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Leanne Menzo
Mar 28, 20194 min read
I Blinked
Dear Addie, I feel like as soon as I get used to a new behavior and see it’s repetitiveness - I blink and it changes. Oh the joys of...
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Leanne Menzo
Mar 21, 20195 min read
One Second
Dear Addie, While we've been making great strides recently, I promised to be truthful in telling you any and everything about our...
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Leanne Menzo
Mar 14, 20194 min read
A Birthday Celebration
Dear Addie, This week we celebrated your amazing big brother Gabe’s 11th birthday! I still cant believe he's 11 - where has the time...
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Leanne Menzo
Mar 8, 20194 min read
I Want More
Dear Addie, Do you remember the book, “If you give a mouse a cookie...”? You know, the one where he goes on to need milk, and a straw,...
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Leanne Menzo
Mar 1, 20194 min read
The Trade
Dear Addie, Part of adding new players to our team requires very in depth discussions of where we have been and where we should go from...
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Leanne Menzo
Feb 22, 20193 min read
One Day
Dear Addie, This week it was all about our One Team, One Dream family motto, and while we were supporting those within our autism...
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Leanne Menzo
Feb 15, 20194 min read
Two Sips Forward, One Step Back
Dear Addie, Here we are, same journey just reading a new playbook. With every new change it’s hard not to hold our breath while we sit...
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Leanne Menzo
Feb 8, 20194 min read
The Quarterback
Dear Addie, The time had come. It was time to meet our new quarterback. Although you had no idea where we were going, you seemed to find...
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Leanne Menzo
Jan 25, 20195 min read
The Beacon (Part 2)
Dear Addie, Now where was I? Oh yes, we had just left the doctor’s office with a piece of paper that he gave us. On the piece of paper...
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Leanne Menzo
Jan 25, 20192 min read
Guiding Light
Dear Addie, So there we were. Dad and I sitting next to each other, holding hands as I was telling the story of you aloud. Across from...
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Leanne Menzo
Jan 18, 20193 min read
The Beacon (part 1)
Dear Addie, A couple months ago I found myself in a doctors office exhausted, frustrated and completely spent. Tears streaming down my...
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Leanne Menzo
Jan 11, 20194 min read
Practice Makes Progress
Dear Addie, There are hundreds, probably thousands of parenting books out there, but if there's anything I've learned from any number of...
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Leanne Menzo
Jan 4, 20193 min read
365 Opportunities
Dear Addie, This week we welcomed another new beginning to our journey! That’s right baby girl - It’s 2019! Happy New Year! With all the...
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Leanne Menzo
Dec 28, 20184 min read
8 Is Great
Dear Addie, This week you turned 8. Gulp. You’re such a big kid now. 8 years old - where does the time go? I know that might sound...
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Leanne Menzo
Dec 21, 20184 min read
The Hustle And Bustle
Dear Addie, Twas getting close to Christmas, and all through our schedule, was filled with the hustle and bustle of much that was...
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Leanne Menzo
Dec 14, 20186 min read
Elf
Dear Addie, This week we had yet another “first” in our family, we all headed out to see a musical theater performance at a real deal...
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Leanne Menzo
Dec 7, 20184 min read
That Kid
Dear Addie, This week I waited patiently, as I do every day, for your teachers to bring you out of school at the end of the day. One by...
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Leanne Menzo
Nov 30, 20183 min read
Say "Cheese" burger
Dear Addie, This week we dove head first into the Christmas holiday season! Ok, so we’ve actually had the tree up for a couple of weeks...
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Leanne Menzo
Nov 23, 20184 min read
Time For Us
Dear Addie, Parenting is hard. Whether you’re raising neurotypical or special needs children, there really is no go-to manual on how it’s...
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Leanne Menzo
Nov 16, 20184 min read
20 Years Or So
Dear Addie, Before we found ourselves on this journey, a once younger version of myself never thought about some of the things that now...
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