by Caitlin Bangsund | Feb 23, 2023 | Encouragement
“It’s NOT MACEY! It’s Jack!” This week Macey is “Jack.” It is both entertaining and endlessly frustrating to remember to call her the right name while getting three (feels like four) kids out the door to school in the morning. Yesterday, she told me, “I’m not...
by Caitlin Bangsund | Aug 9, 2022 | Encouragement, Uncategorized
It is hard to reduce stress when relaxing feels so hard I know I’m not the only one. There are so many pictures posted on social media about #lakelife and #summervibes. But I find myself wondering if people are as relaxed as they seem online. Like most things on the...
by Caitlin Bangsund | Aug 28, 2021 | Lessons and Lists
Introducing A “guest blog” Disclaimer: if you are not from Canada (and maybe even Alberta, Canada) some of what follows may be as lost on you as it is on me (despite living in Alberta). There is a reason I never talk sports or politics (and it...
by Caitlin Bangsund | Mar 24, 2021 | Lessons and Lists
I tell my son to dream big dreams and that anything is possible. He tells me he may pursue a career in basketball instead of hockey if he can find enough time to practice. I tell him that the magical thing about life is that you don’t have to decide yet or...
by Caitlin Bangsund | Mar 24, 2021 | Love and Special Needs
I never ‘planned’ to have a daughter with a disability. I don’t even know how to label or not label her. Having a child with a disability does not mean I am all of a sudden equipped with the knowledge I need to advocate properly or understand her. I am not sure...
by Caitlin Bangsund | Feb 13, 2021 | Love and Special Needs
The way I have had to love Macey has taught me so much about love. In the days of hospital stays, procedures, tests, and walking through trauma (as a family) I had to love in ways I didn’t think I had the strength for. Macey needed me to show up despite exhaustion or...
