It's almost Christmas, so like any overgrown kid, I'm thinking about the gifts I'm getting this year...and the gifts I've gotten already...from my children. I don't know why I feel like this is easier to understand if I graph it...but...
The entire nation is shaken over the events in Newtown, Connecticut. We are all grieving and looking for ways to make sense out of the tragedy. But we are also trying to parent, to protect our children and to help...
Dear Superintendent of Schools To: The Superintendent of Schools Subject: Mrs. __________’s Note Home CC: Mrs. _____________, the School Principal, the Director of ESE, school district administration, all School Board Members BCC: Flappiness Is, Facebook, Twitter, the Internet Dear Superintendent:...
Somebody, somewhere has a magical scene every Christmas morning where the children creep down the stairs sleepy-eyed waiting to see what goodies Santa has left under the tree. That's never happened at my house, though. Even if we had stairs,...
I have a confession that may make me seem like a hypocrite. When it comes to my daughter Brooke I am constantly advocating for people to see beyond her almond eyes. Not to make a snap judgement just because she...
During my daughter's 7th grade year of school she came home one day, sat at her desk and began attempting to draw horses. She tried again and again, becoming more frustrated with every eraser-laden picture. I was pretty sure I...
Can I be honest? When I first thought of the title for this post, it left a bad taste in my mouth. “Blessing” and “special needs” in the same sentence? Surely not! How can going to therapy 1-3 times almost...
My kids have an amazing imagination. I don't know how other fathers do things but personally, I embrace this and join their imaginary games when invited. Kinda sounds like a Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer pun. Anyways, I love to...
I've been a special needs parent for over a decade and I'm only 34 years old. Special needs parenting is different for everyone. Having said that, I think we can probably agree that while it can absolutely be exhausting, it's...
Dear Son, I don’t know if you will ever be able to read this. I don’t know that one day you won’t be able to read books of all kinds and share your thoughts with me. You are only three...
As a blogger for quite some time now, I have sorta gravitated to certain types of bloggers. I tend to follow the bloggers that I can relate to. They aren't always special needs bloggers but they're real. By real I mean that...
My daughter Brooke almost didn't make it into this world. She almost didn't make it because I considered terminating my pregnancy with her when I was 22 1/2 weeks along.... Yes, you read that right...I thought about aborting Brooke at...
