by Erin Croyle | Mar 20, 2020 | Advocacy, Finding Balance, Friends and Acquaintances, Grandparents, Help, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized, YOU
I turned off all of my alarms tonight. On any given day I have at least 8 alarms and notifications reminding me to do something. When everything shut down a week ago, I decided to leave two morning alarms on so my family of five could keep some sort of schedule....
by Erin Croyle | Mar 16, 2020 | Caregivers, Extended Family, Friends and Acquaintances, Grandparents, Help, In-laws, Marriage, Medical Team, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized, YOU
Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures. We understand this better than most. We’ve been doing it since we became parents. Still, this is different. This is extra. This is terrifying because our loved ones are at a greater risk. So repeat after me: Staying...
by Erin Croyle | Feb 28, 2020 | BABY, Caregivers, Extended Family, Help, Home Life, Individuals, Medical Team, New Mom/Dad, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Self-Advocacy, YOU
It’s hard seeing memes out there saying “keep calm and wash your hands” when you have a loved one who is medically fragile or susceptible to respiratory distress. We know how to keep calm, we’ve done it many times while rushing them to the emergency room or even...
by Erin Croyle | Feb 19, 2020 | Advocacy, BABY, Complications, Diagnosis, Early Intervention, Extended Family, Finding Balance, Friends and Acquaintances, Grandparents, Help, Miscarriage, New Mom/Dad, Parents, PREGNANCY, Prenatal Diagnosis, RELATIONSHIPS, Tests, YOU
I vividly remember how badly I wanted to burn every pregnancy and parenting book I came across when my son was born nearly 10 years ago. None of them prepared me for the shock of finding out my newborn had Down syndrome. None of them offered any comfort for the pain...
by Erin Croyle | Feb 14, 2020 | BABY, Finding Balance, Help, Marriage, New Mom/Dad, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized, YOU
For better or worse, in sickness and in health, until death do us part. We truly mean these things when we enter into marriage or a committed relationship. Be we also know that in this modern era, death isn’t always taken literally, nor should it be. For...
by Erin Croyle | Jan 24, 2020 | Finding Balance, Help, Marriage, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, YOU
Whenever someone implies my son is a burden, I cringe. I’ve said before, the only burdens we face are the hurdles society sets in front of us. But there is one heavy, unspoken burden parents of children with disabilities do carry with them from the beginning. Many of...
