Writing Prompt #8

What are your morning rituals? What does the first hour of your day look like? I’m up everyday with my special needs daughter by 6am. The 1st hour of my day is always spent getting my girl changed, and dressed, and fed, and given kissed 1,000x!😊

Writing Prompt #7

What do you wish you could do more every day? 1. Sleep 2. Be happy. 3. See my son

Writing Prompt #6

What tattoo do you want and where would you put it? I turned 50 this past October, and I wanted to do something special just for me. My daughter suffered 3 strokes as an infant. 3 unexplained strokes. It’s something genetic, but not enough cases like hers to be called a syndrome, so she’s a […]

Writing Prompt #5

What is one word that describes you? Caregiver

Writing Prompt #4

What activities do you lose yourself in? I LOVE getting so caught up in doing things. Writing is definitely one thing, also running, crocheting, doing my nail art, and Netflix.❤️

Writing Prompt #3

You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do? Call my mom. 😊

Writing Prompt #2

List five things you do for fun. 1) write 2) my nails 3) watch Days Of Our Lives in the morning 😆 4) go for a run 5) enjoy a glass of wine at the end of the day.

Writing Prompt #1 in 2024

Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it? My ‘bonky’ and ‘bunny’ My ‘bonky’ was/is a very soft light punk and white checkered blanket I slept with every night. My ‘bunny’, who was once as white as could be, was a stuffed animal my mom bought me when […]

How are you creative? How am I creative? Well, in a few ways. Over Quarantine I crocheted over 150 pocketbooks. I call them Imperfectly Perfect 👍🏼 I also do nail art. http://www.nailsbyjuliefromjersey.com I also have self published two children’s/parenting books. http://www.myhollyandjack.com

Tell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc. My first day in my new home as a single mom. I thought I could make a new life for myself here. Turns out not so much. Same life, just different location.

Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech? I’ve given a couple of speeches. One was in front of 25-30 people. This was when I threw my then husband a surprise 39th birthday party, because everyone does 40! However, it was a toast and roast. 😜 The second one was at a fund […]

What is one thing you would change about yourself? One thing I would change about myself is to try and be less ‘high strung’😊. To not always worry so much about how others are feeling. Maybe it’s a side effect from having a special needs child.

Are you more of a night or morning person? Are you more of a night or morning person? Most definitely a morning person. Which is a good thing since I’m up everyday by 6am with my special needs daughter.

TOP 20 THINGS I NEVER THOUGHT I’D DO, OR SAY, OR THINK, OR FEEL, OR EXPERIENCE AS A PARENT

As a little girl my friends and I would often play dress-up and pretend we were mommy taking care of our babies. We’d carry a baby doll around like it was a newborn. We’d dress our babies, and give it a bottle, or push it around in a tiny stroller. Never once did we pretend […]

Answering The Questions

I wrote, and had this published on line, in Exceptional Parent Magazine back in 2011. This month it was one of the stories posted on line at http://www.3elove.com. “Acceptance comes from knowledge. The more one understands, the easier acceptance is possible. As a mother of a daughter with special needs, as well as to a […]

It Is What It Is

I don’t want it to bother me that when my 18 year old son comes home from college for the first time since we moved him in 6 weeks ago he rather stay at his father’s house than mine. I don’t want it to bother me that my son is most likely not coming with […]

Coming To Terms

The other morning, as I was playing Monster Busters on the iPad, and wasting time, I had this epiphany! I thought that if I just accept/come to terms with the fact that my life does, and for the most part, always will, revolve around Sydney, then maybe I could relax when I don’t have her, […]

Quarantine Day #77

It’s 4:48pm, and I’m sitting outside on my front steps. All I hear are birds chirping, which is a nice change just coming off of listening to Sesame Street for the last 7+ hours.🤪 I love my daughter to death, but I’d really be ok if she became ‘obsessed’ with a different show—even just another […]

Feeling Sorry For Myself on 02/28/02

It doesn’t happen very often that I have feelings like this. My friends would tell you that the only thing I ever complain about is my ex. husband. 😊 Yet, every so often I get sad…. My daughter Sydney is 11 years old, and is special needs. At 5:15 this morning, I had been awake […]

Finding Inspiration

I just found my inspiration reading another amazing mother’s post. How do I know she’s an amazing mother? I honestly don’t even know who posted it. I don’t look at the name of who’s posting what. Word Press knows my interests, so I know I’ll be interested. 🙂. So I know she’s an amazing mother […]