My husband and I have been trying to expand our family for a while now. Obviously, we haven’t been successful as we don’t have kids yet. The road to motherhood […]
WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR IN-LAWS DON’T LIKE YOU
My husband and I have been together for over a decade. We’ve always had a healthy, honest, and trustworthy relationship. So it was weird to me that once we were […]
THE HARDSHIPS OF KEEPING AN ILLNESS PRIVATE
Losing friends is never easy. It’s especially difficult when you lose friends to something you simply can’t control, which is death. No matter how much you want to see and […]
HOW A DEATH OF A FRIEND CAN HELP YOU PRIORITIZE YOUR HEALTH
When you have an illness that affects your daily living, your life revolves around your health. There is no 90% health and 10% everything else. If you really want to […]
LIVING LIFE IN SPITE OF A DISABILITY, NOT FOR IT…
I’ve been so fortunate to be married to someone I’ve been with for over a decade. The story of how my husband and I met is fairly simple – at […]
THE 5 THINGS THEY DON’T TELL YOU ABOUT EPILEPSY
In the latest post that I wrote, I told you all about my short stint as a co-host on a podcast that was, and still is, all about invisible disabilities. […]
TIPS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN
Story By Katie & Steve Keene In 14 years of helping people communicate with my special needs children, and watching communications occur in countless therapy and hospital waiting rooms, I’ve […]
THE SIBLINGS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ARE VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE
Story By: Katie & Steve Keene We are often asked, “What is life like for the siblings of your special needs children?” It’s a life experience that not many discuss, yet […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF TRYING SOMETHING NEW…EVEN IF IT DOESN’T BRING YOU INCOME
The beginning of the pandemic in early 2020 was hard on all of us. It was hard for me too, believe me. I was working as a freelance writer at […]
YOUR CHILD’S GREATEST STRENGTH IS YOU AS A PARENT
Story By Jennifer Distefano Growing up, I’d always imagined myself as a mom, and since I love children, I decided to choose teaching as a career. I was elated when […]
MY HEALTH AGAINST EVERYONE ELSE
A friend of mine recently told me about a flaw that I have, which is that I cut people off too easily. She said that if she were like me, […]