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06/16/2026

with Shine Forward With Dravet

You’re going to be okay.

This is for the version of me who didn’t know what was coming yet… and for every parent walking into a diagnosis they never expected.

06/13/2026

I came across an article this morning about the private duty nursing crisis, and it reminded me how much of this conversation happens behind the scenes.

Many medically complex children are approved for nursing hours because their needs are significant. But approved hours and available nurses are not the same thing.

When nursing shifts go unfilled, the care doesn’t disappear. The medications still have to be given. The medical equipment still has to be managed. The child still needs care.

Most often, those gaps are filled by families.

This conversation is happening in Colorado, but it’s not unique to Colorado. Families across the country are facing similar challenges.

I wanted to share this because I think people deserve to understand what these policies look like in real life and why families of medically complex children are paying attention.

Sometimes advocacy is simply helping people see the parts of the system that are usually invisible.

06/03/2026

I had a completely different plan for the start of Dravet Syndrome Awareness Month.

I had ideas, stories, and advocacy content I wanted to share.

Instead, we’re doing what many Dravet families know all too well: watching, waiting, and hoping.

Sometimes awareness isn’t a purple graphic or an educational post.

Sometimes awareness looks like a caregiver reviewing seizure plans, monitoring every change, preparing medications, and carrying the memories of past hospitalizations while hoping this time is different.

We’ll be okay. We have a plan. We’ve done this before.

But for now, my focus is exactly where it needs to be.

On Rosie.

💜

05/30/2026

When another medical mom shares a hack, I listen. 😂

I was tagged in a video showing how to use dog nail clippers for the Infinity bag modification, and after trying it for myself… Thank you 💜

I am officially team dog nail clippers.

The cut is cleaner, it takes way less force, and you’re much less likely to accidentally hurt yourself compared to using heavy-duty shears.

Also, nobody warned me the flowmeter was going to launch itself across the room. 💀

Happy blending, friends. 🤍

05/21/2026

There are conversations medical parents have with each other that almost never happen in “mixed company.”

The fears become too heavy.
Too misunderstood.
Too easy for people to mistake as pessimism instead of reality.

But one of the loneliest parts of caregiving is carrying fears you can’t really explain to people who haven’t lived this life.

And somehow still getting up the next morning to crush meds, refill feeds, answer alarms, advocate, research, love fiercely, and keep going anyway.

That’s not negativity.

That’s what surviving this life looks like.

05/15/2026

“What’s your best therapy?”

Honestly? This. 😂

If you’ve never had to ration medical supplies, explain why you need extras, panic over delayed shipments, or stretch things longer than you should have to… this probably looks ridiculous.

But if you have lived that life?

Then you understand exactly why opening these boxes feels like peace.

One of the biggest differences since moving to Colorado has been having a DME company that actually says:

“This is what Medicaid allows. Would you like the maximum?”

Instead of making me guess how little I can survive on.

And I cannot even explain the amount of stress that has lifted from my nervous system because of that.

So yes.

Apparently fully stocked medical supplies are my current form of self-care. 🤍

05/12/2026

I’m always looking for ways to improve my systems as a medical mom.

Last year it was getting a Ninja food processor to cut down prep time for Rosie’s blenderized G-tube meals.

This year? I upgraded to the Ninja 16-in-1 cooker so I can prep much larger batches at once—and honestly, this thing has completely changed my workflow.

Instead of cooking every couple of days, I can now prep closer to four days worth of food at a time, which gives me:
• more flexibility
• more variety
• and honestly… more breathing room

And when you’re responsible for every ingredient, every calorie, every feed?

That matters.

So shoutout to for making appliances that have genuinely made this medical mom’s life easier. 🤍

(Not sponsored… just extremely enthusiastic 😂)

05/10/2026

Every Mother’s Day, I make this video for the medical moms.

Not because we need another reminder that we’re strong.
Honestly, most of us are tired of being called strong.

I make it because this life can feel isolating sometimes.
Because there’s something sacred about being seen by people who understand what it means to mother through medications, emergencies, advocacy, sleepless nights, and love that never clocks out.

This poem started as words scribbled from lived experience and became something I return to every year as a way to reflect on everything Rosie and I survived together in the last 12 months.

If you’re a medical mom, caregiver, or parent carrying more than most people can see… I hope this makes you feel held today.

Happy Mother’s Day. 💜🫶🏼🫂

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