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Leanne Menzo
Nov 18, 20213 min read
Cold Pizza
Dear Addie, I know I might sound like a broken record at this point, but I’m not sure there’s much that could really prepare someone for...
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Leanne Menzo
Nov 11, 20215 min read
Just One
Dear Addie, He took one look at the panic on my face and wasted no time springing into action. But before we got here, let me back up a...
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Leanne Menzo
Nov 4, 20214 min read
A Game
Dear Addie, This past weekend we celebrated with ghosts, goblins, and a few Ted Lasso characters. That’s right Ad it was Halloween - a...
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Leanne Menzo
Oct 28, 20213 min read
Unscripted
Dear Addie, I was folding laundry in the hallway on Saturday morning when you came walking up the stairs naked as a jaybird. You had...
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Leanne Menzo
Oct 21, 20215 min read
A Supporting Role
Dear Addie, And there you were rocking back and forth, calmly stimming, surrounded by a series of handpicked (by you of course) toys and...
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Leanne Menzo
Oct 14, 20214 min read
Cooking With Addie
Dear Addie, You’ve always had a quiet observance about you. It’s true, years of being nonverbal and it seemed as if you were just soaking...
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Leanne Menzo
Oct 7, 20214 min read
Show Me Teeth
Dear Addie, It’s that time of year again (or a time we haven’t seen in a hot minute because of homeschooling), but the rite of passage is...
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Leanne Menzo
Sep 30, 20215 min read
Ingenuity
Dear Addie, Teddy Roosevelt once said, “Do what you can, where you are, with what you have!” and this week you proved to us that you...
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Leanne Menzo
Sep 23, 20214 min read
Change Is Looming
Dear Addie, Well, here we are, it’s officially fall and I’m pretty sure we’ve finally mastered our school/activity/therapy chaos – I mean...
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Leanne Menzo
Sep 16, 20213 min read
Goodbye Swan
Dear Addie, We are in a new developmental chapter in our lives, one I naïvely thought with so much you still depend on us for, we would...
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Leanne Menzo
Sep 9, 20216 min read
Part Deux
Dear Addie, A feeling. I think it’s often a feeling that ultimately, we respond to with a memory. Our memories can leave us with a...
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Leanne Menzo
Sep 2, 20216 min read
Checking Boxes
Dear Addie, And there we were, the second day of school and sitting in an after-hours pediatric urgent care waiting room. Not exactly...
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Leanne Menzo
Aug 26, 20216 min read
Another Last First
Dear Addie, …And then it was your last year in elementary school. A big 5th grader in a school we’ve grown to love so much. As cliché as...
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Leanne Menzo
Aug 19, 20214 min read
Hello Again
Dear Addie, …and just like that summer has started drifting away as we transition into fall. Seems funny saying that around here seeing...
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Leanne Menzo
Aug 12, 20215 min read
Nothing
Dear Addie, …and then it was back to the grind – well, kind of. With the beach behind us, we were back home, barely unpacked and already...
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Leanne Menzo
Aug 5, 20216 min read
Riding The Wave
Dear Addie, We have been riding this wave of calm for a few weeks now, but like any wave on this journey, I still can’t help but feel a...
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Leanne Menzo
Jul 29, 20212 min read
A New Day
Dear Addie, “Every day is a new day.” Staple advice I might give a new family on this journey. For me, that phrase usually comes after a...
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Leanne Menzo
Jul 22, 20215 min read
When Two World's Collide
Dear Addie, When you were born, I never would have imagined we’d live in two separate worlds. I thought parenting was holding your...
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Leanne Menzo
Jul 15, 20216 min read
Move The Furniture
Dear Addie, Patience. Something special needs parents are told they have a lot of, and by definition it pretty much sounds like superhero...
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Leanne Menzo
Jul 8, 20212 min read
Here We Are
Dear Addie, I looked over at you sitting on the sofa gazing out the window and just like that it hit me - you’re a big kid now. Actually,...
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