Like many of you, our family had high hopes for a new year. After a year of tough decisions and big change we were looking forward to settling in and finding a new rhythm. Unfortunately 2021 is not starting out as we had hoped. A…
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I started this blog over a year ago as a means to raise money for a diabetic alert service dog for our three kids with type 1 diabetes. I am happy to say that we officially have “a dog on the side”! Jarvis came home…
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I am white. Three of my children are black. I am also a mother of five white children. With 12 years of parenting under my belt, motherhood was nothing new to me when we adopted. What was new to me however was society’s response to…
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A year ago at this time I was not in a good mental space. Our 7-year-old son Cyrus had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes two months prior and I was struggling. Cyrus was our third child to be diagnosed with Type 1 in ten…
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Our diabetic alert dog Jarvis, is moving right along in his training. He is now ready for the next phase of scent training but it requires spit; lots and lots of spit. More specifically, saliva samples from our three children with type 1 diabetes. You…
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I think November is our month. What I mean by that is, November is Diabetes Awareness month and Adoption Awareness month. These two things apply to 6 of our 8 children. If you have been reading this blog you probably already know we have three…
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It has been a while since I have posted here. There are a lot of reasons why it has been so long but the number one reason is it is back to school season. Having eight children ranging from 1st grade to a senior in…
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Allow me to introduce you to Jarvis! If you are a Marvel fan the name Jarvis probably needs no explanation. If you are not a Marvel fan (not possible for me with 6 boys in the house) let me explain how we chose his name….
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I really dislike politics. An election year is like nails on a chalkboard to me. I do not follow any particular party (or person for that matter) because let’s face it, no one gets it completely right (or even half right in my opinion). In…
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Would you tell someone with Crohn’s disease, Endometriosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis or Multiple Sclerosis that they did something to cause their disease? Of course not! Not only would that be untrue it would also be cruel to blame someone for something they cannot control. All of…
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