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40th Birthday Surprises

I hadn’t planned on saying anything else about my 40th birthday, but I also hadn’t planned on having the surprise of my life either. If you follow me on Instagram you might have seen this video I posted late Thursday evening. The video shows my husband recording me and telling me to turn off the...

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Design*Sponge Feature

If you’re visiting here from Design*Sponge for the first time welcome! The first thing you should proabably know is that Lamp is not my daughter’s real name. Phew! right? You can read more about her under Lamp Links and more about our journey here. I would also like to direct you to my Special Needs Spotlight series and all the amazing families who...

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This is 40

Photos taken by my oldest daughter this past October when we went apple picking.  40. FORTY. I AM 40 YEARS OLD. Balls… I feel like I’m supposed to say something profound and I’m not sure I have anything great to offer the world on this, the day of my 40th birthday. But if push comes...

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Top 5 Christmas Moments + Memories 2016

We’re still in the middle of our holiday break over here and I’m loving every lazy minute of it! I thought I’d share a quick Christmas recap in the form of a top 5 list with pictures galore… because Top 5 lists are awesome. Everyone knows that.  1. Creating and Making If you’re a maker...

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Back To the Future

As I sat watching Lamp and her new piano teacher sitting together at the piano during her first lesson, pecking out a simple mary-had-a-little-lamb melody, my head returned to an old, familiar thought pattern, “What are we doing? Are we crazy for starting Lamp on the piano? Is this really going to work?” That kind...

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Special Needs Spotlight || Owen

Miggy: Welcome Emily, I’m so happy to be featuring you and your son Owen today. Let’s start at the beginning, when did you first start to notice signs and symptoms that something wasn’t right with Owen. How long did it take you to get a diagnosis and do you remember how you felt? Can you...

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Connecting through Tradition

This post is sponsored by Artifact Uprising. As always all opinions expressed are my own. Thanks for supporting sponsors here on TLM. When I think of those early days of mothering, taking care of my children’s every need day-in and day-out–the rocking, the changing, the holding, the feeding, the smiles + coos + eye contact–those weren’t just...

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Hey, I'm Amy!

I'm an author, artist, and disability advocate. I live with my handsome husband and three beautiful daughters in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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