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Leanne Menzo
Jan 15, 20232 min read
A Penny For Your Thoughts
Dear Addie, We plateaued and maybe even started digging a hole toward more profound regression. Unfortunately, it’s commonplace in the...
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Leanne Menzo
Jan 7, 20234 min read
8%
Dear Addie, It’s a new year baby girl – a time for reflection on the year behind us, new resolutions, and promises of what’s to come in...
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Leanne Menzo
Dec 30, 20223 min read
The Aftermath
Dear Addie, A storm. By definition, it’s a violent disturbance of the atmosphere causing a reaction. It’s often predicted by experts but...
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Leanne Menzo
Dec 23, 20222 min read
Peace
Dear Addie, This is traditionally my favorite week of the year filled with family and holiday cheer, but here we were, feeling nothing...
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Leanne Menzo
Dec 17, 20223 min read
A "Ba-lan-jo"
Dear Addie, This week I saw great growth (which can always go hand in hand with a fair share of challenges) in your behavior. You...
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Leanne Menzo
Dec 9, 20222 min read
And The Award Goes To...
Dear Addie, I’m pretty confident if there were awards given for tipping chaos scales we’d clean up - just saying. But it’s true! Having...
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Leanne Menzo
Dec 1, 20222 min read
I Felt It
Dear Addie, This week I felt it. The emotional, physical, and mental toll this journey manifests, just got the best of me. Truth…You are...
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Leanne Menzo
Nov 24, 20221 min read
Forever Grateful
Dear Addie, Thanksgiving. A day of reflection on all we are thankful for. While this autism journey isn’t what I would call anything...
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Leanne Menzo
Nov 17, 20225 min read
Welcome To Broadway
Dear Addie, For as long as I can remember, far before any autism diagnosis you have had significant auditory sensitivities. For example,...
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Leanne Menzo
Nov 10, 20221 min read
Your Pearl
Dear Addie, It’s that time of year again when I ditch my non-yogaing yoga pants for a fancy gown and head out to feel all the feels among...
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Leanne Menzo
Nov 3, 20224 min read
Peanut Butter & Mayo
Dear Addie, We didn’t notice at first, it was slow and stealth-like to our everyday life, but your language seems to be taking a...
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Leanne Menzo
Oct 27, 20224 min read
An Orange
Dear Addie, …and then everything just made sense again. I hear that phrase a lot. It’s often used when things seem “off” or different and...
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Leanne Menzo
Oct 20, 20221 min read
We Walked
Dear Addie, We were coming off of a fun, slightly chaotic, sensory overload kind of week and if I’m being honest, we all could’ve used an...
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Leanne Menzo
Oct 13, 20223 min read
Blue Jay Point
Dear Addie, And then it was finally here - like a countdown to Christmas Day, our big adventure project, the adventure we’d planned since...
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Leanne Menzo
Oct 6, 20223 min read
Connected
Dear Addie, A few weeks ago we were walking into church, my mind in its usual preoccupied state of wondering if I had the right fidget...
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Leanne Menzo
Sep 29, 20224 min read
We Are Not Alone
Dear Addie, I’m not sure if it’s the change of season that this time of year brings, but I find myself more times than not feeling so far...
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Leanne Menzo
Sep 22, 20223 min read
I Could Eat A Horse
Dear Addie, “I’m so hungry I could eat a horse!” That my dear is a phrase I would probably never say to you and for good reason, because...
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Leanne Menzo
Sep 15, 20222 min read
I Saw It
Dear Addie, Life is a series of doors, some closing while others open, some we will walk through together and others you will walk...
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Leanne Menzo
Sep 8, 20222 min read
It's Not A Sprint
Dear Addie, Trust the process; Give it time; Have patience; Embrace the journey; These are things we all tell ourselves when we think...
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Leanne Menzo
Sep 1, 20221 min read
I Blinked
Dear Addie, It’s true what they say - don’t blink when raising kids, it can feel every bit like running on a treadmill, that feeling of...
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