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Dear Addie, And then it was April and with that comes yet another autism awareness month on our journey. A month filled with a mixed bag...

Dear Addie, I think you’d be hard-pressed to find a parent that gets excited about going to the doctor, let alone taking one of their...

Dear Addie, We had a rough weekend (who am I kidding, week really). It was one of those weekends where we couldn’t catch our breath...

Dear Addie, This week we celebrated yet another milestone birthday, big brother Gabe became a teenager (gulp)! With it being his special...

Dear Addie, While we may be on this journey together you, my dear, will always hold the most important part in all this as our leader in...

Dear Addie, Since we began our parenthood journey (and if I’m being honest, more so when we headed down the autism path) there are more...

Dear Addie, One day years from now we will all have the same chapters in our life’s story - before, during, and after the pandemic. And...

Dear Addie, For those of us navigating this journey, we find ourselves seeking advice at just about every stage on our path, not only to...

Dear Addie, I’m sure many stay-at-home parents will agree that our days can often feel, for lack of a better word… exhausting, and like...

Dear Addie, And all your distraught little voice could say was “a purple? A purple? A purple?” Each time you said it sounded increasingly...

Dear Addie, I never realized how much I enjoyed sleep until I was an adult, no wait a mother, no no a mother of an autistic child - yeah...

Dear Addie, There’s no denying we are living in a digital world. It's true, technology has become a consistent piece in our current...

Dear Addie, I just want to start by saying you have the best daddy ever. Like ever, ever. I know what you are thinking, “well, duh...

Dear Addie, And then it was over. Poof. The year we thought would never end... has. A year so full of loss - both physical and emotional,...

Dear Addie, On the first day of Christmas (break) autism gave to me... a "Wreck It Ralph" sized meltdown over pee... True story. If...

Dear Addie, Something they don’t tell parents when they start this journey is just how many times they will feel positive they're doing...

Dear Addie, Poof... and just like *that* we were being escorted to a back room seemingly tucked away from the main dining area. A room...

Dear Addie, Parenting hands down is the greatest thing I’ve done in my life thus far (well next to marrying daddy of course!). It...

Dear Addie, As this year continues to test our adaptability, some things remain unchanged. We have officially made it to my favorite...

Dear Addie, Someone rang the doorbell. Now I don’t know what happens in other homes when someone comes to the door, but at our house, all...