Praying for Parker

Invest in Your Future: Preserve the Harvest

Do you ever think about food? No, I don’t mean that chocolate bar, or your next Diet Coke. I mean real food. Fresh food. This year’s garden just waiting. So am I. Onion bulbs waiting to be planted. Maybe you think about growing food yourself...

Published Wed, Apr 20 2011 5:53 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Garden Goddess, gardening, organic gardening, dehydrating, prepping, preserving the harvest, freezing fruits and vegetable, canning

How To Shop Without Spending Any Money

I know that most Mama’s aren’t shopping for next Fall’s clothes. Which is too bad, because NOW is an excellent time to score some free clothes. Yup. Free. I saved the summer clothes from last year and added a few other items Parker is...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2011 6:20 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Cheap and Easy, Special Needs, down symdrome, frugal living, consignment shopping, Kid to Kid, thrift store shopping

Potatoes: Buried Treasure for Frugal Families

I was able to pick up 140 pounds of potatoes for .29 cents a pound. These potatoes were dug up only a few days before I purchased them, and weren’t sprayed with any growth inhibitors to prevent sprouting. I know many families...

Published Tue, Oct 02 2012 8:33 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: frugal living, Recipes, bake the perfect potato, frugal foods

Come Tuesday….

He’s starting to feel better. Better is good. Because Parker’s SED rate was twice what it should be he’ll still be heading in for a colonoscopy and endoscopy this Tuesday. While he’s there they are going to go ahead with the BRAVO...

Published Wed, Jun 27 2012 5:45 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, surgery, PCMC, Frequent Flyin' ar the PCMC, Hospital Frequent Flyer

My foot prints on the path.

I’ve always been really transparent on this blog. Sometimes Reed has looked at me and asked, ‘are you sure you want to share that?’ I’ve shared because, well…. 1) For those who might be contemplating ending the life of a...

Published Mon, Jan 16 2012 10:03 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Advocacy, down syndrome, Life With Special Needs, special needs parents

Looking for a Nursing Company……Again.

Parker’s nurse called off today. Again. Which in and of it’s self is no big deal, I guess. Nurses get sick. That is why there are on call nurses. Ever heard of ‘em? The rate that it happens at this agency has become a major issue in...

Published Thu, Jan 12 2012 10:57 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Advocacy, medically fragile kids, home nursing

Winter: A Preschool Unit

Some days preschool just doesn’t go as well as this Mama would like. Case in Point: When a certain little Brave Hero decides to ignore everything and just turn his back on me. Parker is still working off his anger from the surgery and that FEES...

Published Thu, Jan 14 2010 10:07 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: A Day In Our Life, Special Needs Homeschooling, preschool unit, speical needs homeschooling, winter

Questions to ask when orienting a new nurse.

We are orienting a new nurse. We’ve done this before. Several times actually. Through this process we have secured some excellent nurses, such as Parker’s current nurse, Chris. We’ve also met with potential employees that simply weren’t...

Published Mon, Nov 02 2015 6:03 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Life With Special Needs, trachs, home nursing, trached kids, new nurse orientation

Essential Oils in the Home

Using essential oils in my home is a great way for me to relax, energize, and focus. I’ve had great success using essential oils headaches and sinus issues. (Yes, my sinuses hate me.) I love the positive ambience that essential oils bring into my...

Published Mon, Sep 29 2014 12:12 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Life With Special Needs, special needs parenting, doTerra Essential Oils, essential oils, doTerra

Dreams Don’t Work Unless You Do

Dreams don’t work unless you do. I found this quote by Maya Angelou a few months ago to send with my son, Rigel as he worked to prepare to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder Day Saints. Such a simple thought made such a deep...

Published Wed, Jun 04 2014 10:31 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, Advocacy, down syndrome, Special Needs, pulmonary hypertension, trach, faith, Life With Special Needs, special needs parenting, g-tube, dreams, Maya Angelou

What would you do if you weren’t afraid?

What would you do if you weren’t afraid? If you could transform your fear into strength and get on with your dreams, what would be the outcome? Being afraid, truly afraid, wasn’t a part of my life until I heard the words Severe Pulmonary Hypertension...

Published Sun, Feb 23 2014 7:24 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Holding On Tight To My Faith, pulmonary hypertension, fear, faith, Life With Special Needs, Boyd K. Packer, power of faith

Aborting Babies Because of Down syndrome.

It was feeling as though there were some in the world getting the message. A life with Down syndrome is a life worth living. I’ve watched as the statistics began a slow decent into lower percentages. Where it was once reported that 90% of all prediagnosed...

Published Tue, Jun 10 2014 7:38 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Advocacy, down syndrome, abortion, T21, Trisomy 21, special needs parenting

doTERRA Frankincense Essential Oil

I wanted to share a bit of information for ways to use doTERRA Frankincense Essential Oil. There’s a reason why it’s called the’ King’ of essential oils! My favorite use? Anxiety! I simply put a drop of this beautiful Frankincense...

Published Wed, Dec 03 2014 5:30 PM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: doTerra Essential Oils, essential oils, doTerera, frankincense essential oil

There are no retards here……

Even before Parker was born, the r-word wasn’t allowed in our home. I was taught from a very young age that people with disabilities, especially intellectual disabilities didn’t need to have the same experiences on earth as I did. That, in...

Published Wed, Mar 07 2012 9:45 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Advocacy, end the r-word

Ann Coulter and the difference she COULD have made.

She used the r-word to describe the President. Then, when called on the carpet about it, stated that she hated all the political correctness in the world today, and that before you know it there would be an entire book of words you...

Published Wed, Oct 24 2012 9:16 AM by Praying For Parker

Filed under: Life With Special Needs, r-word, end the r-word, Ann Coulter

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