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I Am Just A Mom

I think it was when my oldest started school, that my old identity was replaced with a new one. I was no longer Errin, the girl who knew how to have fun, the funny one, the free spirit. I was now Ayden’s Mom. Yep, just Ayden’s Mom. Instead of being known for my adventurous side, […]

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The Grave Importance of Saying Positive Things To Your Kids

This says something about me, and life via social media today overall, that as an alleged “parenting expert” (I can hear my three teenaged kids snickering in the background), I get some awfully fantastic parenting advice via strangers on FaceBook. Case in point: on Friday, March 4, which coincidentally marked the 19th anniversary of the […]

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Five Things I’ve Learned as an Autism Dad

Below is a blog for Phillip Hain, a dad of a son with autism. I’m reprinting his blog for Father’s Day because it’s valuable and from the heart. “I’ve been an advocate for my son Andrew since 1996 when he was first diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome at age 3½. There is a great deal of […]