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Dear Addie, I was just talking to Nana a few weeks ago as she and Papa were preparing for a trip to North Carolina. I mentioned to them...

Dear Addie, Everything was going so well and then after a seemingly normal moment, it wasn't. Autism intervened and changed the...

Dear Addie, This week marks the beginning of a new chapter in your journey as you enter 8th grade! Cue the emotional moments for mom......

Dear Addie, This week I spiraled. I wouldn't say I like it when this happens, but I've also been traveling this journey long enough now...

Dear Addie, This past holiday weekend we wasted no time grabbing big sister Clara from school and heading straight to our happy place for...

Dear Addie, And just like that, summer seems to be in the rearview mirror. I mean, other than the fact that it was freakishly hot here in...

Dear Addie, I sat down to write to you and honestly didn't know where to begin. We are slowly falling into our new normal with the recent...

Dear Addie, In life change is inevitable. It happens whether we want it to or not and so often when we least expect it. This week, in...

Dear Addie, I will always strive to give you as much independence as possible, but in an ever-evolving world how one achieves that can...

Dear Addie, With big sister Clara headed off to college in just a few short weeks now, someone shared the most amazing poem with me...

Dear Addie, "Belonging is feeling a deep sense of connection with others, even in silence." ~ Anonymous With one step in the warm sand, I...

Dear Addie, This week it's all about you and your friends in the Outer Banks as Surfing For Autism 2024 begins! Let's do this! Now before...

Dear Addie, I took a trip down memory lane this morning and went back to the beginning of these letters. At the time, you were an...

Dear Addie, In life, there is so much change, But the things that bring you joy can so often remain the same. This week we headed north...

Dear Addie, Today was not a great day, it actually kinda sucked if I'm being honest. Autism was clearly determined to win, as we both...

Dear Addie, This weekend was all about Daddy as we celebrated another wonderful Father's Day with the best daddy ever - yours! Now if I'm...

Dear Addie, When I say everything we do is some sort of learning opportunity I'm not even joking, but at a routine doctor visit this week...

Dear Addie, ...and then you were all about fire trucks. Honestly, something I never thought I would say with you having a hypersensitive...

Dear Addie, "All great achievements require time." ~Maya Angelou I remember being at this same spot years earlier, you screaming, tears...

Dear Addie, Ever since you were a tiny tot you have loved bugs. Like really loved bugs, and mud, and dirt, and water, but bugs - there's...