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Dear Addie, Once upon a time a younger (perhaps a little lighter) version of mommy and daddy fell madly in love. We couldn’t possibly...

Dear Addie, It’s fall y’all! That’s what we say this time of year here in the south Ad ;). This is the time of year where we head out to...

Dear Addie, This week we had a first for our whole family. We laced up our shoes, stretched out our legs, and participated in The 5K...

Dear Addie, This week one of mommy and daddy’s favorite local restaurants, The Mason Jar Tavern held a special pancake breakfast to raise...

Dear Addie, This week as we sat doing homework, I realized we were in a moment I once wondered if we’d ever see early on in your...

Dear Addie, Autism is our journey. Fact. I never imagined your life to be this way, but together, every day we are navigating unfamiliar...

Dear Addie, I'm sure you are well aware of our family motto by now, One Team One Dream (OTOD). It's pretty simple really. We are better...

Dear Addie, The time has come where we roll the dice and try our luck again at the dentist. That white thing hanging by a string in your...

Dear Addie, Not long ago, Clara and Gabe were (once again) the new kids in school – this time at St. Mary Magdalene in Apex, NC. An all...

Dear Addie, The hot, humid, North Carolina weather seems to have died down overnight. It's as if someone had flipped a switch leading us...

Dear Addie, Sundays in our home are the time we spend together as a family, with our faith and time focused on each other. There’s no...

Dear Addie, This week we took a step closer to what is lovingly referred to as the “sweet spot” in this parenting adventure. Allow me to...

Dear Addie, A few weeks ago, I wrote to you about my stress of being prepared for your “ever-so-need-for-structure” life during the...

Dear Addie, You my dear are growing up in an age of technology. Good or bad it's happening. Text messages are replacing what has become...

Dear Addie (or should I say "Shoeless Addie Jo Menzo"?), You could live without shoes. Just sayin' - it's true. Doesn't matter where we...

Dear Addie, I recently had this amazing opportunity to accompany daddy on a trip to Hawaii! Hawaii my dear is home to some of the most...

Dear Addie, We did it. Yep, that's right baby girl - we broke down and bought you a swing set. It's true we've housed about half a dozen...

Dear Addie, It's that time of year again! Yep, you guessed it - its time to bust out the thunder shirts, and anxiety meds (for the pups...

Dear Addie, This week we headed up north to the mitten state! That's right Addie, we packed everything (but the kitchen sink) into the...

Dear Addie, We've waited all year for this, summer has arrived! School is over, we've done the work, now it's time to reap the...