No matter what your feelings are about the end of the year, it’s a milestone and something to be celebrated in whatever way your family feels best. It can be a small gesture or family celebration, a big reveal of summer plans, a gift or token to reward your kids for their hard work….anything...
Parenting A Child with Special Needs
When you are a parent of a child with special medical or developmental needs, necessary decisions can come with high stakes and so many unknowns. We can find ourselves downright terrified. Terrified for our child’s future. Terrified that we can’t be enough. Terrified of all the “what-ifs” and things that could go horribly wrong....
8th Grade and the Acid Wash Jeans
Brad Paisley’s classic song “Letter to Me” tells a story of a man listing everything he wish he could have told “his self at 17.” Have you ever thought about what you would say if you could talk to your middle school self? This week, Ginger Matthews, a member of our Parenting Pathway Team,...
Summer Joy: Lessons Learned at the Trampoline Park
Here we are again; another school year is complete, and we are thinking about the summer stretching out before us. Ah, yes, summer. Summer is a time just waiting to be filled with (hopefully) fun and relaxing family time. But, summer is often a struggle between over-scheduled, over-hyped, and over-stimulation, resulting in losing your...