Eat the Frog

Someone recently asked me if Isaac actually has a disability, and the answer is yes and no and yes and maybe and I don't really know....

Sometimes we have to get things done for the farm. This means hours and hours in the farm truck, hours of beautiful days that the kids lon...

Lily and Holly are in the church holiday pageant. When they found out that other three year olds are too, but not Isaac (because he isn...

I remember the day that Isaac's diagnosis was given to us over the phone. It was unexpected even though there had been problems that had...

Today Isaac had his blood drawn for labs. This is one of the regular parts of our routine. 22q can mess up blood chemistry in some messed ...

We've been busy this week, bringing in hay before it rains, re organizing the kitchen cabinets, and other stuff I will post about later....

In a special needs family the child with extra medical needs gets a lot of the attention. It is already a difficult task to balance each chi...

We homeschool. We unschool as a philosophical approach. For those who are unfamiliar with that term, it is like Montessori without the large...

Last night after the kids were all tucked in to bed dreaming (ie passed out in the living room watching movies), I walked to the mailbox. I ...