I was talking to a mom that has a somewhat severely mentally and physically handicapped child. He wears braces on his legs and is more at the level of a 2-3 year old rather than his six years. I forgot what exactly his official diagnosis is, but it doesn't really matter for the sake of this post. Physically he looks pretty normal but she told me that sometimes when she goes into a store she'll put … [Read more...]
Identity Crisis (not really)
March 31, 2009 by · 1 Comment
So, some of you rare, observant readers out there may notice I changed my signature, so to speak,(totally couldn't resist... so sorry,) from "the Clarks" to "Heidi". This just makes more sense to me since I do all the writings. I had this rosy sunsets and rainbows idea in the beginning that Ben and I would take turn contributing to this site, updating with similar topics in the oh-so-very … [Read more...]
throwing myself a pity party, come join!
February 12, 2009 by · 1 Comment
OK, so I have been sick this whole week. The weekend youth retreat we went on kicked my butt! (and it also kicked butt, it was amazing!) I wasn't able to get out of bed Tuesday at all, even for the guilt that my mom was exhausted at 5:30 after watching him all day! I couldn't move, barely sleep, not eat. I had every symptom you could have other than sore throat. I like to go ALL OUT when I decide … [Read more...]