It has been unseasonably warm so far this fall/winter. There have been a few days with cold weather, but not many. When it is so hot that you break a sweat walking to your car and you are wearing tshirts and flipflops instead of boots and sweaters it makes it really hard to find your …
2015 Special Needs Holiday Party Wrapup
On Saturday, December 12th, we co-hosted our 4th Special Needs Holiday Party. We co-hosted with CPATH Texas for the second time and with the Palliative Care Team of Dell Children’s Medical Center. This was our first year hosting the event at Dell Children’s Medical Center. We took last year off, and came back bigger and …
Decorating the Tree
It was a beautiful day today! We really could not have picked a better day to decorate the angel ornament tree. We had some great helpers volunteer their afternoons to help us get everything done. The area around the hospital is called Mueller. Mueller graciously allowed us to decorate a tree in the park directly …
Angel Ornament Party
Last night was the second Angel Ornament Celebration. We had a great turn out. The palliative care team hosted the event up at the hospital, sMiles for Sammy brought dinner and we brought all the craft supplies to make the special ornaments. I love to hear all of the families share their memories and wonderful …
Getting Christmas Ready
Casey has been doing a bit better over the past few weeks. She is still on oxygen most of the time, but there have been a few days where she was able to take it off for a few hours here and there. Our nursing situation has improved a lot as well. We have a …
Why Special Needs Parents Say Bah Humbug
We are all very aware that being a parent to ANY child is stressful. There is the financial concerns, constant worrying about their health and safety. Concerns that your making the right choices. Making choices for ourselves if one thing; making choices for a family is really heavy. Many of us know of some of …