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Tamara Fyke
2 min read
Lessons from a Mama's Heart
Dear Child of Mine,
In a world that is uncertain due to tragic events, the pandemic or life choices, hold fast to these truths ...
Tamara Fyke
3 min read
Let's Play
A few years ago, I took my youngest son and his friend to Laser Quest. It’s the best laser tag place I know, full of two-story mazes ...
Tamara Fyke
4 min read
Take Good Care
This back-to-school season is like none other. Given the pandemic, states and districts are choosing a variety of learning paths ...
Helen Carmichael
4 min read
Falling mask, sights unseen.
With a late autism diagnosis, I am learning to better identify my sensory landscape, and to understand how social interactions work ...
Makayla Hidalgo
3 min read
My Life In Quarantine
Look at the way the sunshine hits the edge of this plant. It shines and illuminates, making the leaf a brighter shade of green ...
Donna Henderson
4 min read
The 5 Lessons Chronic Illness Taught Me & How They’ve Helped Me Navigate A Global Pandemic
I spent a grand total of three years of my first thirteen in hospital due to my Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. This meant multiple ...
Hilary Boyd
3 min read
Lessons I’ve learnt about my lockdown self…
I quite like having no social commitments. Sounds really terrible, doesn’t it? But, however much I look forward to seeing my friends ...
Tamara Fyke
4 min read
It's OK not to be OK
On May 3, 2020, another severe storm hit my hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. This time it hit my neighborhood and my car. My friends ...
Lora Moore
2 min read
I am an Apple
I have been spending some time quarreling with myself about body image and feeling good about the body I am fortunate to inhabit. Ever since
Karen Sue-A-Quan
3 min read
Sunny-side Up
Why is the sun associated with positive feelings as we gaze into its magnificence? What makes it beautiful? It’s a natural occurrence ...
Lisa Thornbury
3 min read
Kids Learning To Play Again: A Quarantine Positive
I still can’t believe this is happening. It’s like we’re living out a Netflix series. I’ve shared a bit about my personal struggles with ...
Lora Moore
4 min read
The Power Of Expression
When I was twelve, I walked into the garage and found my mother slumped over in the driver’s seat of her car, the engine running and the ...
Lisa Thornbury
4 min read
Pandemic Parenting When You Have A Child With Special Needs
I just had a full blown pandemic panic attack. I haven’t had one in years. A general panic attack I mean—pandemic specific panic attacks ...
The 5 Minute Reset
1 min read
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Lisa Thornbury
3 min read
Feeling My Age
I often hear other Generation Xers say things like, “I feel like a twenty year old in a forty-five year old body.” Or, “I feel like a kid...
Dr. Carol Morgan
4 min read
Outer Beauty vs. Inner Beauty: We Have it Backwards
If you ask most people what they find beautiful about a person, many of them will probably begin to describe someone’s physical ...
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