Blog — page 4 · A Word From Momma Bird

After a clinical psychological evaluation, a rare moment of being believed as the parent of a child with special needs, and why she writes about it.

8 March 20198 min read

Parenting a child with Oppositional Defiant Disorder in public, the judgement that follows, and what she wishes she had said in those moments.

14 February 20197 min read

A new house, a bird feeder, and the discovery that being surrounded by nature is not quite the Disney scene it looks like from the kitchen window.

24 January 20195 min read

Accepting a first blogging award, answering eleven questions candidly, and passing it on to the writers who made that corner of the internet good.

17 January 20197 min read

On the daily fight with feeling invisible, where that feeling started in childhood, and the decision to keep showing up anyway for three children.

2 January 201910 min read

An honest look at a son's ADHD, anxiety and Oppositional Defiant Disorder, the counselling, and parenting through it while unwell yourself too.

7 November 201814 min read

Why choosing a gift can spiral into hours of anxious second-guessing, and the small mercy of admitting the overthinking is part of the gift.

29 October 20185 min read

What it actually takes to get depression and anxiety medication adjusted after a thyroidectomy, and how hard the system is even with good insurance.

7 September 201810 min read

Some days are fine and some days leaving the house feels impossible. A short, direct piece about anxiety and the masks that people wear over it.

18 August 20184 min read