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Leanne Menzo
Aug 15, 20246 min read
Waiting To Exhale
Dear Addie, In life change is inevitable. It happens whether we want it to or not and so often when we least expect it. This week, in...
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Leanne Menzo
Aug 9, 20241 min read
Hey Google
Dear Addie, I will always strive to give you as much independence as possible, but in an ever-evolving world how one achieves that can...
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Leanne Menzo
Aug 2, 20243 min read
The Last Time
Dear Addie, With big sister Clara headed off to college in just a few short weeks now, someone shared the most amazing poem with me...
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Leanne Menzo
Jul 25, 20244 min read
Belonging
Dear Addie, "Belonging is feeling a deep sense of connection with others, even in silence." ~ Anonymous With one step in the warm sand, I...
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Leanne Menzo
Jul 19, 20242 min read
A Projection Of Fun
Dear Addie, This week it's all about you and your friends in the Outer Banks as Surfing For Autism 2024 begins! Let's do this! Now before...
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Leanne Menzo
Jul 11, 20243 min read
Memory Lane
Dear Addie, I took a trip down memory lane this morning and went back to the beginning of these letters. At the time, you were an...
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Leanne Menzo
Jul 4, 20241 min read
Joy
Dear Addie, In life, there is so much change, But the things that bring you joy can so often remain the same. This week we headed north...
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Leanne Menzo
Jun 27, 20243 min read
Knock, Knock...
Dear Addie, Today was not a great day, it actually kinda sucked if I'm being honest. Autism was clearly determined to win, as we both...
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Leanne Menzo
Jun 20, 20242 min read
Gifts Of Creativity
Dear Addie, This weekend was all about Daddy as we celebrated another wonderful Father's Day with the best daddy ever - yours! Now if I'm...
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Leanne Menzo
Jun 13, 20242 min read
This & That
Dear Addie, When I say everything we do is some sort of learning opportunity I'm not even joking, but at a routine doctor visit this week...
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Leanne Menzo
Jun 6, 20242 min read
Fire Trucks
Dear Addie, ...and then you were all about fire trucks. Honestly, something I never thought I would say with you having a hypersensitive...
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Leanne Menzo
May 30, 20241 min read
The Recipe
Dear Addie, "All great achievements require time." ~Maya Angelou I remember being at this same spot years earlier, you screaming, tears...
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Leanne Menzo
May 23, 20242 min read
Cicadapocalypse
Dear Addie, Ever since you were a tiny tot you have loved bugs. Like really loved bugs, and mud, and dirt, and water, but bugs - there's...
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Leanne Menzo
May 16, 20241 min read
Communication
Dear Addie, I've often said that communication is one of the hardest mountains we've had to climb in our autism journey. We as parents...
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Leanne Menzo
May 9, 20244 min read
Motherhood
Dear Addie, The number one thing I hear raising a child with special needs is, "I could never do what you do, I just don't know how you...
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Leanne Menzo
May 2, 20242 min read
Change
Dear Addie, This week we had your 13 yr check-up. I know what you're thinking, um Mom, my birthday was in December... um, yeah. Anyway......
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Leanne Menzo
Apr 25, 20242 min read
Max!
Dear Addie, This week with the asking of one simple question we witnessed yet another first for you exactly when my autism mama heart...
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Leanne Menzo
Apr 18, 20244 min read
Unrelatable
Dear Addie, It's been said a time or two that people come in and out of our lives for lessons or love. Reading that and then thinking...
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Leanne Menzo
Apr 11, 20243 min read
Three Hours
Dear Addie, This week was the much-anticipated solar eclipse, and there we were on hour three, in a waiting room, far from home, watching...
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Leanne Menzo
Apr 4, 20242 min read
Welcome To The Circus
Dear Addie, This week, I was reminded of the missing chapter in the infamous first 100 days of autism binder we were handed with your...
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