Inspiration – Found on ESPN
I’ve written about Kevin Laue before… I’ve stumbled onto stories about him since he was in high school. He’s an inspiration to many people because he was born with one hand and an ability to kick butt on the basketball court. He’s shown up on ESPN and the New York Times… but I haven’t seen…
Read More +She's making a comeback!
Jordan isn’t all there… but she’s so much better. We’re learning the hard way about what foods work and don’t work… but she was feeling well enough to participate in the world again. Jordan went to a make-up dance class this morning. It was great to see her back to dance. She hasn’t been to…
Read More +Sick
I have about three blog posts sitting unfinished… the combination of snow days and long work days were getting in the way. But now, Miss Jordan is sick. Again. This time she’s sicker than I’ve seen in a while. Poor baby. She spiked a high fever last night and couldn’t keep medicine down. I spent…
Read More +Lots and lots of snow
We had a heck of a snow storm in our town. It isn’t the largest amount I’ve ever seen… but it was quite possibly the deepest Jordan’s ever been around. She had a pretty hard time walking through it… and that’s when we figured out her snow pants are two sizes too small. Yup. This…
Read More +Let's give it a try
Jordan is so five. She knows what she wants. She and I have very long conversations with meaning. She loves to draw and is a little obsessed with using scissors. Today we discovered her new Rapunzel doll is missing a chunk of hair. I banned her from scissors without exclusive parent oversight. That’s when she…
Read More +Very evil germs
Jordan is quite possibly the toughest kid I’ve ever known. This past week she’s battled a stomach ick that kept her home for the week. He dad took care of her during the worst of it because I had to be at work very early many mornings. Jordan never complained. She never whined. She barely…
Read More +Decoration failure
On Jordan’s birthday, my mom gave Jordan a really cute peel and stick decal for her room that has a princess crown and the word “Princess” under it. You can stick rhinestones on the crown. It’s just cute. And kind of over the top… but hey, why not. I figured we’d put it up for…
Read More +HUGE good news
I just got word from our county coordinator to say we are still IN the program! When she was evaluated right before her birthday, her case manager was pretty certain Jordan would be out of the program. I immediately stressed about the loss of the incredible services she recieved from the organization: Access to equestrian…
Read More +Thrills and the end of 2010 (Day Four)
[We spent four days at Disney World and I figured I’d document the trip as best I can] Day Four: Hollywood Studios By this point, we had a system going. I woke up first, would run down to the cafeteria and wake the kids up with mugs of hot chocolate. We were ready to hit…
Read More +Lions, Thumper and Baloo, oh my (Day Three)
[We spent four days at Disney World and I figured I’d document the trip as best I can] Day Three: Animal Kingdom We were tired, really tired by our third day at Disney World. But we weren’t going to let that stop us! We wanted to get to the Animal Kingdom early enough to really…
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