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  Hi,

  Let me introduce myself, my name is Tiffany and I am the bonus mom of two wonderful kids with special needs. I say bonus mom even though I feel as though they have always been mine, they have even chosen to call me mom. I have been mom since 2016, and after a short few months of marriage and a miscarriage our lives were completely change forever. Why you ask.....well I'll tell you, my husband got custody of our son. He was eight at the time now you would think that just having found out that you lost a baby that a woman wouldn't want to or be ready for an 8 year old. Well honestly I had mixed emotions while I was happy to help my husband raise a kid I was also in mourning. However this precious boy needed me to be a mom so I embraced motherhood. 

    I also had to find out everything I could about ADHD since my "new" son was diagnosed with it. I knew I needed to do this so that I could find the best to help him maneuver through ADHD so that he could be the best version of himself. Now five years later he no longer rages in anger as much we have found ways of coping. I'll get into that in another post. Now in September 2020 my husband got custody of of our daughter and our son's twin sister. By now we felt like we were getting this whole parenting thing down, until we went from a family of three to a family of four. Now our daughter has her own diagnosis of Spina Bifida so back to researching because I knew very little about her condition. Thanks to her great aunt who was her guardian for most of her life I had enough to help our daughter out until I could find out all that I could.

    I am still learning everyday about both ADHD and Spina Bifida, and how to help them enter a new chapter of becoming TEENAGERS, and everything that comes with it. The up's and downs, to fake friends and real friends to puberty and the cruelty of life that will come to them. and I will bring you along for the ride.


So, until next time. 

Goodbye

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