My perspective was challenged today, and it hurt a little. The sting did not last too long though because I can see how the words make a difference. Words are important to how I hear things, so I bet they matter to my kids too. A while back, my daughter’s mental health councilor left our […]
If you’ll read through to Discover who Goulia is, I think you might see how these dolls actually can mirror the life of our kids.
Tonight, Nove agreed to chat with me on video. She was very lucid and funny, and entertaining. I think she has a talk show host career in her future! The video is about 15 minutes. You get plenty of chance to see how she shares details that don’t need to be shared. Some days, she […]
It occurred to me last night how much I miss cinnamon rolls. How, very, very much I miss them since we have gone to a low-carb diet to reverse and control my daughter’s type 2 diabetes. If you know anything about diabetes, you’ll know that carbs (carbohydrates) convert to sugar in the body. So, they […]
The vision in my head was of my daughters being in the bathroom or of us sleeping in the bedroom as the tree fell through the roof crushing or skewering us while we slept.
How ADHD is Diagnosed Recent statistics state that 1 in 10 kids in the United States are diagnosed with ADHD. As we’ve discussed before, there is no one known cause, but comprehensive testing has been developed to help diagnose those suffering from the condition. The Diagnostic Process Like many other conditions, ADHD involves a variety of symptoms […]
A couple weeks ago I joined the campaign through Swerve.com for Card.com in order to try out their pre-paid credit card service because they had Autism cards!
There is a lot of misinformation about ADHD in the world. Some of the misinformation is because we don’t fully understand it or what causes it. Regardless of what or why, the misinformation can make your kids (and you) feel completely inadequate and make it harder to adjust to the condition. Lets look at the […]
My oldest was diagnosed when she was in the 5th grade, but there were struggles before her diagnosis. We believe that ADHD comes from our heredity. I swear her dad has it, and her baby sister has Autism, so there’s definitely something in our blood. But, what really causes ADHD? The numbers report that ADHD […]
A few weeks ago I found the recipe on Pinterest and thought it looked and sounded like it would taste great. But, we have gone to a low-carb diet so the bread that is used on the original recipe won’t work for us. I quickly got to work seeing what I could substitute on this […]