Posts by Lauren Gibson
Some Christmas Miracles Come with Paws, and Ours Is Named Bingo
The holidays are always tricky for our family, just like they are for so many families with special-needs children. Our daughter is seven, but a simple Amazon search for “gifts for 7-year-old girls” doesn’t capture what she’ll actually love. If a toy isn’t tied to her current interest, it’s set aside within seconds. And when all her favorite shows seem to be from before 2015, gift hunting feels more like a treasure quest than a holiday tradition. This year, though, we’re preparing for something different. The greatest gift we could…
Read MoreTeach Them How To Be Kind
Twenty years ago, my sister and I walked this same playground together, just as my girls are now. We were atypical in the way of being twins. To the other children, we stuck out as different. They didn’t understand how we could look and act so much alike. Now add in that we were raised by a single mother, our father was gone and struggled with addiction. Most of the time our family was in survival mode. My mom always tells the story of the time she drove by the…
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