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Executive Functioning Challenges and ADHD: Learning to Drive

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Resilient and Thriving Divorced MomMay 28, 2019

I need a manual!!! Not a general manual, but one that is specific to each of my kids, their development and their needs. It would make life a bit humdrum, I suppose, but a manual would certainly take care of … Continue reading →

Posted in Special Needs and Homeschooling | Tagged ADHD, adoption, anger, autism, behaviour, co-regulating, disabilities, divorced mom, dysregulation, FASD, learning, prenatal drug exposure, raging, single mom, single parenting | Leave a reply

Help! They Won’t Let Me Fill My Son’s Prescription!

Posted on May 16, 2019 by Resilient and Thriving Divorced MomMay 16, 2019

Controls MUST be in place because of drug abuse. I get it. I truly and honestly get it. Having said that there has got to be a better way to ensure that those who REALLY need their prescribed medication can … Continue reading →

Posted in Single Parenting, Special Needs and Homeschooling | Tagged ADHD, adoption, autism, divorced mom, single mom, special needs, trauma | Leave a reply

True Friends are Priceless

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Resilient and Thriving Divorced MomApril 15, 2019

Sudden changes, like an unexpected death or the abrupt removal of a parent, are shocking and devastating to everyone left behind. The parent left is severely tested. The now single parent is called to step up though they themselves are … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Growth and Healing, Single Parenting, Uncategorized | Tagged friends, friendship, parent single parent, single mom | Leave a reply

Home Coming Day

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Resilient and Thriving Divorced MomFebruary 5, 2019

“Why celebrate homecoming?” you ask. My kids know they were adopted. Always have known.   Although they rarely talk about it, they think about their adoption story.  The time leading up to their homecoming day can be a bit rocky; they … Continue reading →

Posted in Adoption | Tagged adoption, birthmom, homecoming, remembering | Leave a reply

Single Mom; Warrior Princess

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Resilient and Thriving Divorced MomFebruary 2, 2019

A what?  You read right. You are a Warrior Princess. The first time my counselor asked me to stop and hear these words, I could not absorb them.  They bounced off my forehead and landed with a splat on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Single Parenting, Uncategorized | Tagged courage, emotional health, healing, single mom, special needs | Leave a reply

Drug Exposure; Parenting When the Brain is Stuck

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Resilient and Thriving Divorced MomFebruary 5, 2019

Matthias was born having had an in utero stroke as well as prenatal drug exposure.  My son is deeply sensitive, big-hearted, resilient, hard- working. People love him and his gentle character. Unfortunately, my son has brain damage.  Some of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Single Parenting | Tagged co-regulating, dysregulation, FASD, perseveration, prenatal drug exposure, raging, single parenting, special needs, stroke | Leave a reply

Special Needs and the Ding Dang Durn Device

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Resilient and Thriving Divorced MomFebruary 2, 2019

Picture this:  Sixteen year old boy—iphone5 in his hand, headphones plastered to his ears, eyes locked onto the screen—blindly navigates his way down the stairs.  His eyes NEVER break contact.  Fifteen hours a day. Every day. He eats his dinner, … Continue reading →

Posted in Special Needs and Homeschooling, Uncategorized | Tagged behaviour, computers, monitoring, phones, screens, special needs | Leave a reply

The Dreaded “L” Word and Disabilities

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Resilient and Thriving Divorced MomFebruary 2, 2019

“Get your head off the table!  Stop being lazy!” The EA’s (educational assistant) back was turned to me as I walked down the hall toward a select group of third grade speech students who were working on their “s” sounds.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Special Needs and Homeschooling, Uncategorized | Tagged disabilities, lazy, learning, school, special needs | Leave a reply

Trauma and Exercise?

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Resilient and Thriving Divorced MomFebruary 2, 2019

Exercise, Exercise, Exercise…. I heard it ALL the time.  I didn’t do it…much. Guilt, guilt…and more guilt…. Finally, last January I decided enough was enough.   I started working out twice a week with a personal trainer.  Best decision ever! Costly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Growth and Healing | Tagged exercise, self care, single parenting, trauma | Leave a reply

I am a Good Mom

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Resilient and Thriving Divorced MomFebruary 5, 2019

    Son stomping down the hall. Striking out with flashes of frustration, jabs of discontent, bolts of anger.  The safe target…mom.  Here are snippets from these times: my son’s words plus the truths I am learning to tell myself. … Continue reading →

Posted in Single Parenting | Tagged anger, self care, single mom, son, special needs, teenager | 2 Replies

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Resilient and Thriving Divorced Mom is here to provide a safe place for divorced and separated moms to visit, connect, recharge, and re-engage. I do not have it altogether but I look forward to learning and growing with you. Many times, I have hungered for a community but had no place to go.  My heart’s desire is to extend to you the community I needed but could not find at a very painful time in my life.

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