I’m a Catholic wife, mother, homeschooler, caregiver and author! Click the photo to learn more about my book Better Than OK: Finding Joy As A Special Needs Parent. I’m also the founder of Accepting the Gift, an online apostolate for Catholic special needs parents.
Latest Posts
- 2023 Resolutions: Hopefully Joy and FruitfulnessWell, I’ve had plenty of time to overthink about my New Year’s resolutions. Seems like it’s time to actually write a post about them, and see how I did on last year’s resolutions. First, the review! What did I hope to accomplish in 2022? So, I don’t think I did too terrible. You won’t be …
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- 2022 Year End ReviewProbably time to give an update to round out 2022. If you just want to know what I’ve been up to for the last two months (since my last post), just skip to the bottom. I won’t judge you for it. Most pictures are at the end. Also – affiliate links! So if you click …
- Bodacious Costumes, a Radical Party, and a Totally Tubular SolicitationHappy Month of the Holy Souls! Is it too late for a Halloween costume round up? This year I went around the neighborhood with the kids vs staying home and handing out candy. We don’t get too many trick or treaters at our house, so I figured I’d head out in my luchadore mask and …
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- Cookbooks, Travels, And Speaking At LengthI’ve been writing this post over the course of a week…or two. The hardest part has been continually going back and changing all the present tense to past tense as it takes me longer to finish writing everything. I mean, maybe that means I should do more frequent shorter posts, but why do the thing …
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- 44 Rotations Around the SunHappy Birthday to me, I’m 44! Ten years ago I wrote my first blog birthday post, but since Addie’s birthday is the day after mine, it was largely focused on her. Ten years ago, she turned ten; tomorrow she turns 20! In 2012 I shared that she got Lego sets and Barbie hair extensions. Tomorrow …
- 2022-23 Curriculum and Back to School AdjustmentsSince I’m only homeschooling one child this year, I figured I would just combine my usual curriculum post with whatever else I was writing about. So come for the curriculum, stay for the family photos! Or vice versa. Edith, Grade 11 Unlike Addie and Byron, Edie has no desire to take classes at the local …
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Self-Care for Special Needs Moms$19.99 -
Using Google Classroom in the Homeschool EbookProduct on sale$4.99 -
The Catholic Homeschool Audit WorkbookProduct on sale$9.99 -
The Best Laid Plans Undated PlannerProduct on sale$14.99