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Essays, commentary, and reflections from Lisa Lightner on advocacy, parenting, and the realities behind the IEP process.

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Special Needs Moms and Wine

Those unfortunate anniversaries.

Hi friends, I used to keep a section on my site about women and drinking. Especially special needs moms and drinking, because we are at exceptionally high risk of dependency. (high stress life, little to no support) Years ago, some SEO people told me to prune anything “irrelevant” to IEPs and disabilities, so I did. But I held onto those pieces. One of them feels right to reshare now. And, there is a "blog" section of the Village, where anyone can share whatever they want--like an onli
Special Needs Moms and Wine

The Wine Mom Culture

I’m an alcoholic. Well, almost. I am immersed waist-deep in the suburban mom wine culture, that’s for sure. More on that in a bit. Actually, I’m not an alcoholic, but my mom was. So much so that she actually drank herself to death when I was 9 and she was 39. Nice, huh? So I have a lot, I mean a LOT of baggage when it comes to drinking, parenting, and self-examination. Not wanting history to repeat itself and all that. An alcoholic Mom. Despite my less than stellar childhood,
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