Organizational Tools for the New Year: Communicating Time, Schedules, and Calendars to Neurodivergent Kids
Communication can be so, so hard. Countless books are dedicated to supporting communication; in couples, families, corporations, and beyond. One way our family tackles the communication struggle is through communicating our schedule - often and in multiple ways. This can be so helpful for our kids - espescially with multiple neurodivergencies that can make abstract concepts, like time, difficult to grasp. It feels like time is one of the basic concepts of life, and should be easier to grasp than it is. I think back to the Mitch Album book the Timekeeper... a great read where "Father Time" [...]
Organizational Tools for the New Year: Wellness Tracker Printable
I created a printable 2025 Wellness Goals Tracker for myself (buy on Etsy here!) and wanted to share in case anyone else finds it helpful! I will not be doing all of these every day - rather, I created this to help me stay on task with the things I'm already doing well, and adding in a couple things I want to improve on. My goal is not to check every box every week in every category, but rather to track my consistency. For example - Weights - I'd like to see myself doing 3-5 times a week. [...]
Gram
My earliest memories of my grandma are from when I was probably around 3 years old. I'm unsure whether I remember these firsthand or have seen them in home videos over the years, but I can vividly picture the orchard out behind the home they lived in. I'd ride in a trailer she pulled behind her lawnmower, and we'd get out near the trees and walk around a bit, sometimes meandering into the woods. She was always pruning and weeding and that trailer behind the mower, when not filled with grandkids, was filled with trimmings for the burn pit. [...]
A Poem for the Brave Lion
Even Stronger Sometimes I wish There was a magic button I'd press it and your troubles would subside It pains me to see your pain I don't want you to hurt Sometimes I wish You could you yourself the way I see you A beautiful soul, a breathtaking young woman Sometimes I wish I had strength to not wish easy on you I want to guard Shield Protect your heart But I know that easy isn't worth it Easy teaches nothing A wildfire takes out a forest New life sprouts from ashes Just like [...]
Time
Time - it's what we want most but use worst. - William Penn William Penn lived from 1644 - 1718, per Wikipedia. How much more applicable may this be today, then when he said it? I can't imagine what he'd think of the many "timesucks"... social media, video games, TV and movies, etc .... I'm spending a bit of time creating this blog. I see it as an investment into my future. Why? Because when I put this down "on paper", if you will, it reinforces what I've learned. It's an investment into my brain. A huge piece of [...]