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08/10/2026

Special needs moms, we all have stories. Here’s one for you.

Our very fancy pediatrician, in a very fancy practice in downtown Chicago, once asked me if I’d tried rocking my screaming baby.

Jack didn’t cry for days or weeks. It was months. It was years. It was always. No naps, no nights, no breaks. The neighbors upstairs told us all they heard through their floor, all day, every day, was my baby crying.

We tried everything. Everyone had a theory. He’s hungry. Let him cry it out. You’re holding him too much.

Then our fancy doctor, in her fancy office, asked if I’d tried rocking him.

What the F.

I just went home and cried. And kept measuring Jack’s head, because it wasn’t growing and I already knew that mattered, even if no one would say it out loud.

I was right to worry. But instead of listening, she suggested rocking. Jack wasn’t a typical ear infection or wellness check.
I walked into that visit already freaked out, and walked out feeling worse. Did I try rocking him?

WTH.

So there it is. That’s one of 8 billion stories that special needs moms like us have. I can’t wait to hear yours.

If a doctor has ever brushed off your gut instinct as a caregiver, tell me I’m not the only one.

👋 Hi, I’m Moira. I raised my son Jack with severe special needs for 29 years. I post here everyday with tips and stories we can all relate to.
🎁 FREE GIFT from me: a digital medical form you fill out once and take to every appointment. It’s a game changer. Type MASTER SHEET in the comments and I will send it right over.

Kinda chic to be unapologetically yourself🌷🩷🌷🩷😎
08/07/2026

Kinda chic to be unapologetically yourself🌷🩷🌷🩷😎

08/05/2026

Happy Birthday Jack!!

08/04/2026

Just a heads up: if you poke someone in the forehead and tell them to shut up when they start giving you advice about your special needs child, we might be the same person. You know the ones I’m talking about, the ones who diagnose your kid in one sentence and act like they just solved it.

👋 Hi, I’m Moira. I raised my son Jack with severe special needs for 29 years. I post here everyday with tips and stories we can all relate to.

🎁 FREE GIFT from me: a digital medical form you fill out once and take to every appointment. It’s a game changer. Type MASTER SHEET in the comments and I will send it right over.

08/01/2026

I just started posting our story. Jack, what it was really like raising him for 29 years. The stuff nobody says out loud.

And somehow, this whole community of special needs moms found each other because of it.

Women who finally have somewhere to say the things nobody else understands. Women who don’t have to explain the exhaustion, the grief, the dark humor that gets you through a hospital hallway at 2am.

I didn’t build this community. We did. I just started talking.

👋 Hi, I’m Moira. I raised my son Jack, who had severe special needs, for 29 years. I post here everyday with tips and stories we can all relate to.

🎁 FREE GIFT from me: a digital medical form you fill out once and take to every appointment. It’s a game changer. Type MASTER SHEET in the comments and I will send it right over.

07/24/2026

Summer Programs are over and the countdown is on until the first day of school. I remember it well. Stay strong special needs moms.

👋 Hi, I’m Moira. I raised my son Jack with severe special needs for 29 years. I post here everyday with tips and stories we can all relate to.

🎁 FREE GIFT from me: a digital medical form you fill out once and take to every appointment. It’s a game changer.

Type MASTER SHEET in the comments and I will send it right over.

07/23/2026

We already have a lot going on. We don’t have room to let just anyone in. It makes everything harder when you do.

So we need to cut drama when we can. It’s important to notice when people are adding more chaos to your life.

Not a lot of people earn that deeper level of trust, keeping your word and your secrets. Be aware of who does and who doesn’t. It’ll give you peace.

Ask yourself: where’s the drama in my life? Who do I have drama with, over and over? Am I oversharing?

I learned this the hard way.

The people who keep your confidence, don’t need the drama, and don’t need a play by play? That’s your inner circle.

Everyone else was just visiting.

If you are new here… hi, I’m Moira. I raised my son Jack, who had significant special needs, for 29 years.

Save this as a reminder of the importance of your inner circle. 🩷

07/22/2026

The relief is giant.

Almost impossible to describe unless you’re a special needs mom.

Every mom feels this when their baby finally sleeps. But most kids outgrow that phase. Ours don’t, not really.

If you are new here… hi, I’m Moira. I raised my son Jack, who had significant special needs, for 29 years.

Drop a heart if you get it. 🤍

07/20/2026

If you are a special needs mom... I don’t even have to explain this one.

Share this with another special needs mom who gets it.

If you are new here… hi, I’m Moira. I raised my son Jack, who had significant special needs, for 29 years.

07/19/2026

My daughter said that to me more times than I can count. She wasn’t wrong.

He’d pull her hair in the backseat. Every time. No time out. No “say sorry.”

Try explaining that to a 5 year old. I couldn’t even explain it to myself some days.

So I just said “he doesn’t understand” and watched her decide the rules were different for her than they were for him.

But after a while, she figured something out on her own.

She started just holding his hand instead. Before he could grab hers.

Nobody taught her that.

And here’s the funny part. Twenty years later, look at any picture of the two of them. She still has his hand or his arm in hers. Every single time.

If you are new here… hi, I’m Moira. I raised my son Jack, who had significant special needs, for 29 years.

💗 if you get this!!

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