by Erin Croyle | Jun 14, 2018 | BABY, Finding Balance, Marriage, New Mom/Dad, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized, YOU
Let’s be real, Father’s Day will likely always take a backseat to Mother’s Day. It will always be lumped in the “Dads and Grads” sections online and in stores. Father’s Day has played second fiddle to Mother’s Day since its...
by Erin Croyle | Jun 14, 2018 | BABY, Diagnosis, Extended Family, Finding Balance, New Mom/Dad, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized, YOU
Having a child transforms you. Having a child with a disability can change not just you, but the way you see the world. We hear from a lot of mothers about this unique journey. But what about dads? We asked several fathers of children with disabilities how their child...
by Guest Author | Jun 8, 2018 | BABY, Diagnosis, Finding Balance, New Mom/Dad, Parents, Uncategorized, YOU
By Valerie Abbott I recently attended an event for families of children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. Nearly 60 people were coming for this ice cream social on a hot summer day at a park in Roanoke, Virginia. A small army of volunteers had gathered there early to...
by Erin Croyle | May 13, 2018 | BABY, Finding Balance, Marriage, New Mom/Dad, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, YOU
Americans have been officially celebrating their moms since 1914 when President Woodrow Wilson designated the second Sunday in May “Mother’s Day.” The idea was cooked up in 1908 by West Virginia native Anna Jarvis who wanted to honor her own mother, Ann Maria Jarvis...
by Erin Croyle | May 11, 2018 | BABY, Finding Balance, Home Life, Individuals, Marriage, New Mom/Dad, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, YOU
Nothing ever really turns out how we expect it. When women picture what it will be like to become a mother, rarely do we envision raising a child with a disability. That’s what happens to other people. Those are the parents we see in the ads for the Special Olympics....
by Guest Author | Apr 10, 2018 | Extended Family, Finding Balance, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, YOU
by Anonymous We live in a world of dualities, a word the Oxford English dictionary defines as an instance of opposition or contrast between two concepts or two aspects of something. Duality exists everywhere: in nature, in politics, in the arts, in families. And...
