Comments on: Strong Enough To Be Your Mom http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2008/07/15/strong-enough-to-be-your-mom/ Strong Enough To Be... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: » Carousel Jan 14/’11: Unnatural hair colours and slow motion slapping AY Daring (.com) http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2008/07/15/strong-enough-to-be-your-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-8787 » Carousel Jan 14/’11: Unnatural hair colours and slow motion slapping AY Daring (.com) Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:47:53 +0000 http://www.signingtime.com/rachel/?p=601#comment-8787 [...] tale about shunning the  passive mode in your life. Her blog in general is incredible too. This post brought tears to my eyes. I haven’t cried for another person since I was 13 years old. Not out of insensitivity, but [...] [...] tale about shunning the  passive mode in your life. Her blog in general is incredible too. This post brought tears to my eyes. I haven’t cried for another person since I was 13 years old. Not out of insensitivity, but [...]

]]> By: She's Not Heavy... | ohamanda.com http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2008/07/15/strong-enough-to-be-your-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-5218 She's Not Heavy... | ohamanda.com Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:04:27 +0000 http://www.signingtime.com/rachel/?p=601#comment-5218 [...] 2008, Rachel wrote a post that I still think about regularly. It’s called Strong Enough To Be Your Mom. Their family was going to Cancun and one of the excursions was not wheel-chair accesible. But they [...] [...] 2008, Rachel wrote a post that I still think about regularly. It’s called Strong Enough To Be Your Mom. Their family was going to Cancun and one of the excursions was not wheel-chair accesible. But they [...]

]]> By: Carissa http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2008/07/15/strong-enough-to-be-your-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-4204 Carissa Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:34:58 +0000 http://www.signingtime.com/rachel/?p=601#comment-4204 Rachel...just something I thought could elp. Have you seen the Ergo carrier? My husband has used it to tote around our friend's 7 year old when she couldn't walk, and it is tested to be able to carry 90lbs. Fits in a bag, too. I still use it to carry around my 40 lb kid. Ergobabycarrier dot com. I'm not a spammer, I swear, but it makes carrying heavy kids long distances way easier. Rachel…just something I thought could elp. Have you seen the Ergo carrier? My husband has used it to tote around our friend’s 7 year old when she couldn’t walk, and it is tested to be able to carry 90lbs. Fits in a bag, too. I still use it to carry around my 40 lb kid. Ergobabycarrier dot com. I’m not a spammer, I swear, but it makes carrying heavy kids long distances way easier.

]]> By: Strong Enough To Be Your Mom, Part 2 « TodaysMama http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2008/07/15/strong-enough-to-be-your-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-4183 Strong Enough To Be Your Mom, Part 2 « TodaysMama Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:20:16 +0000 http://www.signingtime.com/rachel/?p=601#comment-4183 [...] Remember last summer, I was in Mexico having nightmares about a promise I had made to Lucy. (If you missed that, read: Strong Enough To Be Your Mom – Part 1) [...] [...] Remember last summer, I was in Mexico having nightmares about a promise I had made to Lucy. (If you missed that, read: Strong Enough To Be Your Mom – Part 1) [...]

]]> By: Rachel’s Blog » The Storm- Before The Quiet- Before The Storm http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2008/07/15/strong-enough-to-be-your-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-3969 Rachel’s Blog » The Storm- Before The Quiet- Before The Storm Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:24:30 +0000 http://www.signingtime.com/rachel/?p=601#comment-3969 [...] Finally we slept. No windows were broken. No cold hash browns were eaten. The storm passed quite uneventfully. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before arriving in Cancun, Aaron and I had been using “swimming with dolphins” as bait for Lucy to improve her behavior at school. Lucy took the bait… well at she took it just enough that we had to keep our side of the deal. We went to the concierge to make the arrangements. Leah and everyone else had been able to swim with dolphins the year that Lucy and I went on the submarine. [...] [...] Finally we slept. No windows were broken. No cold hash browns were eaten. The storm passed quite uneventfully. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before arriving in Cancun, Aaron and I had been using “swimming with dolphins” as bait for Lucy to improve her behavior at school. Lucy took the bait… well at she took it just enough that we had to keep our side of the deal. We went to the concierge to make the arrangements. Leah and everyone else had been able to swim with dolphins the year that Lucy and I went on the submarine. [...]

