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Traci

OT, special needs, differential thinker, ADD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, occupational therapist

How Two Letters Can Spell Hero

May 13, 2020 By Traci

๐๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž.โฃ Many medical heroes have been celebrated these past few weeks and I want to remember the therapists among them. This is my friendย Samย and she is an Occupational Therapist.โฃโฃWhen the words dysgraphia and dyslexia came…

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Filed Under: Mommyhood Tagged With: Mommyhood, occupational therapy, special needs

I’m Not Ready

May 12, 2020 By Traci

๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐. โฃ โฃ I am what they call an IBC โ€œIslander by Choiceโ€ (but if you thought about Root Beer, I donโ€™t blame you, itโ€™s definitely what I thought.) IBC is in contrast BOI – โ€œBorn on Islandโ€. โฃ โฃ I chose this life. My hubby and I always wanted…

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Filed Under: Galveston, Illness, Texas Travel Tagged With: Galveston, Illness, Quarantine

homeschool, quarantine

Homeschooling by Accident, and Other Quarantine Stories

May 11, 2020 By Traci

You better come here right now! No electronics, if you don’t come now!I don’t need to be doing this, I graduated high school already! These and many similar phrases could be heard at any given time in my house. Like many, I am over the quarantine, and especially over homeschooling my 10th grader. But wait,…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: homeschool, Sponsored

National Nurses Day, Nurses, National Today, nurse

Nurse. Mother. Hero.

May 6, 2020 By Traci

When the words fail, a picture says it all.โฃโฃItโ€™s National Nurses Day. I am celebrating my friend and nurse,ย @_sarahbockstahler.ย Despite being very pregnant, she has continued to don her mask and help others through their worst days. She then flies home to swoop up her toddler and give him the best of days.โฃ As amazing as…

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Filed Under: Sponsored Tagged With: National Nurses Day, National Today, Nurses

National Today, National Brothers & Sisters Day, family, 70s, 70s pics

Brotherly Love

May 2, 2020 By Traci

๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐ ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ!โฃโฃEven if we donโ€™t know it at the time.โฃโฃToday is National Brothers and Sisters Day, so Iโ€™m sharing this photographic evidenceย in all its 1970s glory. Besides me, is my brother Will wearing tiger overalls for reasons unknown, especially at Christmas, and my youngest brother Daryl who is about 8 months here.โฃ This…

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Filed Under: Family, Sponsored Tagged With: Family, National Today, Sponsored

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