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Dear Addie, …and just like that summer has started drifting away as we transition into fall. Seems funny saying that around here seeing...

Dear Addie, …and then it was back to the grind – well, kind of. With the beach behind us, we were back home, barely unpacked and already...

Dear Addie, We have been riding this wave of calm for a few weeks now, but like any wave on this journey, I still can’t help but feel a...

Dear Addie, “Every day is a new day.” Staple advice I might give a new family on this journey. For me, that phrase usually comes after a...

Dear Addie, When you were born, I never would have imagined we’d live in two separate worlds. I thought parenting was holding your...

Dear Addie, Patience. Something special needs parents are told they have a lot of, and by definition it pretty much sounds like superhero...

Dear Addie, I looked over at you sitting on the sofa gazing out the window and just like that it hit me - you’re a big kid now. Actually,...

Dear Addie, You’re Invited. Two words loaded with such joy and yet a depth of anxiety. An opportunity of the inclusion we long for on...

Dear Addie, 5 years ago, we were approaching the end of the school year and I found myself having left the most desperate voicemail on a...

Dear Addie, “Addie, tell mom I’m a 5th grader now!” Those were the words your teacher spoke as you walked your way out on the last day of...

Dear Addie, 2016. It was 2016 the last time you visited a dentist. Now as embarrassing as that may be to admit as your parents, we had...

Dear Addie, I know what you are probably thinking… Dear Mom, Where do we go from here? Well, my dear the answer is always… forward! Let’s...

Dear Addie, Did I ever tell you that you didn’t cry when you were born? It’s true, after only 20 minutes of us arriving at the hospital...

Dear Addie, There comes a time in life as parents where we stop and realize just how fast life has gone by. Our thoughts become consumed...

Dear Addie, “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain.” This quote has always made sense to me...

Dear Addie, This week you needed more. Ask anyone who is parenting multiple children and they’ll tell you it’s kind of like “which child...

Dear Addie, Compassionate. A social worker used that word with me this week when discussing a plan of care for you and I almost melted...

Dear Addie, I think it’s pretty safe to say that as humans, even without what are considered the traditional means of communication, we...

Dear Addie, With spring break having gone, well, horrible. It begged the question, how exactly was a holiday on the heels of that going...

Dear Addie, And there I was picking up all the UNO cards you had tossed so carelessly about the backyard. Emotions were flooding through...