Life's a Disco Ball

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One Call, Kind Words, a Happy Heart and Hope

By: Heather

One Call. Kind words. A happy heart. And hope.

It really is that simple.

Yesterday I received a call from my son’s school. As usual, when I looked at the caller ID, my heart stuttered a bit. My mind raced. And I wondered, what now?

I answered, and the voice on the other end reassured me right away it was a ‘good news’ call. The caller was one of his teachers. The same teacher I wrote about in the post two weeks ago, Crying in the Canned Goods Aisle. Yep, the very one that made my cry, a happy cry, in the canned goods aisle at Target.

#LeadWithLove

By: Heather

Lead with Love.  I’m going to keep saying it. Sharing it. Hash tagging it. In darkness and in light. In fear and in safety. In anger and in happiness. In doubt and in certainty. In hope and in hopelessness. Wondering where to start or how to make a difference in this sometimes senseless world? Here. […]

Storyline

By: Heather

Storyline. A conference in which you explore the discovery of and answer to the question, ‘Do I matter?‘ The answer is simple. Yes. You matter. I matter. The idea that only a few of us in the world can matter is false. We all have a place, a story, a voice. And we must own […]

Just Because You Can’t See It…

By: Heather

Think about this… If you had a child with their dominant arm and hand in a cast, it wouldn’t be uncommon for the school to provide an extra book for the child to keep at home and also provide an alternative for writing down their assignments, because they’re unable to write, correct? Seeing as how […]

One Less Worry

By: Heather

If you could permanently get rid of one worry, what would it be? The possibility of self harm or suicide, committed by my only child. My answer is simple, although the problem and its solution, not so much. My son lives with mental illness. And this worry is a constant one. As mothers, it is normal […]

So It’s About This Time Every Wednesday…

By: Heather

Today is Wednesday. Yes it is. Some know it as Hump Day. I know it as Confirmation Day. And I also like to think of it as the day otherwise known as ‘Oh Sweet Baby Jesus, bring me your wisdom and grant me some patience, so these eight boys of the seventh grade will not cause […]

Fill My Child With Peace

By: Heather

This. ALL THE DAYS this. Anyone else? Lysa, an author, speaker and inspirational woman posted this on her Facebook page this past Sunday. There I was, sitting on the couch, under the weather and wearing my cranky pants, and unintentionally scrolling through my Facebook feed when I came upon it. It stopped me and my […]

We Rise

By: Heather

I am the mom of a totally awesome twelve year old boy, with an old soul, who has a mood disorder. We fluctuate often, between the ups and downs, the manic and depressive episodes. Then there are those seemingly magical times in the middle, our hands firmly placed on the oars, keeping course, pointing our boat […]

The Next Day

By: Heather

School. We’ve been at it for what…eight days now? Yes…Eight. Whole. Days. And I found out yesterday that N’s been to ‘room 101’ (detention) seven times already. Most of which were this week. Last week was good. It was soooo good. Like, I was wondering who kidnapped my son and exchanged him with a look […]

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