by Erin Croyle | Nov 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
My three beautiful babies are getting their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine today. The range of emotions I am feeling is so complicated. Relief, gratitude, excitement, exhaustion, and pure joy are the obvious ones. There’s also a lot of anger. In...
by Erin Croyle | May 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
After everything we’ve been through in the last year and a half, let’s take it up a notch this Mother’s Day. Dig a little deeper not just in how we celebrate the day, but how we define it. Yes, technically by definition, mother is the “female parent.” But...
by Erin Croyle | Feb 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
It is appalling that individuals with disabilities and the family members that serve as their caregivers are not being prioritized in the coronavirus vaccine rollout. Across the country, we are being turned away. We are spending hours crafting emails, making...
by Erin Croyle | Jan 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
“I don’t know how you do it.” Parents like us hear this statement all the time. My standard COVID reply has become, “I’m not.” It’s been almost a year in lockdown. And parents of kids with disabilities are not OK. We feel forgotten. In many states,...
by Erin Croyle | Jan 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Being a calm, rational, attentive parent in these times is simultaneously important and impossible. As if a raging pandemic weren’t enough, we now have an attempted coup, what appears to be a potential long-term insurgency right here in the United States of America,...
