Mom in Uncharted Waters | Navigating Family, Food and Special Needs

Playshop Process Postmortem

by Meredith

I live in Austin, which is a pretty granola kind of town. There's more New-Age hooha going on here than you can shake a stick at. Which suits me fine, because I've visited the ether a few times and I like it up there. So when one of my moms asked me if I wanted to go to a mandala-painting "playshop" based on 5th chakra…...Read More

September 2, 2016

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Last Time

by Meredith

I had a meeting with Lucy's teacher yesterday. I feel like I've had a hundred meetings at Lucy's school over the last three years. I pulled into the drive, parked my car, walked through the gate and into her classroom. That day Lucy had a field trip to a place called Kiddie Acres. It's this kind of old-school, carnival type place. Ferris wheel, carousel, miniature train,…...Read More

May 2, 2016

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My Kids, Myself, Special Needs, Uncategorized, writing

On Shit and Watching a Nap on a Sunday

by Meredith

Yesterday was a pretty good day. I slept in late. Got up and drank coffee and then spent the day doing domestic things like laundry, and kitchen duty and taking down the Christmas tree and all of the Christmas decorations. You know, it sure is wonderful to put it all up, enjoy some twinkly lights, smell that Fraser Fir for a few weeks...But it's almost…...Read More

January 11, 2016

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My Life is a Country Song

by Meredith

Well, feels like it, anyway. 2015 has been a real bitch, frankly, and I'm not sorry to see her go. The last 2 months have been just ridiculous. They've included Lucy's annual ARD, which is always a big deal because we plan her next year's education plan with the school district. We are planning for kindergarten, and the thought of Lucy there just makes my…...Read More

December 29, 2015

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The Three People You Need As a Special Needs Parent

by Meredith

You need to be on the lookout for these people, because when they appear you want to hold on to them like lifelines. 1.) The Family Member Who Shows Up It can be intimidating for your family to have a SN child in their midst. It doesn’t matter how many kids someone has raised, special needs makes everything different. There will be one person in…...Read More

October 23, 2015

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My Kids, Myself, Special Needs, Uncategorized, writing