Many of the realities of parenting have surprised me. I don’t recall anyone warning me about the need to plan our family’s summer no later than about mid-February. In the depths of winter, it’s tough to imagine hot days out of school, but I need to! In our area, the…

Book Review: The Swimmers Date Finished: May 3, 2022 Author: Julie Otsuka — - 🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences The Swimmers is a short book that describes a small community of swimmers whose pool closes and we learn a bit about what happens to one member…

Date Finished: April 20, 2022 Author: Wendy Suzuki Tags: #nonfiction, self-help, anxiety, #psychology 🚀 The Book in 3 Sentences This book integrates the author’s personal experiences with her professional knowledge and expertise about anxiety by reframing it from an always negative experience to one with positive potential if regulated. 🎨 Impressions “Good Anxiety”…

Dig Deeper than Disability Awareness May is awareness month for my disability, Osteogenesis Imperfecta or OI, and several others. With the close of April, I’ve smiled at a few posts by #actuallyautistic friends marking themselves as “safe from Autism Awareness month”. I also tend to dread October, which is Little…