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Our son Malachi will celebrate his 5th birthday in January 2023. At that point, Malachi will officially reach the age when parents begin...

There is currently a trend on various social media platforms with users divulging their “toxic traits" through memes and cutesy video...

For the first time since our son was born, my husband and I decided to plan a holiday trip to Lincoln City, Oregon, to spend a long...

I volunteered a lot in the community — once upon a time — in the “before motherhood” chapters of my life story to this point....

We embarked on our very first overnight adventure as a medical caregiving family in May 2020. Over the past two years, we have extended...

This article was originally published by The Arc Amplified, an online publication of The Arc of Snohomish County, in Washington state,...

We had big plans for Halloween. Grand plans... Spooky plans... Plans that absolutely did not involve a trip to the hospital. And yet......

Let me start with this: I never intended to homeschool. Homeschooling was definitely not on my parenting to-do list. It was not the plan....

Traveling with a medically-complex family member requires an abundance of logical planning. There is a lot of equipment and supplies that...

It took us nearly two-and-a-half years after Malachi was born before we felt comfortable venturing out for a family getaway. This was in...

This is an abbreviated storytelling of the first four years of my amazing parenting journey with Malachi, the boy who came roaring into...

In July 2021, Malachi had a wish granted by Make-A-Wish® Alaska & Washington. His wish was to have a big party with all of his friends...

I remember the exact moment when I first realized that caregiving had taken over my entire life. I remember that lightbulb moment when...

This article was originally published by The Arc Amplified, an online publication of The Arc of Snohomish County, in Washington state,...

Those first early months and years of raising a medically complex child with developmental disabilities are... challenging. The word...

It was five years ago this month that we first learned of our son's diagnosis. I was almost 20 weeks into an otherwise incredibly...

In 2020, our family served as the featured patient story for the end-of-year giving campaign supporting Seattle Children's Hospital. We...

Without a doubt, the impetus for this blog, and the very foundation of the space in which our family now stands, is grounded in our...