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Tiny House Adventure: Our Stay at Getaway House

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Tiny House Adventure: Our Stay at Getaway House

Two weeks ago we had the opportunity to travel to Asheboro, North Carolina for a little adventure at Getaway House (hosted). This was our first stay in a tiny house and we were so excited for a new kind of adventure! Getaway makes it incredibly easy to check in without having to make any face [...]

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Above All Else Be Kind

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Above All Else Be Kind

๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ค๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ - unknown โฃโฃBeing a parent is hard. Itโ€™s beautiful, but itโ€™s hard. Being a parent when the whole world is changing, whether we like it or not, is hard. We are being forced to make [...]

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Five Benefits to Using a Weighted Blanket

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A couple of months ago I began to research weighted blankets being used with kids on the autism spectrum.  My son has always had an incredibly hard time falling asleep and staying asleep.  Sleep issues are a pretty common problem with children on the spectrum and I wanted to seek out alternatives to having him [...]