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our version of normal skip to main content search this blog our version of normal posts love in the repetition june 06 2026 my husband s family says i love you all the time my family didn t that s not because my parents didn t love me i never doubted that they did they just expressed it differently my mom s love was impossible to miss she always seemed to know what to say when i was anxious uncertain or overwhelmed by a situation i think her advice mattered so much because it came from someone who consistently lived what she taught she was the one i went to with worries questions and the everyday things that felt big when i was young i felt safe just being near her and was deeply attached to her my mom may have rarely said i love you but i heard it every day throughout my life my mom always dropped everything when i needed her most at my children s births she was right there beside me she helped matt and me navigate c sections the twins nicu stay and lily s down syndrome diagnosis she grieved with me during difficult times but never l 1 comment read more the life i thought i d have may 26 2026 i think most of us carry around a picture of what our lives will look like we don t always realize we re carrying it but it s there tucked quietly in our hearts shaped by childhood family and unspoken dreams when i was twelve my parents had a surprise baby a new sister there were already four of us born within five years my oldest brother was fifteen my second brother was thirteen and a half and my younger sister was ten i got a front row seat to motherhood watching my mom love and care for my new baby sister i was fascinated by all of it the growing belly giving birth breastfeeding the endless laundry the meals cooked while juggling pre teens and teenagers and still meeting my father s needs she managed it in ways that felt both familiar and entirely new to me almost three years later my parents added one more to our family my youngest brother my mom was forty two and my dad was forty three to me my little sister and brother 1 comment read more acceptance doesn t happen once may 17 2026 reflections from a retreat talk on being called chosen and sent as daughters of the holy spirit i used to think acceptance was something that happened once that eventually you reached a place where you made peace with the hard thing and then moved forward i m a wife and a mom of six and five of my children have some level of disability autism or down syndrome one of my daughters has both my life has been full and beautiful but also very different than what i imagined and it didn t all happen at once in 2003 i was already well into navigating life with my twin boys autism diagnosis while also raising their older brother we were just figuring things out as we went and letting go of what i thought life would look like i really thought i had found my footing and was handling things pretty well but i ve come to see that acceptance doesn t happen once it comes in layers and over the years there have been other layers too infertility adoption other unexpected hear post a comment read more more posts powered by blogger past posts june 2026 1 may 2026 2 may 2024 1 may 2016 1 june 2015 1 march 2015 1 january 2015 1 october 2014 1 august 2013 1 march 2013 1 january 2013 1 june 2012 1 may 2012 1 january 2012 2 october 2011 1 april 2011 1 june 2008 1 show more show less liz i m a stay at home mom of 6 uniquely enhanced kids married to my high school sweetheart for 35 years jesus down syndrome autism adhd adoption makes my world go round and i m sharing our version of normal visit profile archive 2026 3 june 1 love in the repetition may 2 2024 1 may 1 2016 1 may 1 2015 3 june 1 march 1 january 1 2014 1 october 1 2013 3 august 1 march 1 january 1 2012 4 june 1 may 1 january 2 2011 2 october 1 april 1 2008 1 june 1 show more show less copyright all photos and text on my blog are my property unless noted you may not copy any material unless i ve given permission for you to do so thanks