Yep. Still Hellmonth. Still busy. Still trying to stay sane.
So, today’s guest blogger is here to help!
Y’all give a big welcome to Dana from The Sears Fam.
Hiiiiii, Dana!
Dana, like so many other mamas, is a survivor mama. She battles PPD and PPA, too. She and I met during a #PPDChat on Twitter (God, I love Twitter!) and when I sent out the call for guest bloggers, she was one of the first to respond.
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Dana is a Boy Mom x 3! (Holy dump trucks, Batman!) All of Dana’s sons have some sort of special needs. You can read more about Dana and her family here and you can read about Mason, the Sears’ middle son, by reading about his riddle. (Go look at that picture of that sweet family and that sweet boy Mason and tell me your heart doesn’t just swoon from the cute! I mean, his hair is spiked! I DIE FROM THE CUTE!)
In her spare time, Dana has a design blog, Designs by Dana, and she is currently hosting her first giveaway for a little bloggy pick-me-up! So go enter to win, y’all!
Without further ado, here’s Dana’s guest post about how social media is helping bring her back!
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- I have not cleaned my own bathroom toilet for one month & counting.
- It is my Son’s 5th birthday in 13 days & I have not planned anything yet.
- I never wash the clothes. I leave them for Hubz and I have 7 loads & counting to fold.
- I have three months of medical paper work stacked on my desk & it’s like 3 feet high. (Ok I’m maybe exaggerating a little.)
- I never clean up after dinner; I leave it for the next morning.
At this time we know Mason’s needs, but we have no formal diagnosis of why he is special. Because of this we have no funding for Mason and his costs for feeding alone are just under $40,000 a year. If we were to give Mason all that the specialists say he needs, his costs would be just under $200K a year. Mason’s story is complicated, but let’s just say I have six full time jobs. Most days I run on three to four hours sleep and I am tired. The last thirty months have changed our whole lives and recently we lost who our son once was. I miss him. I miss his happiness. His smile. It is very stressful. My third child was born with some of the same issues as Mason, but not to Mason’s degree. It has been a long thirty months. The future is so unknown.
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