapped a photo of Bryan for a Q&A I was working on and never dreamed the same photo would show Continue Reading
What Transparency Does
Monday I found myself in a bad spot. After a grueling few days in the motherhood department, I was sinking deeper to rock bottom. I sat on the couch, tears streaming down my face with one of two options. I could keep quiet about the struggle or I could be transparent. I posted a not-so-flattering photo of myself on my personal Facebook page with these words: The past week has been HARD. I sat on the couch after school today feeling completely helpless. I yelled at my husband Continue Reading
Wings for Autism
Last week John was out of town on a work trip. Monday, as he walked out the door with his suitcase, we reminded Jackson that Daddy was going to ride an airplane and be gone for a few days. Jackson didn't like that his Daddy was riding an airplane and he wasn't. Jackson ride airplane, too, he said. We've yet to fly with Jackson. Busy airports, long security lines, crowded planes (complete sensory overload if you think about it) has kept us from traveling via air. We've opted for road Continue Reading
Five Minute Friday {Breathe}
The phone call should have made me breathe a sigh of relief. The results of the MRI were normal, there were no abnormalities, the nurse said. After hanging up the phone I found myself in a puddle of tears. Tears of relief because there was nothing majorly wrong with my son's brain and tears of frustration because I had hoped that maybe, just maybe the MRI would shed some light on his neurological disorders. Was I crazy to feel this way? I had asked the nurse this exact Continue Reading