When not parenting 3 kids (one in a wheelchair, one with Aspergers and one poor child stuck in the middle, all with an undiagnosed genetic condition), she can often be found trying to change the world, usually after the kids are in bed. Nocturnal megalomaniac. Rarely sleeps. Often Tired.
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When not parenting 3 kids (one in a wheelchair, one with Aspergers and one poor child stuck in the middle, all with an undiagnosed genetic condition), she can often be found trying to change the world, usually after the kids are in bed. Nocturnal megalomaniac. Rarely sleeps. Often Tired.
All in all it has been a great week, which I’m thankful for, because I’ve spent most of it shut in one room with two rather smelly dogs while the builders knock down walls all around me. The destruction is a positive thing though as with each day that passes we are getting closer to
I thought that it was about time that I started linking to other things that I have been doing around the web. So here is a post I wrote as a columnist for Special Needs Jungle in the early hours of Undiagnosed Children’s Day, where I found myself wondering if social media has made us
For once I am going to take an uncharacteristically minimalist approach to how many words I use to get to the point. All I’ll say is that when I asked for my children’s help I was overwhelmed by how they all unquestioningly rallied to help me put this together. They are just as proud
The idea is move as far away as we can from the ‘heart wrenching photo of a child with mournful music with informative text over the top’ approach and instead to reflect that all we want for our children is that they get to have a happy childhood just like other children. So I have decided to make a tribute to Pharrell’s ‘Happy’ video made from video clips sent in by families of undiagnosed children.
Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you choose to react to it… If living my life has taught me anything, it has shown me that human beings often underestimate what they are capable of. This lesson has been at the cost of somethng irreplacebale though. Pain, suffering, loss, loneliness, betrayal… it’s