by Erin Croyle | Nov 22, 2019 | Advocacy, BABY, Caregivers, Diagnosis, Doctors, Extended Family, Finding Balance, Grandparents, Help, Medical Team, New Mom/Dad, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized, YOU
What exactly is a caregiver? We assume that parent/caregiver is interchangeable. One of the same. It’s not. A caregiver, by definition, is a family member or paid helper who REGULARLY looks after a child or a person who is sick, elderly, or disabled. All parents serve...
by Erin Croyle | Apr 2, 2019 | Advocacy, Caregivers, Extended Family, Grandparents, Individuals, Marriage, Medical Team, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Self-Advocacy, Uncategorized, YOU
“I would rather die than ________.” Fill in the blank: not be able to walk, not be able to hear, not be able to see, not be able to _____. We hear this stuff all of the time. Some of us say it. My father had recited something to this affect until it happened to him....
by Erin Croyle | Mar 14, 2019 | BABY, Extended Family, Finding Balance, Friends and Acquaintances, Grandparents, In-laws, Individuals, New Mom/Dad, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Self-Advocacy, YOU
Happy Pi Day! March 14this Pi Day. The 14th day of the 3rd month of the year. 3.14 – Pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. For any circle, if you divide its circumference by its diameter you will get 3.14159 which is known as pi. Let’s leave the...
by Erin Croyle | Aug 9, 2018 | BABY, Elementary School, Extended Family, Finding Balance, Grandparents, In-laws, KIDS, Marriage, New Mom/Dad, Parents, Preschool, RELATIONSHIPS, YOU
I am in the thick of those early childhood years. You know the stage (ages 0-8 I suppose/hope) when you look exasperated pretty much all the time and every elder you pass reminds you to cherish these moments because it all goes so fast. I can see the look in their...
by Guest Author | May 17, 2018 | BABY, Elementary School, Extended Family, Friends and Acquaintances, Grandparents, Help, High School, IEP, In-laws, KIDS, Marriage, Middle School, New Mom/Dad, Parents, Puberty, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized, YOU
By Anonymous *Author chose to withhold her name to protect the privacy of all involved. For months I have been trying to make sense of the crisis that struck our family last fall. My husband and I have two children. Our oldest is right on the edge of officially...
