Living Through Hard Times

No more Oweeees

Handling challenges of multiple conditions and emotional trauma...

Therapies, appointments—Self-time is also good therapy

An experienced parent and an experienced health provider...keeping it real when it comes to therapy.

When Joy Comes In

Among the struggles, noticing those fleeting moments when Joy Comes In!

Family Motto

Family mottoes as a foundation of individual strength.

Hero Badge

A painful ritual becomes an occasion for joy.

Jack

Mother of a teen born with cleft lip and palate looks back over the years, appreciating the confidence and other skills both he and she developed.

The Slap

A mother’s poetic description of what it’s like “when reality slaps”.