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What Would You Say?

by Trish on March 24, 2009 · View Comments

in 5 Minutes for Special Needs,Resources

Try This Tuesday

This week’s topic for Try This Tuesday is Helping A “New” Special Needs Parent.

What would you say to someone who has just learned that their child has special needs? What do you wish someone had said to you?

If you have any thoughts to share on this topic, please leave your comment either here or on the official post. Or if you want to write a post that addresses this topic (or already have one in your archives), add your link to the Mr. Linky at 5 Minutes for Special Needs.

On a side note, I realized that at some point I stopped posting a link to Try This Tuesday here lately, so here are the ones you may have missed:

Disciplining Your Child (March 17th)
Teaching the Value of Money (March 10th)
Communicating with Non-verbal Children (March 3rd)
What Should I Try? (February 24th)
Birthday Parties (February 17th)
Teaching the Why and How of Hygiene (February 10th)

I am always brainstorming for new topics to use for this column and would love to hear any and all of your suggestions. (I’m begging here – a girl can only think of so many ideas all on her own!!) So shoot them at me, either here or by my contact form. I greatly appreciate the help. :)

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Learning Curve

by Trish on August 29, 2008 · View Comments

in Blogging & Social Media,Daily Life

Although I have been using Blogger since the end of January and spent a lot of time playing around with various layouts and widgets, WordPress is definitely a challenge to learn.

I am hoping to spend some quality time on it this weekend, even though I have to work on Saturday to make up the hours I will lose due to the Labor Day holiday on Monday.

Some other things I have to do:

  • Find out if the van is picking Michael up from school today or if I have to take off work to go get him
  • Call my husband’s cousin to see if her mother would like a visit tomorrow
  • Keep doing the mountain of laundry I started this morning
  • Finish the revisions to the parent booklet for the non-profit group I am involved with
  • Write blog posts for the weekend

For now, I will leave you with this quote from Charlotte Bronte:

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.”

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Who got me started?

by Trish on March 22, 2008 · View Comments

in Blogging & Social Media,Blogs & Websites

I have been thinking about the questions of why I started blogging and what my goals are, and one thing I know is that I was drawn to it by a group of women who are or have been members of the moms’ group at my church. I have not been a regular MIA attendee since my son’s diagnosis with autism a little over three years ago, mainly due to work and therapy schedules, so having the chance to connect with some of them in this way has been a wonderful experience.

There has been a lot of posting of lists from the bloghopping parties and such, and I have met lots of great new people that way, but I also really love visiting these women who are sharing their hearts and encouraging one another (and me) through the various struggles and triumphs that arise through life as a mom, a wife, a friend and a Christian. So I wanted to share them with everybody else:

Classic Mama at Classic Mama’s Thoughts
Lisa at Destination Photography
Natalie at Don’t Make Me Stop This Car!
      She also has an awesome new blog called Politics for Moms.
Hands-Free Heart at Hands-Free Heart
Krazy Klingers at Krazy Klingers
Livin’ Life at Livin’ Life
Melissa at oH mY wORD!
On Fire at On Fire For Jesus
Plain and Simple at Plain and Simple
Promises Fulfilled at Promises Fulfilled
Camp Hill Girl at Random Thoughts
TCC at The Campbell Corner
The Gang’s All Here at The Gang’s All Here
Say Anything at The House That Jack Built
Thrills at The Thrills of being a New Mom

Thanks, guys, for being there!

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Where to start?

by Trish on January 26, 2008 · View Comments

in Blogging & Social Media,Daily Life,Reflections

Growing up in my family, when you were putting a puzzle together you kept the box cover out the whole time to help you figure out the right way to do it. You also started with just the edges and put the entire border together before even looking at the center pieces. In my husband’s family, you put all the pieces out on the table, put the box away and start putting together whatever looks promising. Eventually it all comes together and looks good, but it stresses me out the whole time!

I feel like my whole life has been spent trying to figure out all the answers and the right way to do something before I even put the first two pieces together. In my head, I realize you have to put yourself out there and do the best you can, but the rest of me always tries to pull back to safety. So, although it may not seem like a big step to most people, I am starting this venture without having read up on all the technical aspects of blogging or even the social/etiquette rules of the blog world. I am going to learn as I go along.

So, that’s it for today; tonight I am seeing a friend who is moving far away and although gatherings of many people I do not know make me very uneasy, I am going to put away the box for now and focus on the important parts of the picture.

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