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 1, 2020 | BABY, Caregivers, Extended Family, Finding Balance, Friends and Acquaintances, Grandparents, Help, In-laws, Marriage, New Mom/Dad, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized, YOU
Happy 2020! We made it. A new year, an entirely new decade, a seemingly clean slate. Whether you love a resolution or not, there is something appealing about starting fresh. There’s a reason webpages, magazine covers, and instagram feeds are full of “new...
by Guest Author | Nov 26, 2019 | Extended Family, Finding Balance, Friends and Acquaintances, Grandparents, Help, In-laws, Marriage, Parents, RELATIONSHIPS, Uncategorized, YOU
We all know the poem “Welcome to Holland.” As powerful as it is, we also know it’s not all tulips and windmills up in this life we lead. We love our children. Our lives are different. Oftentimes it is as inexplicably hard as it is beautiful. When...