September 9 is recognized annually around the world as FASD Awareness Day and to raise awareness of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. This year, I was honored to be part of Surrey Place’s FASD Day event this recent Sunday. The hubby and T also attended the event and T spent most of the event playing with…

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22.09.2025

Regrouping: Finding Resilience in the Caregiving Journey – My Life With T

A subtraction worksheet drove me into a meltdown with our neurodiverse 10-year-old. I had an early start to a typical Tuesday work day, followed by a two-hour evening meeting of a Family Advisory Council that I volunteer with. After the meeting, I was hungry, brain-dead and just wanted to crawl into bed. But math homework…

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06.10.2025

Creating Space for Something New – My Life With T

“The park is fading away," T said with sadness during a recent bedtime, as I was tucking him in. He said that several mulberry trees had been chopped off over the late summer. Earlier in the summer, the trees provided great enjoyment, after the hubby and T noticed a group of seniors picking wild mulberries…

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22.10.2025

Living in a Virtual World: An Escape Room with a Twist – My Life With T

T had his first virtual reality experience, which ended with a meteor destroying Earth. On Saturday evening, we took T to check out VRCade and we tried their popular VR escape room: Space Station Tiberia. For the unfamiliar, here’s a primer: Virtual reality involves wearing a headset that fully immerses you in a 360 degree…

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From One Caregiver to Another on FASD Awareness Day – My Life With T

Regrouping: Finding Resilience in the Caregiving Journey – My Life With T

Creating Space for Something New – My Life With T

Living in a Virtual World: An Escape Room with a Twist – My Life With T

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