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Dear Addie, It might be safe to say that there probably isn’t a parent out there that doesn’t remember their child’s first words (but...

Dear Addie, Well - that’s a wrap on what has got to be the strangest school year ever!  While this certainly has been one for the history...

Dear Addie, I sat on the living room floor holding a blue Tupperware bowl with one hand and stroking your sweaty knotted hair with the...

Dear Addie, And then it was time to ease our way back into the world. With you haven fallen sick at the end of February (for a solid two...

Dear Addie, This week I had 100% planned on writing something different, but then I was reminded how funny it was for me to try and plan...

Dear Addie, It’s not uncommon for us to just be going about our day and I’ll suddenly stop to see you out of the corner of my eye doing...

Dear Addie, This past Sunday I sat listening to mass in what has become our new normal of our home. With the school year drawing to a...

Dear Addie, It’s not that uncommon to hear special needs parents talk about their lack of sleep. It's a pretty common bond between us no...

Dear Addie, I’m so sorry sweetie, but it had to happen. Mark it - my new Quarantine challenge: cleaning your room. It happened and to say...

Dear Addie, And then, after weeks of confusion… it was back to school. Kind of. Addie, this is a tough scenario for someone who is a...

Dear Addie, I had been hit, pushed, drooled on, squeezed, screamed at, pulled, stomped on and it was only 10:00 am. I felt like Peter...

Dear Addie, And then it wasn’t OK anymore. We’ve been in quarantine for longer than most with you having had a pretty severe bout of an...

Dear Addie, There we were, a rather normal scene for us making your “a shicken” (chicken). I was carefully standing in front of a...

Dear Addie, Here we are, still social distancing and now, as of this week, under even more strict guidelines at that. Me, well I’m still...

Dear Addie, With so many entries I’ve written in this journey, this is one I honestly never thought in my lifetime I’d witness, let alone...

Dear Addie, I’m not much of a baseball player, but this week we were thrown a curveball. A long weekend for you from school, turned into...

Dear Addie, This week I didn't have to fight for a parking space. Seems kind of like a funny thing to say right?!? Why would anyone want...

Dear Addie, It seemed as if we were just going about our business enjoying spring, and just like that - winter struck! Slapped us right...