SPD Parent Zone Organization

08/21/2019

❤️

08/05/2019

And luckily, listening is the easy part.

(via Twitter.com/tobiasbuckell)

03/09/2019

This has been my parenting motto since Day 1 - today (and I’m sure forever).

10/28/2018

Something to remember, Dads too! 💚❤️

10/25/2018

‘I know you feel invisible. I see you running your child to therapy when friends take their kids to Little League. I see you cringe when people whine about petty things that pale in comparison to your day.’

"I see you slipping out the of conversation when your friends are all chiming in about milestones and test grades. I want you to know it’s worth it."

01/06/2018

"Clearing the path for [students with disabilities] clears the path for everyone."

12/27/2017

“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.” ~ Joseph Addison

11/20/2017

We haven't just focused on ways for Mason to enter our world, we decided to enter his. And boy, is it beautiful.

11/13/2017

"What isn’t acceptable is parents burying their feelings so deep that we’re hiding in our secret room, sobbing, and then splashing cold water on our faces to hide it.

What isn’t acceptable is that the highlight of our current life is going grocery shopping alone.

Maybe we joke about it being wine o’clock while all of our friends nod in agreement, like our Facebook status, or heart our Instagram photo — but maybe we also need to start reaching out.

So let’s switch it around. Vent, ask for help, offer to help, get your freaking nails done....

“We need the tribe.” “We need to bring back the village.” “Back in the day, another woman would wet nurse your baby so that you could sleep.”"

If we can start normalize our feelings as parents, we can start figuring out how to help each other and how to help ourselves.

10/27/2017

"You saved me buddy. I want you to know that. Not a lot of kids can say they saved their mom.

By the time you were born my world was 100% autism and my fierce need to help your brother. I was running myself absolutely ragged chasing therapies and help. And while that is what a mother should be doing, it was slowly taking over my entire world. I was missing all the joy of motherhood. I was simply surviving.

You reminded me that I needed to live life with my babies. You brought our family back to reality."

There are moments when I will look at you and wonder if you will take care of your brother after I am gone. Will you love him like I do? Will you shave his face?