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Mamavation: Ideas to Help CJ Gain Weight

March 25, 2013

OK so these Monday Mamavation posts are about my journey to lose weight but today I’m actually soliciting ways to gain weight. Not for me though. For my CJ. CJ weighed in at 49 pounds this past week. He’s 12 years old so he’s severely under weight. I’m at my wits end. CJ eats 3 [...]

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Capturing Every Day Moments with Video

March 6, 2013

When it comes to having a child with special needs, you want to capture every precious moment that you can. We usually capture those moments with pictures but capturing them with video makes those special moments that much more memorable. That’s why every moment I can get my CJ on video, I do so. When’s [...]

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Your Special Needs Child Has Purpose

January 23, 2013

Raising a special needs child, do you ever think that because she has special needs that severely limits here mobility or understanding that her life doesn’t have purpose? Maybe you feel like her life doesn’t have much promise – that there’s no destiny. I know I’ve thought that about my son. I’ve wondered what he [...]

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Why Having a Special Needs Child Keeps Me Grounded

January 16, 2013

Some people look at me with pity when they see me outside with a child in a wheelchair. I guess they figure I’ve been dealt a bad hand in life. How wrong they are. While having a special needs child does come with its own set of challenges, so does having children with no health [...]

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3 Steps to Encourage Your Special Needs Child to The Next Level

October 19, 2011

Last week I read a post over at Inspired to Action called How To Be An Amazing Mom Today In 3 Simple Steps. Reader comments were very profound. Once you’re done here, I suggest you read that post. After reading these amazing mommy steps, the wheel in my brain got to spinning. While the tips shared [...]

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A Note From CJ (If he could write)

October 6, 2011

Last night when I came from church I was thinking. If I could peer into my CJ’s brain to see what he was thinking and then asked him to share it with you, here’s what I think he’d say: Hi, I’m Christopher.  My family and friends have called me CJ ever since I was little. [...]

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What If I Never Had A Child With Special Needs?

October 3, 2011

I shared last week how my son’s diagnosis Cerebral Palsy changed my life. But what if I never had a child with special needs? That’s got to be a question that enters the mind of most every special needs mom. It’s not that we don’t love our children. It’s the curiosity of life being different.

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