I see you my sweet child The one who has overcome so much, To others you seem fragile Like you might break at the slightest touch. They don’t know what you’ve been through They don’t know how much I’ve wept, They haven’t spent nights in hospitals Watching over you as you’ve slept. Everyone holds you delicately like a…
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My toddler (God bless him!) has had three different sets of orthotics in the last 8 months 🤦. He is growing like a weed and is taking his first independent steps, which is the best feeling in the WORLD. His first set of orthotics was in January, which were an AFO/SMO pair, then we received bilateral AFOs in March/April, and…
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I confess – I didn’t know much about CP either. Being a part of this community of people has made me realize that there’s so much we can do to educate and empower others, embrace life’s differences and grow in acceptance. So, here’s my little start to helping with that, and I hope after reading this you learn something you…
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Moms will move mountains for their kids. Ever since Alex’s diagnosis, I’ve poured my heart and soul into researching as much as possible to learn everything and anything there was to know about perinatal stroke. I found out about Baby Champ (Childrens Hand Arm Movement Project) last summer after some initial research and chatting with moms in Facebook groups. Baby…
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Words reverberated against hollow walls, deafening me, causing the world to spin and the ground to come out from under my feet. I had to sit. This is what happened the day the doctors told us about Alex’s diagnosis. Since that day, our world has flipped completely upside-down. These hard times challenged us and brought us to our knees in…
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