Square Foot Gardening: The ADHD-Friendly Garden Hack That’s Actually Working for Us
I’m not new to gardening. For over a decade, I’ve planted in whatever space I had available. Ive planted in windowsills, on porches and balconies, or in backyard beds. As a young military family, we gardened on the side of our first home, then in tiny windowsills of base housing, and eventually in the backyard…
🌄✨ Soft Launch Announcement ✨🌄
I have some news—terrifying, sacred, a little surreal. After years of heart-spilling, rewriting, and walking back through some of the most formative and fragile parts of my life… Peaks and Valleys, Kid is finished. This collection of short stories is made of grit and grace. It’s memoir meets creative nonfiction. It’s for the kids we were and…
5 Ways to Support a Trans Loved One
The letter I wish I could have sent to my loved ones when I first came out as transgender. Dear ally, Maybe this is the first time you’ve been called that. Maybe it isn’t. But wherever you are in your journey of allyship, you’re on it. I know that because you wouldn’t have opened this blog post…
Checking on the Pieces of My Heart
By Asher Lane, The Neuroblended Fam As a parent, there’s nothing more terrifying than thinking about all of the terrible things that could happen to our babies in this world. Having my heart shattered into little pieces, each one now running around inside my kids’ chests, is not for the weak. Honestly, that’s how it…
Why I Quit My Dream Job
I wanted to be a teacher more than anything. I worked incredibly hard to get through college as a non-traditional college student. I applied to and got accepted into a program that placed me into a classroom quickly, and I immediately loved my students. I was so proud to have accomplished the goals I had…
Top 5 Tips for Your First Year as a Blended Family
By: Asher Proctor Rory and I fell in love fast. We had all the serious conversations during our short friendship prior to even starting our relationship. We talked about money, goals, parenting styles, religion, politics, extended family involvement, and even our children’s other parents. Being that I am transgender and Rory had previously dated women,…