Family Life Kids

Tomás Kolbe – Part 1

When I began this blog, I decided I would not share my children’s full names. I’m breaking that rule today. Change, 2018 ended with so many changes. I had run for office and loss. I found an outlet to share my story on a larger stage – to advocate for families and children. We were …

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Vacation Picture at Manassas
Family Life Special Adventures

32 Days

How long did our family spend together on our road trip? 32 days. I had planned to blog during that time but then I realized… My family needs me to be present. I slowed down on Social Media, reduced my work hours and this blog went silent. Not because we weren’t having experiences, but because …

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Family Life

Adventures in Learning

I recently did a guest post for Global Learn Day. It will be part of a summer series that they are featuring, so please, check it out and subscribe so that you can hear about our Adventures in Learning. We made it to our first stop and the kids are enjoying time with family and …

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Hard of Hearing/Deaf

Signing with C

It is Deaf Awareness Week this week! The point of this week is to raise awareness for signs of hearing loss and also Deaf Culture. I thought I would share a bit about our family’s journey with… Sign Language Between words and signs C has over 30 words to communicate with our family at under …

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Family Life Special Adventures

The Military Family

My husband was an American soldier. He raised his right hand and swore an oath to protect our country. At the time, we were young, A was little and couldn’t be on his insurance because she wasn’t his biological child. He had talked about joining the military for the entire length of time I had …

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Autism

Expectations

We are almost through with the school year. E has been full time in his 3rd grade classroom for about a month and he’s doing well. He ends up all over the place and is a bit scattered but we have over all been blessed with this year and transition. Something happened a few weeks …

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Funny Face
Autism

Awareness

Hello my friends! I’m trying to squeeze in two blog posts tonight as I prepare for a short week at work and school. We are taking the blessings away for a quick overnight as part of their Spring Break and hoping to connect as a family! Today is Easter Sunday. We were at Mass last …

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