This week is my daughter’s 16th birthday. We aren’t going to be helping her study for her driver’s permit. Nor are we having a big party, complete with fancy dress and a hair and makeup appointment, like many other girls in our area have when they reach this momentous age. We aren’t even throwing a little dinner like we did when her brother hit 16, because last year when we … [Read more...]
Counting Down the Top Three Posts of 2017 with Kathy and the Dishwasher: Number Two
Wishing all who celebrate a very Merry Christmas. If you’re anything like me, you’ve been going crazy getting things ready for your family. Take a deep breath. Thanks for spending a little of your precious time with me and my possessed dishwasher. This year the crazed appliance and I have been having a little end-of-the-year fun by counting down our top three posts for … [Read more...]
Counting Down the Top Three Posts of 2017 with Kathy and the Dishwasher, Number 3
I can’t believe that 2017 is coming to a close. Every year seems to go faster than the one before. This is the seventh year for the Dishwasher and me. When I started this blog, my oldest son was in sixth grade. He’s now in his first year of college. I’m so grateful to you, my possessed friends, for spending a few minutes here each week as I share pieces of my crazy life as … [Read more...]
How My Daughter’s Love of Princesses Help Us Connect Beyond Her Special Needs
From my earliest memory, I have had a deep passion for all things pink, sparkly, and shiny. But I was born to parents who never fully appreciated nor indulged my girlish ways, which is my proof that God has a great sense of humor. My mother and father had the insane idea that my sisters and I should grow up feeling that we were more than just pretty objects to be taken … [Read more...]
Please Don’t Call Me a Saint Because My Daughter has Special Needs
“Kathy you’re a saint.” My head snapped up to find my sister’s friend Amy giving me a look that was mixed with awe, pity, and kindness. I was in the middle of helping my then seven-year-old daughter, who has significant special needs, butter her roll while we ate lunch at my nephew’s christening. Lizzy looked adorable in her new pink dress from the American Girl … [Read more...]
