LIFE REVISED
With the birth of my 2nd child, our family was thrown into a world of unknowns:
What’s wrong with my baby?
Who can help us?
How can we help her?
Who are our friends?
Who can we help?
Can I do this?
What does happy look like for our family, our marriage, for me?
What is God’s plan?
Can we ever go out to eat again?
Will I one day “snap” and have to be committed?
Why are so many people uncomfortable with disabilities?
Is “special needs” a social death sentence?
Is that chocolate or poop?
This website will be dedicated to exploring these topics and the countless others that consume our thoughts as women. My hope is to help others find their place again in this world. I want to speak to the best friend or spouse or parent who doesn’t know what to say or how to reach out. My family and I have changed over the last 5 years and I have been silent on social media about most of it. There is a void of understanding and connection when someone goes through something, anything, that we have not. I hope to fill this void in some small way by sharing our story.
I want to have hope and laughter, connections and friendships. I want to fight the darkness and help others fight it too. I want to start taking care of me, the different me. I want to embrace the new me, while trying to salvage the best parts of the old me.
My family, marriage, friends, work, and faith all have special needs to attend to...which makes me no different than you. Life doesn’t go according to plan.