]]> By: Brooke http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2008/07/15/strong-enough-to-be-your-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-3411 Brooke Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:55:11 +0000 http://www.signingtime.com/rachel/?p=601#comment-3411 Thank you so much for Baby SignTimes and for keeping this blog. It is so inspiring. My husband and I worked on signing for months with our son, but it wasn't until your DVDs were recommended to us that he really picked it up. He now signs so many things, sometimes we watch him do something and think, "Did he learn something we don't know?" And we'll run in and put the DVD on to watch it w/ him. So thanks again. Your family and your career are both a ministry to our family. Thank you so much for Baby SignTimes and for keeping this blog. It is so inspiring. My husband and I worked on signing for months with our son, but it wasn’t until your DVDs were recommended to us that he really picked it up. He now signs so many things, sometimes we watch him do something and think, “Did he learn something we don’t know?” And we’ll run in and put the DVD on to watch it w/ him.

So thanks again. Your family and your career are both a ministry to our family.

]]> By: Rachel’s Blog » Strong Enough To Be Your Mom - Part 2 http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2008/07/15/strong-enough-to-be-your-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-2652 Rachel’s Blog » Strong Enough To Be Your Mom - Part 2 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:07:52 +0000 http://www.signingtime.com/rachel/?p=601#comment-2652 [...] Remember last summer, I was in Mexico having nightmares about a promise I had made to Lucy. (If you missed that, read: Strong Enough To Be Your Mom - Part 1) [...] [...] Remember last summer, I was in Mexico having nightmares about a promise I had made to Lucy. (If you missed that, read: Strong Enough To Be Your Mom – Part 1) [...]

]]> By: swimming http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2008/07/15/strong-enough-to-be-your-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-1186 swimming Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:47:34 +0000 http://www.signingtime.com/rachel/?p=601#comment-1186 Rachel you are such a great mom! I have a sister that is 10 and she has cerebral palsy. Yes it is hard to do things that require the child to have the wheelchair and people will not let you. But you are a truly amazing mom. Rachel you are such a great mom! I have a sister that is 10 and she has cerebral palsy. Yes it is hard to do things that require the child to have the wheelchair and people will not let you. But
you are a truly amazing mom.

]]> By: mami.adame http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2008/07/15/strong-enough-to-be-your-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-1175 mami.adame Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:33:21 +0000 http://www.signingtime.com/rachel/?p=601#comment-1175 You are truly an amazing person, and such a wonderful mother! I agree, you are big inspiration to us all! It's moments like these, that you know Lucy will treasure forever! Her smile brought tears to my eyes! Kudos to you for not taking "not possible" as your final answer. I have 3 children, my youngest has Velocardiofacial Syndrome, I pray that I can be as much of an advocate for her as you are to your girls! Visit us some time: www.AngelHeart2.blogspot.com You are truly an amazing person, and such a wonderful mother! I agree, you are big inspiration to us all! It’s moments like these, that you know Lucy will treasure forever! Her smile brought tears to my eyes! Kudos to you for not taking “not possible” as your final answer. I have 3 children, my youngest has Velocardiofacial Syndrome, I pray that I can be as much of an advocate for her as you are to your girls! Visit us some time: www.AngelHeart2.blogspot.com

]]> By: staceyhay http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2008/07/15/strong-enough-to-be-your-mom/comment-page-1/#comment-1170 staceyhay Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:08:51 +0000 http://www.signingtime.com/rachel/?p=601#comment-1170 I often think about not doing things because of one thing or another. You know 5 kids or Julia won't be able to do that or I have a baby and a very active 3 year old, but I also think about missing out on something the kids would love or remember forever, and I, like you figure out a way to do it. You are an inspiration to us all. Thank you for that. I often think about not doing things because of one thing or another. You know 5 kids or Julia won’t be able to do that or I have a baby and a very active 3 year old, but I also think about missing out on something the kids would love or remember forever, and I, like you figure out a way to do it. You are an inspiration to us all. Thank you for that.

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