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...
by Caitlin Bangsund | Jan 28, 2021 | Encouragement
Be Who You Are I hope my writing is encouraging and inspiring. But even more I’d like it to be comforting. We want the voices in our heads to feel ‘normal’ and to know that we are not alone in our fears. It is comforting to hear someone else express something you’re...
by Caitlin Bangsund | Nov 26, 2020 | Lessons and Lists
We need to know ~to remember~ that treasures don’t usually lay on the surface. It is called “treasure hunting” because sometimes they are hard to find. The Grinch couldn’t really steal Christmas because in Whoville it wasn’t about what lay on the surface. Macey’s...
by Caitlin Bangsund | Oct 6, 2020 | Motherhood
(1) Get rid of all the ‘shoulds.’ There are things that need doing, but very little is urgent and the way you are programmed to think of mothering does not need to be the way you actually do it. (2) Comparison helps … never. If you’re caught in the...
